52 girls are rescued as polygamist sect probed.FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. : Police yesterday investigated possible child abuse in a breakaway polygamous polygamous as a male or female, having more than one mate. Mormon church after removing 52 girls between the ages of six months and 17 years from the secretive sect's compound in Texas. Social workers determined that 18 of the girls had been abused or were at immediate risk of future abuse, the Houston Chronicle reported. The raid on Friday was triggered by reports that a 50-year-old man had illegally married and had sex with a girl that is currently 16 years old and has an eight-month-old child, the San Angelo Standard-Times San Angelo Standard-Times is a daily newspaper based in San Angelo, Texas, USA since 1884. It is owned by the newspaper group, The E.W. Scripps Company. The newspaper, owned in the 1920s by Houston H. , reported. The ranch, in the town of El Dorado about 414km southwest of Dallas, Texas, is linked to Warren Jeffs, an avowed a·vow tr.v. a·vowed, a·vow·ing, a·vows 1. To acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly; confess: avow guilt. See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. To state positively. polygamist po·lyg·a·mist n. One who practices polygamy. Noun 1. polygamist - someone who is married to two or more people at the same time polyandrist - a woman with two or more husbands who is now behind bars. His Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) owns the sprawling ranch property. Jeffs, who was considered to be the sect's prophet, was arrested near Las Vegas in 2006 and sentenced to life in jail for being an accomplice to rape. He also faces federal charges in Arizona and Utah. Acting on a warrant for the arrest of the adult suspect, police seized all records detailing the marriage, as well as computer equipment and recording devices, photographs, videos or DVDs, the Standard-Times reported. The social workers need a chance to assess the needs of the children "and try to find out what the appropriate action will be," said Patrick Crimmins, a spokesman with Texas Child Protective Services child protective services Sociology A state or county agency that addresses issues of child abuse and neglect . The children were now being held at an undisclosed location in the town of San Angelo, officials said. The vast Texas ranch was bought by the sect in 2003 and was kept under surveillance by the authorities. The mainstream Mormon church - The Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
It now excommunicates members who engage in the practice and disavows any connection with the FLDS church. Copyright [c] 2008 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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