Polygamist-Sect Hearing Resumes Friday
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Polygamist-Sect Hearing Resumes Friday
A chaotic hearing resumes Friday in a state court in San Angelo, Texas on the fate of 416 children. The hearing descended into a bedlam of confusion Thursday with the court having heard testimony of three witnesses.
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(April 18, 2008)—A chaotic hearing resumes today in a state court in San Angelo, Texas on the fate of 416 children.

Those children were taken from their parents in a raid on a West Texas polygamous sect two weeks ago. The state alleges that they were abused.

The hearing descended into farce yesterday, with hundreds of lawyers in two packed buildings shouting objections and the judge struggling to maintain order.

By evening, only three witnesses had testified, including state child welfare investigator Angie Voss.

Voss testified that at least five girls who are younger than 18 are now pregnant or have children. She also said some women at the ranch may have had children when they were minors, some as young as 13.

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Posted by: Danny Location: Maine on Apr 18, 2008 at 04:00 PM

The Jehovah's Witnesses have settled lawsuits alleging church policies protected pedophile men who sexually abused children for many years. JW Frederick McLean is one of the most-wanted fugitives in the United States Jehovah's Witnesses pedophile cover up problem at a glance: It's the WAY that the Watchtower's protocol for (non) handling of Criminal Pedophilia that is the root of this evil. Recent Watchtower 'damage control' in house memos on 'correcting' past cover ups and years of past stone walling/foot dragging does not undo decades of child abuse damage.
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