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Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stories: 56 news summaries

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Polygamist Sect Member Guilty of Sex Assault

Texas court convicts FLDS man married
to underage girl

Nov 5, 09 7:14 PM CST
(AP) - Jurors in the first criminal trial following the raid of a polygamist group's Texas ranch today convicted a member of sexual assault of a child. Raymond Jessop, 38, was found guilty of the charge that stemmed from his alleged marriage to an underage girl. He's the first group member to... More »

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polygamy • sexual assault • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • polygamists • underage marriage • Raymond Jessop

Jail Force-Feeds Ailing Sect Leader Jeffs

'Death could be imminent' without medical intervention

Aug 4, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Warren Jeffs began eating of his own accord again today, after being force-fed all weekend by medical staff at the Arizona jail where the polygamist leader is being held, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports. A series of self-imposed fasts have left Jeffs, 53, in such poor health that “... More »

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polygamy • Warren Jeffs • hunger strike • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • force feeding • underage marriage

Interview

Ex-FLDS Member Wants Hard Time for Polygamists

Author: Texas hung Eldorado kids out to dry

Jun 23, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former FLDS member Flora Jessop is “hoping against hope” that the men charged with child abuse at the polygamist compound in Eldorado get harder time than those convicted  in similar crimes elsewhere, she told the Houston Chronicle. “Thirteen days, 45 days, nine months,” says Jessop,... More »

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Texas • Arizona • child abuse • polygamy • Utah • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Eldorado • polygamists • child marriage

Polygamy Boss Charged With New Sex Rap

Jeffs charged with felony assault
at Texas ranch

Nov 13, 08 4:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Polygamy sect leader Warren Jeffs and three other members of his group have been indicted on fresh felony charges, the Houston Chronicle reports. Jeffs is accused of aggravated sexual assault linked to actions at the Yearning for Zion Texas compound where authorities rounded up hundreds of children earlier this year.... More »

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OPINION

Ann Landers Would Advise Voting No on 8

LA Times highlights writers with varying opinions on Calif. prop

Nov 1, 08 5:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the schoolyard to the church, Californians are debating Prop 8, which would bar homosexuals from marriage if it passes Tuesday. The Los Angeles Times opened its opinion page to five more takes on it today:
  • Alexandra Cole, whose 8-year-old daughter polled her friends, says Prop 8's backers have
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California • gay marriage • equality • civil union • Mormon • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Proposition 8

Jeffs' Bride, 14, Ordered Into Foster Care

Parents let daughter marry sect leader at 12, authorities charge

Aug 20, 08 5:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas judge has ordered a 14-year-old girl allegedly married to polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs at age 12 back into state custody, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The judge said the parents of the girl, who was first taken into custody when the sect's compound was raided in April,... More »

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Mom Fights to Keep Child
She Let Wed Jeffs at 12

Daughter married Texas sect leader two years ago

Aug 19, 08 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A woman who allegedly allowed her 12-year-old daughter to marry polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs is now battling to stop Texas officials from taking custody of the girl and her younger brother, AP reports. Several of the 10 children of Barbara Jessop, accused of child abuse, have been linked to... More »

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Texas • child abuse • custody battle • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • polygamists





5 More Jailed in Sect Child Abuse

FLDS members charged with sexual assualt, bigamy, concealing child abuse

Jul 29, 08 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five members of a Texas polygamous sect charged in a child abuse investigation are in custody after surrendering to authorities, the Dallas Morning News reports. Four of the men are charged with sexually abusing girls under the age of 17. The fifth, said to be the physician at the sect's... More »

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Texas • polygamy • Warren Jeffs • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • polygamists

Jeffs, Sect Members Face Sex Charges

Polygamist leader,
4 others accused of assaulting young girls

Jul 22, 08 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four members of the Texas ranch raided by authorities in April now face charges of sexually abusing girls under the age of 17, the Houston Chronicle reports. One of those indicted also is charged with bigamy, and a sixth person is accused of failure... More »

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child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • Warren Jeffs • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Eldorado • polygamists

Judge Sends Kids Back to Polygamist Parents

They must remain in Texas, take classes and steer clear of investigators

Jun 2, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas judge ordered more than 400 children returned to their polygamist parents today, the AP reports. Parents could begin picking up their children at 10 this morning, but were ordered not to leave the state or interfere with ongoing child-abuse investigations. More »

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Commentary

Jeffs Photos Used to Bolster Custody Case

Cheap publicity stunt, maybe, but parents of newborn took the bait

May 29, 08 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was an obvious stunt by Texas child services: entering photos of Warren Jeffs kissing two "child brides" in a custody hearing for a newborn. Reeling from an appeals court ruling that they failed to show that 450 children were at risk, officials wanted to hype the "pervasive"... More »

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12 Children Returned to
Sect Parents

3 families reunited;
not allowed to return
to polygamist ranch

May 24, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Texas has agreed to return a dozen of the children in its custody to their parents, members of the polygamist sect FLDS, but the state is fighting to hang on to hundreds more, the San Antonio Express-News reports. The reunited families won't be allowed to return to the sect's Yearning... More »

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Texas • child custody • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

Polygamy Kids Could Be Back Home in 10 Days

Texas must appeal surprise ruling or
send children back

May 23, 08 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday's surprise court ruling in favor of a polygamous sect has Texas authorities scrambling, Time reports. An appeals judge ruled that the state had no right to seize children suspected of being sexually abused from the Yearning for Zion ranch. Officials now must appeal the ruling or return the children... More »

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Texas • US Appeals court • polygamy • child custody • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • polygamists

UPDATED

 Texas Court: Return Kids
to Polygamy Sect 

Appellate body finds no evidence more than 460 children were in danger

May 22, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas appeals court found today that authorities, acting on "no evidence," and supported only by a "general allegation" of impropriety, should not have removed more than 460 children from a polygamist compound, the Dallas Morning News reports. The panel also said a local court "abused... More »

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Texas • US Appeals court • polygamy • judicial • child custody • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • Barbara Walther • polygamists

10 of Sect's 'Child Brides'
Are Adults

But state may return
to ranch to look for more children

May 21, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas authorities have admitted that 10 of the "children" taken into custody from the Eldorado polygamist sect are actually adults—including one who is 27—and more could be reclassified this week, reports the Houston Chronicle. This development could weaken the Child Protective Services' case that the sect was... More »

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Texas • FLDS • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • Eldorado • polygamists

Sect Parents Slam 'Vague' Custody Plans

Decry persecution, say Texas offering no clear way to reclaim kids

May 20, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hearings for the biggest child custody case in American history began yesterday and members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints weren't happy with proceedings, the AP reports. Parents of the more than 460 children in state custody complained that the court's recommendations were too generalized and... More »

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Texas • polygamy • custody • Mormonism • child custody • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • polygamists

Huge Polygamist Custody Case Divvied Up Today

Individual cases to be set for 400 kids

May 19, 08 5:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mammoth custody case of more than 400 children seized from a polygamist ranch in Texas will be broken up into individual cases today, the Houston Chronicle reports. Each will examine whether parents can demonstrate that their children will be safe from abuse before they can win them back from... More »

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Hard Choice
for Polygamy Moms: Your Cult or Your Kids

Women may have to leave ranch

May 15, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mothers from the Yearning for Zion polygamist compound in Texas may have to distance themselves from their religion—or face not getting their children back, the Dallas Morning News reports. Texas officials have prepared a list of goals the women need to work toward to prove they can provide a... More »

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 Polygamist 'Teen' Gives Birth 

Sect member has her third child in state custody

May 13, 08 4:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another young woman taken from a Texas polygamist sect has given birth while in state custody. The mom has claimed to be 22 years old, but state officials say she is only 17, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. More »

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polygamy • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • Department of Family and Protective Services • Louisa Bradshaw Jessop • Rulan Danial Jessop • Rod Parker • polygamists

 Sect Elder Blasts 'Terrorist' Raid 

'It does not require a foreign country to commit terrorist acts on American soil,' letter to Bush reads

May 12, 08 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - An elder of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints condemned the raid against a sect compound in Texas last month as a “terrorist act” in a letter to President Bush, CNN reports. Members of the FLDS have complained of the treatment of the families whose... More »

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Texas • polygamy • police raids • George W. Bush • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • sect

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