Jul 23rd, 2008 · A grand jury in Texas has indicted Warren Jeffs and some of his followers on charges of felony sexual assault of a child. Why did the sect begin marrying off young women to older men in the first place?
Jul 23rd, 2008 · A grand jury in El Dorado, Texas, has indicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and a group of his followers on charges of sexual assault of a child. They're members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The group's ranch was raided earlier this year.
Jul 10th, 2008 · FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was transferred from prison to a medical facility on Tuesday after appearing "lethargic." On Wednesday, Jeffs was escorted from the hospital and taken to an airport.
Jul 9th, 2008 · Officials are providing scant information about why FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was transferred Tuesday from jail in Mohave County, Ariz., to a Las Vegas hospital.
Jul 1st, 2008 · In May, authorities seized hundreds of children from a polygamist compound in Texas. Footage of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — and its distinctively clothed women — was all over TV. Now the women have a Web site to sell their modest apparel.
Jun 30th, 2008 · The April raid on a polygamist ranch in Texas has created image problems for the Mormon community. A new survey found that almost a third of those surveyed thought the polygamists were in fact Mormons. Now, the community's leaders are responding to what they see as widespread confusion about their faith.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · A judge Monday ordered the immediate return of the more than 400 children taken from a polygamist group's ranch. The Houston Chronicle's Terri Langford reports on the conditions of the return and the reaction in Texas.
Jun 2nd, 2008 · A West Texas judge has ordered all of the children seized by the state from a polygamist group to be returned to their parents. But the order doesn't end the standoff between Texas child welfare officials and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints.