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Polygamy

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Polygamist communities sent teens to work long hours for low pay

A polygamous sect in Bountiful, B.C. under scrutiny for its treatment of women has used its young men and women as a cheap source of labour, according to court documents and a former church member.

Dozens of young people – some from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sect in Bountiful but others from the United States – were sent to Sundre, Alta. to work for a post, timber and logging operation.

Cult leader Warren Jeffs out of hospital, heads to another prison

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was en route to a Texas state prison Tuesday night following his discharge from a hospital at another prison where he was treated after becoming sick while fasting, a state official said.

Trial of former FLDS Frederick Merril Jessop bishop moved

The trial of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints former bishop Fredrick Merril Jessop on a charge of conducting an illegal ceremony will be held in Coke County.

Jessop was indicted on charges that he conducted a ceremony prohibited by law by marrying an underage girl to Warren Jeffs, the church head of the FLDS in 2006.

Warren Jeffs files handwritten motion for new trial

In a handwritten motion, polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is asking for a new trial on sexual assault of a child charges in Texas.

The one-page motion is written in the same rambling, archaic style that characterized Jeffs’ speech at trial after he fired his team of high-profile attorneys.

Warren Jeffs expected to survive; coma medically induced

There are conflicting reports as to the health status of imprisoned cult leader Warren Jeffs.

ABC News yesterday reported that Jeffs is in a coma is may not survive, but the Associated Press says an anonymous sources told them the coma was medically induced and that Jeffs is expected to survive.

Cult leader Warren Jeffs In Coma, May Not Survive: Source

Warren Jeffs, the polygamous sect leader and convicted child rapist, is in a coma and may not survive, a source close to Jeffs tells ABC News.

Jeffs, 55, had been fasting for the past three days and became so weak that doctors at the Texas prison where he is serving a life sentence induced a coma, according to the source.

Texas appeals court upholds FLDS man’s conviction, search of YFZ ranch

In a ruling that could influence the cases of a dozen polygamous men, including their leader, Warren Jeffs, a Texas appeals court on Friday said 2008 searches of the sect’s headquarters were legally justified.

In his appeal, Michael Emack claimed the search warrant used to gather the evidence against him was illegally obtained because the raid on the FLDS’ Yearning For Zion ranch was based on a hoax call.

States hope for joint task force on polygamy-related crimes

Top cops from Arizona, Nevada and Utah walked out of a meeting in Las Vegas excited about the prospect of banding together with federal authorities for a multistate effort to fight crimes related to polygamy.

The meeting in Las Vegas was June 11, 2008. The task force still hasn’t materialized.

Renewed battle for control of FLDS

Now that cult leader Warren Jeffs has been convicted and sentenced, the fight is heating up for control of the 10-thousand strong FLDS polygamist group.

William E. Jessop, who earlier this year claimed he was the rightful president of the group, has sent an open letter to Warren’s full brother, Lyle Jeffs, who is now apparently in command.

Warren Jeffs’ grip on FLDS sect likely to remain

Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, to his followers a prophet who speaks directly with God, is likely to continue to lead his church from behind bars after being sentenced to life in prison on child sex assault charges.

Willie Jessop, Jeffs’ former spokesman, said the FLDS community remains in denial but that Jeffs’ conviction could be the “beginning of a crisis.”

FLDS cult leader Warren Jeffs gets life in prison

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides in what his church deemed “spiritual marriages.”

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs convicted of child sexual assault charges

A Texas juryhas convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs of child sexual assault Thursday in a case stemming from two young followers he took as brides in what his church calls “spiritual marriages.”

Warren Jeffs regains leadership of FLDS church in Utah

Warren Jeffs regained control of his polygamous church on Wednesday after a four-month internal struggle for the presidency of the corporations that comprise the entity.

In April, William E. Jessop filed papers with the state ousting Jeffs as president of the corporations that make up the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Prosecution set to rest case against Warren Jeffs

The state of Texas is expected to rest its case Wednesday in the sexual assault trial of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs.

Records shown Tuesday morning state that Jeffs unofficially “married” a 14-year-old girl when he was 48.

Judge orders Utah to pay $4.6M of polygamous sect’s land trust debts

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