Fifty-two children ranging from 6 months to 17 years were removed from a poylgamist ranch. Warren Jeffs is the sect leader of the West Texas ranch. Troopers were called in with search warrants. According to the article Dozens of children removed from poylgamist ranch, "They were responding to a report of "physical abuse" and neglect involving a 16-year-old girl. At this point in the investigation, she added, the abuse does not appear to be sexual." Eighteen girls were put in state custody after reports of abuse. The children were placed on church buses and taken to a civic center. Fifty-two year old Warren Jeffs bought the land for the ranch four years ago. He was convinced a year ago of rape and illegal perfomance of a marriage in 2001. I am glad the ranch was taken over. Many of those children do not even know the difference between what is right and wrong because they grew up in those conditions. Many think arrange marriages to much older men is what they have to do. They have no choices and must do what the "prophet" of the ranch, Warren Jeff, tells them to.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/04/texas.ranch/index.html
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