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Texas seeks to seize ranch of polygamist sect
Nov 28, 2012 14:53 EST
Texas prosecutors Wednesday moved to seize the ranch of a polygamist sect where more than 450 children were earlier removed in a police raid and its leaders jailed on child sex abuse charges.
U.S.-based polygamist sect buys newspaper ads urging repentance
Jan 26, 2012 19:06 EST
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - A breakaway Mormon sect loyal to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has placed a series of ads urging repentance in major U.S. and Canadian newspapers that display purported revelations from God via their faith's self-proclaimed prophet.
Canadian court upholds polygamy ban
Nov 23, 2011 15:05 EST
A court upheld Canada's law against polygamous marriage in a sweeping ruling Wednesday that weighed religious and civil freedoms, human rights, and criminal legislation.
Utah drops accomplice to rape case against Warren Jeffs
Nov 09, 2011 20:09 EST
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A Utah judge dismissed accomplice to rape charges against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs on Wednesday at the request of prosecutors, who said pursuing the case was unnecessary given his life prison term in Texas.
Polygamist ex-bishop gets 10-year sentence for Jeffs marriage
Nov 08, 2011 20:34 EST
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - A rural West Texas jury handed ex-bishop Fredrick Merril Jessop the maximum prison sentence of 10 years on Tuesday, a day after finding him guilty of marrying polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to a 12-year-old girl.
Man guilty of marrying girl to polygamist sect leader
Nov 08, 2011 00:21 EST
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Ex-bishop Fredrick Merril Jessop was found guilty on Monday of marrying a 12-year-old girl to polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life term for sexually assaulting two child brides.
Polygamist ex-bishop guilty of officiating underage marriage
Nov 07, 2011 15:42 EST
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Ex-bishop Fredrick Merril Jessop was found guilty on Monday of marrying a 12-year-old girl to polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life term for sexually assaulting two child brides.
Texas polygamist Warren Jeffs seriously ill: report
Aug 29, 2011 20:35 EDT
Warren Jeffs, the jailed leader of a US polygamist sect, was in critical condition at a Texas hospital, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
Texas jury sentences polygamist leader to life
Aug 09, 2011 20:42 EDT
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - A jury sentenced polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, to over a century in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting two underage girls he wed as "spiritual" brides.
Texas jury sentences polygamist leader to life
Aug 09, 2011 18:26 EDT
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - A jury sentenced polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, to over a century in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting two underage girls he wed as "spiritual" brides.
Texas polygamist gets life in child sex case
Aug 09, 2011 16:25 EDT
The leader of a Texas polygamist sect that saw more than 450 of its children seized in a police raid was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for his "spiritual marriage" to two young girls.
Jurors hear polygamist leader warn girls not to reject him
Aug 08, 2011 19:43 EDT
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas jurors heard polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, warning underage girls in a tape played on Monday that God would reject them if they refused to have sex with him.
Texas polygamist guilty of child sex assault
Aug 04, 2011 23:44 EDT
The leader of a polygamist sect, who made headlines in 2008 when police raided his Texas compound and took away over 450 children, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two young girls.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs guilty of child sex assault
Aug 04, 2011 19:37 EDT
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, was found guilty on Thursday of child sexual assault for his so-called "spiritual marriages" to two underage girls.
Texas polygamist guilty of child sex assault
Aug 04, 2011 18:59 EDT
The leader of a polygamist sect, who made headlines in 2008 when police raided his Texas compound and took away over 450 children, was Thursday found guilty of sexually assaulting two young girls.
Jury deliberates in polygamist leader's abuse trial
Aug 04, 2011 16:23 EDT
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Jurors in the Texas child sexual assault trial of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, began deliberations in the case on Thursday.
Polygamist trial jury hears recording of alleged rape
Aug 03, 2011 19:09 EDT
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Prosecutors finished presenting their sexual assault case against polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs on Wednesday by playing a recording of his alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl for jurors.
Polygamist trial jury hears recording of alleged rape
Aug 03, 2011 16:17 EDT
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Prosecutors finished presenting their sexual assault case against polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs on Wednesday by playing a recording of his alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl for jurors.
Texas jury hears taste of polygamist life in audiotape
Aug 02, 2011 22:13 EDT
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Jurors in the Texas child sexual assault trial of Warren Jeffs got a snippet via an audiotape on Tuesday of what life may have been like for the polygamist leader's wives, whom he called his "quorum of 12 women".
Polygamist leader, in court outburst, says is persecuted
Jul 29, 2011 15:04 EDT
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs interrupted his Texas child sexual assault trial on Friday, shouting that his religious rights were being violated and warning the court it was stomping on "sacred ground".
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | |
|---|---|
 The FLDS temple at the YFZ Ranch near Eldorado, Texas | |
| Formation | 1932 |
| Purpose/focus | Church |
| Headquarters | Hildale, Utah |
| Membership | 10,000 |
| Current Leader is Unknown | |
