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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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sect stories: 6 news summaries

Sect Leader's Daughter Still in State Custody

As other kids return home, 16-year-old remains in foster care

Jun 3, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hundreds of kids returned to their FLDS-member parents over the past 2 days did not include one high-profile child: the 16-year-old daughter of sect leader Warren Jeffs. The girl's lawyer pushed to keep her in state custody because she has been sexually abused by an adult sect member—not... More »

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Warren Jeffs • FLDS • Eldorado • sect • polygamists

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Sect Parents Reuniting With Kids in Texas

Meanwhile, church elder forbids all underage unions

Jun 2, 08 6:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - As polygamist parents reunited with their kids in Texas today, a sect elder said the church will no longer allow underage marriages. But Willie Jessop called the sect misunderstood and insisted that past unions have all been mutual. Meanwhile, tearful parents held their children outside Texas foster sites after a... More »

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Texas • polygamy • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • FLDS • sect • polygamists

 Sect Kids Should Go Home,
 Texas High Court Says 

Justice uphold ruling saying state had no right to take sect children

May 29, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Texas Supreme Court agreed today that children from a polygamist sect should be returned to their parents, reports the Dallas Morning News. They could be home within days. The ruling leaves state officials with few legal options, though they could try to retain custody of some of the more... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • FLDS • sect

 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

Teen From Texas Sect Gives Birth

State says she's younger than 18, but ranch officials deny it

Apr 29, 08 7:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the teens taken from a polygamist sect in Texas gave birth to a boy today as state police stood guard outside her hospital room, the Houston Chronicle reports. State officials say the mother is younger than 18 and that she will be taken to a foster care facility... More »

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Texas • polygamy • teen pregnancy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Eldorado • sect

Eldorado Sect Has Branch
in South Dakota

No abuse allegations, but police wonder about 'locked-down operation'

Apr 28, 08 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The polygamous sect currently under investigation in Eldorado, Texas, has a sister compound in Pringle, SD—and it's making locals queasy, USA Today reports. The Pringle compound was started by the same leader in 2003, and is valued over $4.5 million. "They don't just open their doors,"... More »

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polygamy • South Dakota • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Eldorado • sect

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