Americans Against Abuses of Polygamy
B.C. Supreme Court has upheld Canada’s polygamy laws, but said minors who end up in polygamous marriages should be exempt from prosecution. In a 335-page decision released on Wednesday, Chief Justice Robert Bauman ruled in favour of the section of the Criminal Code outlawing polygamous unions. Via Canada’s polygamy laws upheld by B.C. Supreme Court [...]
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Supreme Court is expected to release its long-awaited ruling in a polygamy case on Nov. 23. In April, after 42 days of hearing evidence about whether or not Canada’s polygamy law is constitutional, Chief Justice Robert Bauman reserved judgment. Bauman’s ruling will be posted on the B.C. Supreme Court website, [...]
(Reuters) – A rural West Texas jury handed ex-bishop Fredrick Merril Jessop the maximum prison sentence of 10 years on Tuesday, a day after finding him guilty of marrying polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to a 12-year-old girl. Jeffs, 55, leader of a breakaway Mormon sect, is serving a life term for sexually assaulting two child [...]
ST. GEORGE — A judge dismissed rape charges against Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs Wednesday, following a motion filed by prosecutors. “Based on the circumstances of the case, Mr. Jeffs’ sentence he received in the state of Texas and after discussing with the victims and others involved in the case, we deemed it was [...]
If you read Jon Krakauer’s 2003 book Under the Banner of Heaven, and followed the trial of Warren Jeffs — notorious leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints, now in jail for life for sexual assault (after a stint on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List) — you’ll dig Sam Brower’s Prophet’s [...]
A private detective who lives in Cedar City, Sam Brower pushed the investigation into Warren Jeffs. His book includes writings from Jeffs’ personal journal. Via Author of book about Warren Jeffs will speak, sign / Salt Lake Tribune
Former polygamous sect leader Wendell Nielsen, 70, on Tuesday pleaded no contest to bigamy and was sentenced to serve 10 years of probation. As part of the agreement with prosecutors, Nielsen also will not file an appeal and drop his challenge to Texas’s bigamy statute, said his attorney, David Botsford. Via Former FLDS Leader Pleads [...]
Connie Reece review’s Sam Brower’s “Prophet’s Pray: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints.” via The “big picture” behind the Warren Jeffs trial and FLDS abuse and fraud / Amazon.com
There is a broad range of topics covered in “Breaking Their Will” yet the common theme is maltreatment, what constitutes it, and when and how it goes from parental and religious authority to criminal behavior. via Barbara Quirk: An insightful look at maltreatment of children / Madison.com
Despite the recent well-publicized and deeply disturbing child molestation trial of self-proclaimed polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs, TV reality show polygamist Kody Brown and his trendy wives and family seem to be everywhere these days. Via Is ‘Sister Wives’ Hiding The Disturbing Truth About Polygamy? / The Huffington Post
