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April 2008
- Rangers Talk to Polygamist Rape Suspect
  
  CNN | Apr 12, 08 6:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Texas Rangers today questioned a man suspected of raping a girl at an Eldorado polygamist ranch, but let him go, CNN reports. Dale Barlow, 50, voluntarily met the Rangers in Utah, saying he is innocent of the charge that sparked a raid at the compound last week. "The Texas Rangers met with him," said the director of an Arizona probation office. "He was allowed to go, and no arrest was made." More »
  
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  Texas • rape • polygamy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Mormon • Warren Jeffs
- Police Defend Inaction at Polygamist Ranch
  
  CNN | Apr 11, 08 6:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Law enforcement authorities yesterday released dramatic details of the police raid that rescued children suspected of abuse at a polygamist ranch—and countered complaints that the action was too late. Some 60 men surrounded the ranch temple, weeping and praying, in the last day of the operation that seized 416 children—but no one violently opposed the officers, said a Texas Rangers captain. More »
  
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  Texas • rape • polygamy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • Warren Jeffs • child molestation
- Texas Polygamists: Sect or Cult?
  
  LiveScience | Apr 10, 08 2:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - While much of the media is calling the polygamous group raided in Texas a “sect,” some experts say it’s better defined as a cult, LiveScience reports. One scientist points out that the word “cult” is often avoided in academia for its negative connotations. But “if you've got a group that's abusing hundreds and hundreds of women and children,” says a sociologist, “let's call it what it is.” More »
  
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  Texas • religion • rape • child abuse • polygamy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • sexual abuse • cult • sociology
- 'Sex Bed' for Girls Found in Polygamist Temple
  
  CNN | Apr 10, 08 4:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Members of a polygamous cult had sex with underage girls inside the group's temple immediately after "spiritual weddings," according to court documents. Investigators found the bed, described by a tipster, in the temple of the Texas ranch. Men had sex with "brides" as young as 13, reports CNN. Police removed 416 children—including several pregnant girls—after a plea for help last week from a 16-year-old girl who called a hotline. More »
  
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  Texas • rape • child abuse • polygamy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • sexual abuse • teen pregnancy • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs
- Sex Abuse 'Rampant' at Polygamist Ranch
  
  Associated Press | Apr 9, 08 9:34 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Young girls at a polygamous compound were readied for "spiritual marriages" to much older men as soon as they hit puberty, the AP reports. Papers submitted to a Texas court detail a "pattern of abuse" at the ranch, where young boys were forced to marry underage girls and girls in their early teens were required to bear children. More »
  
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  Texas • rape • child abuse • polygamy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • sexual abuse • teen pregnancy • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • FLDS
- Control, Isolation Kept Polygamist Wives Silent
  
  ABC News | Apr 8, 08 6:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - They can't cut their hair, wear red, watch TV, look at the Internet, or even laugh. They must be utterly subservient to their husbands. So why did the women now emerging reluctantly from a polygamous compound in Texas stay? They are under the almost godlike sway of jailed leader Warren Jeffs, ABC News reports. "He's told these people, 'I am Jesus Christ,'" said one former female member. More »
  
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  Texas • rape • child abuse • polygamy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Warren Jeffs
- 534 Taken From Polygamist Ranch
  
  San Angelo Standard-Times | Apr 7, 08 6:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Texas officials have removed 534 people and arrested one in an ongoing raid of a polygamist ranch near Eldorado, the San Angelo Standard-Times reports. But the man they collared is only charged with obstructing the 4-day raid, not committing the rape that sparked it. Meanwhile, at a nearby historical fort, child protection officers continued to interview the 401 kids and 133 women bussed out of the compound since Friday. More »
  
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  Texas • religion • rape • marriage • polygamy • child abuse • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • sexual abuse • Mormonism • fundamentalism
- Standoff Ends at Polygamist Compound
  
  Salt Lake Tribune | Apr 6, 08 10:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Though "preparing for the worst," a SWAT team peacefully entered a polygamous sect's Texas compound after a tense standoff, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. They met limited resistance from members of the Mormon fundamentalist sect, and were continuing to search this morning for a 16-year-old girl believed to have had the child of the group's 50-year-old leader. More »
  
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  Texas • rape • polygamy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • sexual abuse • Yearning for Zion ranch • Mormon • Warren Jeffs
- Nearly 200 Pulled From Polygamists' Ranch
  
  CNN | Apr 5, 08 6:56 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - State workers bused out dozens more women and children today from the Texas compound of a polygamous sect, CNN reports. Troopers and child protection officers have removed 183 people, 137 of them children, since sealing off the ranch Thursday night. Investigators are now interviewing the kids, most of them girls, at a nearby civic center about claims of physical and sexual abuse. More »
  
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- Texas Pulls 52 Kids From Sect Compound
  
  Houston Chronicle | Apr 4, 08 7:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Texas authorities pulled 52 kids from the compound of a polygamous sect today after a girl said she was raped there, the Houston Chronicle reports. Eighteen of the children were bussed out by court order, based on claims of abuse or neglect, and put into temporary custody. State troopers are also seeking a suspect at the compound, which was founded by jailed polygamist Warren Jeffs. More »
  
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  Texas • rape • Utah • child abuse • polygamy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Arizona • Warren Jeffs • fundamentalism
March 2008
- Poison Drummer Arrested on Rape Charge
  
  E! Online | Mar 29, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The drummer for '80s hair band Poison was hit with a rape warrant upon returning from New Zealand, E! Online reports. Richard Ream, 46, better known as Rikki Rockett, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Mississippi casino resort where he was staying. Officials arrested him at customs in Los Angeles, and he spent the night behind bars; he was released Tuesday, pending a Mississippi extradition order. More »
  
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  rape • Mississippi • rock music • rock stars • sexual assault • Poison
- Trial Starts for French 'Virgin Killer'
  
  BBC | Mar 27, 08 5:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A French carpenter dubbed the "Ogre of the Ardennes" is on trial in France, accused of tracking down, raping and murdering seven virgins with the help of his wife in one of the nation's worst murder sprees in decades. Prosecutors say Michel Fourniret hunted victims from 1987 until 2003, the BBC reports. The victims ranged in age from 12 to 22 years old. More »
  
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  France • murder • kidnapping • rape • trial • pedophile • serial killers
- British Teen Found Dead in Goa 'Was Drowned'
  
  Guardian (UK) | Mar 23, 08 1:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In the latest tragedy involving a girl on vacation, medical authorities have determined a British teen was deliberately drowned after a night of partying in the Indian tourist hotspot of Goa, the Guardian reports. Scarlett Keeling, 15, disappeared during a holiday last month on Ajuna beach. Her battered and partially clothed body was later found on shore, and local authorities initially ruled her death an accidental drowning. More »
  
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  crime • India • rape • sexual assault
- Okinawa Protesters Rip US Military Crimes
  
  Reuters | Mar 23, 08 11:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Thousands poured into the streets of Okinawa today to protest crimes by US servicemen and to demand a smaller American military presence on the Japanese island, Reuters reports. "Crimes and accidents have happened over and over," said the mayor of Okinawa City. "But each time, our voices have been trampled and there has been no end to the heinous crimes." More »
  
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  Japan • rape • military • Okinawa • military bases
February 2008
- Marine in Okinawa Rape Case Released
  
  Reuters | Feb 29, 08 10:22 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A US Marine was released into US custody today after Japanese prosecutors dropped rape charges against him, Reuters reports. The Okinawa arrest had sparked outrage across Japan, but prosecutors backed off when the alleged victim withdrew her accusations. The 38-year-old Marine had admitted holding down his 14-year-old accuser but maintained he’d only kissed her. More »
  
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  Japan • Condoleezza Rice • rape • Marine • Okinawa • Tyrone Hadnott
- Remains Sought in UK Kid Home
  
  Guardian (UK) | Feb 25, 08 8:38 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - British officials who discovered the remains of a youngster in a children's home fear there could be at least six other bodies beneath the concrete floors, reports the Guardian . Complaints of abuse launched an investigation of the home, which has been closed for years, and other government institutions on the island of Jersey. "It's difficult to envisage more horrific crimes than some of those that are alleged to have been carried out here," said one investigator. More »
  
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  crime • children • rape • Jersey • Haut de la Garenne • British officials • molestation • sex assaults
- New Sexual Assault Charge Shocks Okinawa
  
  Reuters | Feb 21, 08 9:31 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The American military is investigating a second allegation of sexual assault against a woman on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Reuters reports that a soldier has been taken into custody, accused of sexual assault against a Filipina living on the island. The new allegation comes only a week after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl. More »
  
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  Japan • US military • rape • protests • Okinawa • sexual assault • Christopher Hill
- US Troops Confined to Base in Japanese Uproar
  
  Associated Press | Feb 20, 08 6:44 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The US military has ordered 45,000 American troops, civilian employees and their families in Japan restricted to their military bases, homes and workplaces in a move to quell growing Japanese outrage at problem Marines. The orders, in place indefinitely, will effectively bar Marines nationwide and all military personnel on Okinawa from visiting local restaurants and nightclubs. More »
  
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  Japan • US military • rape • US Marine Corps • Okinawa • military bases
- 4 More US Marines Face Rape Charges in Japan
  
  Reuters | Feb 15, 08 5:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - US military authorities are charging four Marines with raping a young Japanese woman, just days after a Marine was arrested by Japanese authorities and charged with raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in a separate case. The four men are accused of assaulting a 19-year-old woman in October after meeting her at an event hall in Hiroshima. More »
  
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  Japan • rape • Marine • Okinawa • sexual assault
- Okinawa Rape Case Reignites Anti-US Ire
  
  Reuters | Feb 14, 08 4:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The arrest this week of a US Marine on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa has stirred long-simmering resentment of the nearly 50,000 American troops stationed there, Reuters reports. “Considering that such vicious, atrocious incidents have never ceased to occur, we must question the way the US military enforces discipline,” reads a statement from Okinawa's assembly. More »
  
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  Japan • US military • rape • Marine • Okinawa • Tyrone Hadnott

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