A polygamous sect leader whose followers believe he is a prophet who speaks directly with God is likely to continue to lead his church from jail.
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/ 30 December 2010
A Texas judge entered not guilty pleas on behalf of Warren Jeffs after the polygamist sect leader remained silent on bigamy and sex assault charges.
It was no secret that a polygamist sect that built a compound in the west Texas desert believed in marrying off underage girls to older men. The sheriff had an informant for four years who was feeding him information about life inside the sect. But authorities say their hands were tied until last week.
Authorities have now removed 401 children from a remote ranch in west Texas belonging to a breakaway Mormon sect linked to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, Texas authorities said on Monday. Patrick Crimmins, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, said 401 children have been taken from the compound.
Authorities removed more than 180 women and children from the Texas compound of a polygamist sect on Saturday evening after receiving reports of ”sexual and physical abuse”. The 10 000-member Mormon group is led by Warren Jeffs, who was convicted in Utah last year on two counts of accomplice to rape.
United States authorities removed 52 girls from a polygamous sect’s compound in western Texas on Friday, and questioned the remaining members of the breakaway Mormon church, officials said. Those removed were aged from six months to 17 years old, according to the Child Protective Services in Schleicher County.
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/ 26 September 2007
The leader of a breakaway polygamous sect of Mormons was on Tuesday convicted of abetting in the rape of a 14-year-old girl who was forcibly married off to a cousin. Warren Jeffs (51) is the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and revered by his followers as God’s prophet.