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60 Percent Of Teenage Girls From Polygamist Sect Have Been Pregnant
More than half of the girls taken into state custody in a raid on the West Texas compound of a polygamous sect have been pregnant, state child welfare officials said Monday.
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(April 28, 2008)—More than half of the teenage girls swept into state custody after a raid on a polygamous sect's compound have been pregnant, state child welfare officials said Monday.
Child Protective Services spokesman Darrell Azar says 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 were living on the ranch in Eldorado.
Of that group, 31 already have children or are pregnant.
State officials took custody of more than 460 children from the Yearning For Zion Ranch more than three weeks ago after a raid prompted by calls to a domestic violence hotline that purportedly came from a 16-year-old girl who has never been identified.
CPS says there was a pattern of underage girls forced into so-called "spiritual marriages" with much older men at the ranch.
About 50 of the children have been housed at Waco’s Methodist Children’s Home since Friday.
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Just today, one of the underage girls gave birth to a baby boy!!! Who's the father of this one? Does the "grandmother" know who the father is? Is it incest? Is it an adult? DNA will prove whose it is, given enough time~THE WHOLE WORLD WILL KNOW! Yet, our governement continues to feed money to this compound with AFDC checks! These will be sent out on May 1, 2008; Will the amount be the same since the children are gone? The amount is based on parent and child with a missing in action father!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO, is our government any better than this compound~BY NOT GOING BY THE RULES???
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It's sad when you see people using religion as a tool of manipulation; powered by abuse from generation to generation. But FLDS is no longer part of the Mormon Church. And no, I'm not a Mormon. But there are different religions, cults, and sect's that are out there, that are abusing children. But they all hide behind they faith. Don't get me wrong, people can believe what ever they what to believe, but do not hurt a child. A child is from the age of 0 to 18. Our government, needs too put a stop on child abuse in religion communities. I remember reading story about a mother, who had infertility problems in Wisconsin (I think), she ended up getting pregnant with sextuplets. Because she refused treatment, BECAUSE of their faith, 5 babies died of their decisions. And nothing happen too this couple, because of their religion.
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