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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

(Newser) - Swaziland King Mswati III sent several of his 13 wives on a multi-million-dollar shopping spree in the Mideast and Europe while two-thirds of his subjects continue to suffer in abject poverty, reports the Times of London. The move has triggered sharp criticism in Britain, which provides the impoverished nation with... More »

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Africa • HIV • polygamy • aid • starvation • poverty • Swaziland • King Mswati III • shopping spree

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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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 Sect Struggling for Funds to Battle Charges

Church loses funds as it fights legal battles

May 11, 09 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of a cash-strapped Texas polygamous sect plan to argue this week that key evidence against them should be thrown out because it was illegally obtained, the Wall Street Journal reports. Authorities say the diaries, photos, and documents they seized prove that underage marriages took place on the FLDS ranch,... More »

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Texas • crime • sexual abuse • polygamy • FLDS • polygamists • criminal trial

 All 3 Wives 
 to Join Zuma 
 at Inauguration 

South Africans left guessing which Zuma wife will be first lady

May 8, 09 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Africa's polygamous president-elect has confounded media speculation by inviting all three of his wives to his inauguration tomorrow, the BBC reports. Many had hoped the event would signal which wife would become the official first lady. Jacob Zuma has also invited his 19 children. It's uncertain whether all three... More »

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South Africa • polygamy • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • inauguration • first lady

South Africa Asks: Who Will Be First Lady?

Zuma has two wives and a fiancée, but only one can have the title

Apr 30, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a few days Jacob Zuma will become president of South Africa—but who will become the country's first lady is less certain. The African National Congress leader, who has two wives and a fiancée, will be the first avowed polygamist to serve as the country's head of state.... More »

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South Africa • polygamy • president • Jacob Zuma • first lady • polygamists

 Polygamists 
 Push to 
 Legalize 
 Marriages 

Some 40,000 live in polygamous families in Utah

Mar 23, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - As many as 40,000 people live in polygamous families in Utah and parents are stepping up efforts to make plural marriages legal, reports the BBC. The lobbying organization Principle Voices is pressing for state law changes. Authorities rarely crack down on polygamous families unless they're linked to child brides... More »

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marriage • religion • polygamy • Utah • Mormon • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • forced marriage


 Big Love 
 Temple Scene 
 Riles Mormons 

HBO apologizes for upcoming episode highlighting sacred LDS ceremony

Mar 11, 09 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - HBO will air an episode of the polygamy drama Big Love depicting a sacred Mormon ceremony despite strong objections from the church, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The network apologized to Mormons likely to be offended, while the series' creators defended the temple scene, saying it's depicted with reverence, and... More »

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HBO • polygamy • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Big Love

South Africa's Jacob Zuma to Marry 3rd Wife

Wedding bells yet again for polygamous president-to-be

Jan 7, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Jacob Zuma, the leader of the African National Congress and presumed next president of South Africa, is preparing to marry for a fifth time, reports the Telegraph. Zuma has never hidden his polygamous status, which is traditional for elite Zulus, and his new bride will be his third simultaneous spouse.... More »

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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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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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Fla. Bigamist Can't Stop at Just 2 Wives

With spouses in 3 states, serial groom had his eye on No. 4

Aug 19, 08 6:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leonard Hare’s bigamy case keeps expanding, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Hare was arrested when his second wife visited a wedding chapel website and discovered pictures of her missing husband—marrying his third wife. Since Hare was arrested, three women have contacted the Sentinel about him, and one of them... More »

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Florida • marriage • polygamy • Orlando • wife • bigamy • Leonard Hare





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

updated

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

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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update

 Sect Kids Aren't Going Home 

Lawyer objects at last minute to release of 460+ children

May 30, 08 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The parents of children taken from a polygamist ranch in Texas will not see their kids on Monday after all. At the last minute, a lawyer objected to the state's deal with the sect and stopped the judge from ordering the children's release. Now the judge plans to get them... More »

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 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 Moms Say Kids Scarred 

State blasted ahead of ruling on whether it had right to take custody

May 29, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking young children away from their parents has harmful effects, say mothers from the polygamist sect in Texas, and numerous studies agree—which is why federal and state guidelines require a “reasonable effort” to keep children with their parents before removing them. Texas authorities don't appear to have done... More »

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parenting • Texas • polygamy • social services • child custody • FLDS • Yearning for Zion ranch • polygamists

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