Zut Alors! Vox 2008-04-19T19:47:10Z Xtine http://xtine66.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398d478840002/tags/cults/ Polygamous-sect children ordered to stay in Texas custody tag:vox.com,2008-04-19:asset-6a00e398d47884000200e398f1ab780005 2008-04-19T19:47:10Z 2008-04-19T19:47:10Z Xtine http://xtine66.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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By MICHELLE ROBERTS The Associated Press Saturday, April 19, 2008; 9:13 AM SAN ANGELO, Texas -- A chaotic two-day hearing ended with dropped heads and silence when a judge ordered that the 416 children taken from a ranch run by a polygamous s...

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]]> Forbidden Fruit tag:vox.com,2008-04-19:asset-6a00e398d47884000200f48cf004e90002 2008-04-19T19:14:42Z 2008-04-19T19:14:42Z Xtine http://xtine66.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Inbreeding among polygamists along the Arizona-Utah border is producing a caste of severely retarded and deformed children By John Dougherty Published on December 29, 2005 Fifteen years ago, a strange-looking child suffering from severe physical ...

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]]> Is Texas group a religious sect or clear-cut cult? tag:vox.com,2008-04-10:asset-6a00e398d47884000200f48ced2dc90003 2008-04-10T07:32:08Z 2008-04-10T07:32:08Z Xtine http://xtine66.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Opinions differ on how to characterize alleged polygamists By Jeanna Bryner April 9, 2008 The allegedly polygamous group whose compound was raided this week in Texas is either a religious sect or a full-blown cult, depending on whom you ask. Th...

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]]> Raids Have Strengthened Polygamous Sect tag:vox.com,2008-04-10:asset-6a00e398d47884000200e398eec0790005 2008-04-10T07:24:07Z 2008-04-10T07:24:07Z Xtine http://xtine66.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom By JENNIFER DOBNER The Associated Press Thursday, April 10, 2008 SALT LAKE CITY -- The recent raid on a polygamist sect's compound by child welfare investigators has been tried before - but only temporarily interrupted the sect's way of life. Au...

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]]> Documents: Sect teens made to have sex tag:vox.com,2008-04-10:asset-6a00e398d47884000200f48ced2d280003 2008-04-10T07:21:26Z 2008-04-10T07:21:26Z Xtine http://xtine66.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom By MICHELLE ROBERTS Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 6 minutes ago SAN ANGELO, Texas - Young teenage girls at a polygamist compound in West Texas were required to have sex in a soaring white temple after they were married in sect-recognized unions...

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]]> Court Files Detail Claims of Sect’s ‘Pattern’ of Abuse tag:vox.com,2008-04-09:asset-6a00e398d47884000200e398ee505e0004 2008-04-09T04:48:54Z 2008-04-09T11:59:40Z Xtine http://xtine66.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom By GRETEL C. KOVACH The New York Times Published: April 9, 2008 SAN ANGELO, Tex. — Texas authorities released court documents on Tuesday detailing accusations of a “widespread pattern” of physical and sexual abuse of children by a polygamous sect...

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