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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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

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Police Fear Stonewall by Polygamist Settlers

Faithful see government as 'devil'

Apr 13, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Warren Jeffs' hand-picked, devoted settlers may refuse to testify against his polygamist compound in Texas, officials fear—making it tough to win cases of suspected child abuse. "All these girls are taught from the cradle not to trust anybody from the outside—especially the government," Utah's attorney general... More »

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Texas • Arizona • religion • polygamy • Utah • Warren Jeffs • FLDS • compound • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Rangers Talk
 to Polygamist
 Rape Suspect 

But Barlow walks, claiming case of mistaken identity

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... More »

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Texas • rape • polygamy • Mormon • Warren Jeffs • Dale Barlow • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Top 10 Crazy Cults 

Polygamists, UFOs, and apocalyptic prophesies abound

Apr 12, 08 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Experts are debating whether the polygamist sect raided in Texas last week is a cult. Meanwhile, LiveScience has cooked up a list of bona fide cults—the top 10 craziest of them all:
  1. Raëlians: Followers believe that UFOs spawned most religions and cloning can lead to reincarnation.
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religion • list • polygamy • Jim Jones • Jonestown massacre • cult • Charles Manson • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Police Defend Inaction at Polygamist Ranch

Bare dramatic details of raid

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... More »

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Texas • child molestation • rape • polygamy • Warren Jeffs • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

Texas Polygamists: Sect or Cult? 

Sociologist explores such groups and what keeps people there

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... More »

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Texas • religion • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • sociology • cult • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 'Sex Bed' for Girls
 Found in
 Polygamist Temple 

Temple used for sex with underage brides, tipster tells cops

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... More »

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Texas • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • teen pregnancy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Sex Abuse
 'Rampant' at
 Polygamist
 Ranch 

Pubescent girls forced to 'marry' older men,  say investigators

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... More »

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Texas • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • teen pregnancy • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Control, Isolation Kept Polygamist Wives Silent

Women in Texas compound have a fierce loyalty to leader Warren Jeffs

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... More »

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Texas • rape • child abuse • polygamy • Warren Jeffs • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 534 Taken From
 Polygamist Ranch 

Cops arrest one for interfering with evacuation

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,... More »

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Texas • marriage • religion • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • fundamentalism • Mormonism • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Search Continues for Teen Who Sparked Raid on Sect

More than 200 women, children still held after move from polygamist compound

Apr 7, 08 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Officials are still searching for the 16-year old girl whose abuse complaint set off the raid of a polygamist compound in Eldorado, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reports. Over 200 women and children were bussed out of the facility for questioning; the girl, who claimed to have a baby with the... More »

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 Standoff Ends at 
 Polygamist Compound 

Police still searching for girl linked to abuse claim

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... More »

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Texas • rape • sexual abuse • polygamy • Mormon • Warren Jeffs • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

 Nearly 200 Pulled From
 Polygamists' Ranch 

State workers question kids about abuse, neglect claims

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,... More »

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rape • sexual abuse • polygamy • Warren Jeffs • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Texas Pulls 52 Kids From Sect Compound

Rape charge sparks move at Warren Jeffs' polygamy site

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... More »

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Texas • Arizona • rape • child abuse • polygamy • fundamentalism • Utah • Warren Jeffs • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Jeffs Gets
Two Terms on Rape Charges

Polygamy leader sentenced as accomplice in Utah

Nov 20, 07 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs received consecutive five-year-to-life terms today for two counts of accomplice to rape, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. A Utah judge also made him pay $18,500 on each count of forcing an underage girl to marry in 2001 at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ... More »

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prison • Arizona • rape • polygamy • Warren Jeffs • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Jury Finds Polygamist Sect Leader Guilty

Jeffs convicted on
2 felony counts of
rape as accomplice

Sep 25, 07 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted today on two counts of rape as an accomplice for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin. The jury reached a verdict just hours after one member was replaced for undisclosed reasons, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Jeffs faces 5 years... More »

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rape • Utah • Warren Jeffs • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Polygamist Boss Ordered Girl
to 'Surrender'
to Husband

Jeffs charged with rape as an accomplice

Sep 14, 07 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Polygamist Warren Jeffs was accused yesterday of ordering a 14-year-old girl to surrender to her older cousin in an arranged marriage. That amounts to rape as an accomplice, prosecutors charged in the first day of Jeffs' trial. Church members consider their leader “God on Earth" who could only be... More »

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polygamy • Utah • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • arranged marriage • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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