Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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Yeah I saw this last night on Yahoo. I showed my wife this and she was just shocked. Here's the Yahoo video:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=7277717&ch=4226713&src=news
It's good the authorities are finally doing something. The video mentions a 16 year old teen married to a 50 year old man.
Here's a follow up story by the Salt Lake City Tribune:
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_8823648
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Officials: Kids 'doing remarkably well'
183 children and women are taken from the compound; 18 girls in state custody
By Brooke Adams
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 04/06/2008 01:54:29 AM MDT
ELDORADO, Texas - After four years of quietly building a polygamous enclave in west Texas, the fundamentalist FLDS sect has been sundered by a major state raid that by Saturday had brought out 183 boys, girls and women for questioning about their well-being.
Spurred by a report of physical abuse at the compound on Monday, Texas law enforcement and child welfare workers have scoured the compound for evidence that the women and children were in peril.
As of Saturday, 18 of the girls remained in state custody, meaning they are considered to be under threat of physical, mental or sexual abuse, or of neglect, said Marleigh Meisner, spokeswoman for the Texas Child Protective FLDS children out for fresh air in a courtyard at the First Baptist Church in Eldorado, Texas, on Saturday. The 97 girls, 40 boys and 46 women who have been taken from the compound are being housed, questioned and cared for by CPS investigators at the Schleichter County Civic Center and Eldorado's First Baptist Church. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune)Service. The state had found foster families for them, but they had not been moved by Saturday evening, she said.
The remainder - 79 girls, 40 boys and 46 women - were being housed, questioned and cared for by CPS investigators at the Schleicher County Civic Center and the town's First Baptist Church, whose members offered food, supplies and comfort.
"The kids are doing remarkably well," Meisner said. "We're really, really trying to be aware that their whole world has changed. And be sensitive to the fact that we've taken them from their surroundings."
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