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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Source: News Radio 1200 WOAI San Antonio Texas
A judge in San Angelo ruled this afternoon that a 14 year old girl who was ’spiritually married’ to Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ‘prophet’ Warren Jeffs when she was 12 must be taken away from her mother and placed into foster [...]
Mother mum in polygamy custody case
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Source: CNN.com
The mother of a girl allegedly given in marriage at age 12 to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs refused to answer questions Monday from attorneys for the state.Warren Jeffs and four followers were indicted in Texas last month for sexual assault of a child.
Warren Jeffs and four followers were indicted in Texas last month [...]
Texas Authorities Seek Custody of Polygamist Sect’s Children Again
Sunday, August 17th, 2008FOXNews.com
More than two months after being forced to return children from a polygamist sect to their parents, Texas child welfare authorities want eight youngsters put back in foster care.
Individual hearings for the four mothers of the children, who range in age from 5 to 17, are set to begin Monday.
Child Protective Services has asked a [...]
FLDS hearing held in closed court
Saturday, August 16th, 2008Source: Deseret News
Lawyers for a member of the Fundamentalist LDS Church may be trying to prevent that person from testifying before a grand jury investigating crimes within the polygamous sect.
A hearing on a motion to quash a subpoena was held behind closed doors here on Friday. Little else is known about what happened at the [...]
Court lets CPS end oversight of 34 FLDS children
Saturday, August 16th, 2008Source: Houston Chronicle
A West Texas judge on Friday agreed to end court oversight of 34 children from a polyamist group.
Child Protective Services indicated last week that it would no longer pursue legal action against the parents of 34 children because the agency felt they were not in immediate danger. On Friday, State District Judge Barbara [...]
Bail hearing canceled for FLDS men
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Source: Deseret News
A court hearing for four men from the Fundamentalist LDS Church’s YFZ Ranch indicted by a grand jury here was canceled after they hired lawyers and bailed out of jail.
A bail reduction request for Raymond Merril Jessop, 36; Merril Leroy Jessop, 33; Allan Eugene Keate, 56; and Michael Emack, 57, was scheduled to [...]
FLDS questions state management of trust
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Source: Chron.com
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A spokesman for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was in state court Thursday to ask a judge if members can ultimately own their homes, now held by a state-managed church trust.
A state-appointed accountant has managed the $110 million United Effort Plan Trust for three years.
The UEP is the charitable [...]
Ex-husband of teen bride could face trial in Utah
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Source: KXAN.com
The ex-husband of a teen bride who helped convict polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs on counts of rape by accomplice — could face trial.
Allen Glade Steed is charged in Utah with one count of first-degree felony rape for his sexual relationship with Elissa Wall after the couple married in a 2001 religious ceremony.
She was [...]
Current number of cases against FLDS is unknown
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Source: Salt Lake Tribune
While Texas authorities were initially investigating 20 cases of sexual assault and 50 bigamy cases involving FLDS members, it is unclear how many of those cases remain open four months later.
Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange confirmed the number of cases - outlined in an April [...]
Texas widens FLDS probe
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008The modern Pharisee had a few words to say about all of this…check it out.
Source: Deseret News
Texas Rangers are investigating 20 cases of sexual assault and about 50 bigamy charges involving members of the FLDS Church, the Deseret News has learned.
Texas officials on Monday confirmed the number of open cases but would not say how [...]