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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

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 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

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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polygamy • custody • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Eldorado

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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child abuse • polygamy • child custody • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • polygamists

 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

Texas Raid Rocks Other Polygamists

Similar communities in Utah, Ariz., fear they might be next on list

May 8, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The raid on the Texas compound of a polygamist sect has similar communities worried, reports the New York Times. Groups of polygamists belonging to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints live along the Utah-Arizona border and many fear that the crackdown on their Texas brethren means they... More »

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Arizona • polygamy • Utah • Mormonism • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Polygamy Hubby Tallies 21 Wives

And 36 children

May 6, 08 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A husband in the Texas polygamist ranch where children were seized to protect them from suspected child abuse has 36 kids and 21 wives—with the youngest 43 years his junior, reports CNN. The information on the 67-year-old member—whose youngest child is 6 months old—is included on a... More »

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rape • child abuse • polygamy • Warren Jeffs • child rape • Yearning for Zion ranch • Eldorado

Many Kids
From Sect Had
Broken Bones

State also says
boys may have been
sexually abused

Apr 30, 08 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Of 463 children seized from a Texas polygamist compound, 41 show evidence of broken bones at a young age, the Dallas Morning News reports. "Several of these fractures have been found in very young children," said the head of Child Protective Services, which also said it's looking into... More »

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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

Half of Sect's Teens Have Been Pregnant

Last of kids involved in polygamist case bused to foster homes 

Apr 28, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Of 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 taken from a polygamist sect in Texas, 31 have had children or are pregnant, the Houston Chronicle reports. Officials announced that the last of the 463 minors taken from the El Dorado ranch had been bused to foster homes after... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • domestic abuse • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • foster homes

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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 Sect Style: Flamboyant Modesty

Women's uber-modest fashion clearly sets polygamists apart

Apr 27, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The women’s clothes from the Texas polygamist compound call to mind both Little House on the Prairie and prison garb. Yet there’s something elaborate, or even flamboyant, in the carefully crafted styles that set these women so distinctly at odds with modern culture, writes Robin Givhan in the ... More »

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Sect Children Slowly Meet Outside World

Care workers advised to keep them away from TV—and red clothes

Apr 26, 08 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The last of the 462 children removed from the compound of a polygamous sect have been placed in foster care in 16 locations around Texas, the Houston Chronicle reports. The caregivers have been given lengthy instructions on how to treat the children, including keeping them away from TV, radio, and... More »

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25 Moms ID'd as Minors in Polygamy Probe

Families separated as probe into rogue Mormon sect continues

Apr 25, 08 3:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Texas authorities have identified 25 more mothers from a polygamist ranch as underage girls, bringing the number of juveniles in custody to 460. The girls had initially claimed to be adults, Reuters reports. Officials are keeping hundreds of women and children from the polygamist compound in temporary custody in a... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • child welfare • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

Polygamist Tip-Off Traced to Hoaxer's Phone

Woman has history
of making fake calls
to abuse hotlines

Apr 24, 08 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some of the dramatic calls thought to be from an abused teen that sparked a raid on a Texas polygamist ranch have been traced to a cell phone number previously used by a well-known hoaxer, the Denver Post reports. Court documents reveal that the 33-year-old woman has a history of... More »

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Texas Moving Sect Kids Into Foster Care

Action taken before notifying lawyers; some bused to group homes

Apr 22, 08 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas authorities began moving children from a polygamist ranch to foster group homes around the state today. More than 100 of the children were bused to facilities, and the remaining 300 or so will likely follow later this week, the Houston Chronicle reports. The move comes on the second day... More »

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Texas • DNA • child abuse • polygamy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

Polygamist
Sect Launches
Online PR Campaign

Features photos of tanks and 'pioneer girls'

Apr 22, 08 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of the Texas polygamist community whose children were seized because of suspected abuse have taken their battle against authorities to the Internet, reports the Deseret News. The sect has launched two companion websites—one of them featuring photos and videos of crying children being led away, flanked by armed... More »

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Polygamist
Sect Men
Break Silence

Members 'have been made very aware' of state marriage laws

Apr 21, 08 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Male members of the Texas polygamist sect say they weren’t aware that state law prohibits people under 18 from marrying until after the raid on their compound, CBS News reports. Three men from the Yearning for Zion ranch said on the Early Show that they'll cooperate with court-ordered DNA... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • underage sex • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

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