Together Forever

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

“Big Love,” HBO’s drama about polygamy, explores the American unease with mandatory unity.

‘Big Love’ Gets a Big Tie to Real World

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

For the creators and executive producers of “Big Love,” raids in Texas last year confirmed that polygamy is alive and thriving in several pockets of the American West.

Texas Report Says 12 Girls at Sect Ranch Were Married

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

According to a report released Tuesday, sexual abuse of children in a polygamist sect at the Yearning for Zion Ranch was common.

Plurality Tale

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

This novel part historical fiction, part modern-day murder mystery imagines the tribulations of two polygamist wives.

NATIONAL BRIEFING | SOUTHWEST; Texas: New Rules On Removing Children From Homes

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Federal court in Texas rules that child welfare workers must obtain court orders in most cases before removing children from their homes after accusations of abuse; also bars workers from automatically removing all children from home if one child is said to have been abused; ruling, although unrelated, comes amid scrutiny of state's removal of hundreds of children from polygamous sect

NATIONAL BRIEFING | SOUTHWEST; Texas: Bigamy Charges Are Added

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Two new indictments against members of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints add bigamy charges against Michael G Emack and Raymond M Jessop, already accused of sexual assault of child; indictments include few details of accusations

NATIONAL BRIEFING | SOTHWEST; Texas: New Polygamist Indictments

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Grand jury in West Texas hands up three new indictments against members of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints polygamist sect, whose ranch was raided in April (s)

Judge Orders Girl in Sect to Foster Care

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A 14-year-old girl believed to have been married at age 12 to the jailed polygamist sect leader Warren S. Jeffs with her parents’ blessing was ordered back into foster by a Texas judge.

Texas Seeking Custody of 8 Children From Sect

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Texas child welfare officials asked a court to return eight children from a polygamous sect to state custody because their mothers refused to limit the children’s contact with men involved in under-age marriages.

A Dead Polygamist Leaves Lots of Wives and One Big Mystery

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

There are many indications that David Ebershoff conducted prodigious research to write his novel about polygamy.

NATIONAL BRIEFING | SOUTHWEST; Texas: Sect Members Surrender

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Five indicted members of West Texas polygamist sect turn themselves in to face charges related to accusations of child sexual abuse; men are indicted with Warren S Jeffs, jailed leader of sect; charges stem from accusations that group forced under-age girls into marriage with much older men

Children of God

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The young women willing wives? abuse victims? of the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Polygamous Sect to Defend 6 Members in Court and Its Practices on Capitol Hill

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

As Texas Rangers and prosecutors prepared to arrest members of a polygamous sect, advocates and critics of the sect headed to Washington for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

Polygamist Is Indicted in Assault of a Child

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A Texas grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday against the Mormon polygamist leader Warren S. Jeffs, who is already serving time in prison, accusing him of sexually assaulting a girl under 17.

NATIONAL BRIEFING | WEST; Nevada: Polygamist Leader Is Hospitalized

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Warren S Jeffs, imprisoned polygamist leader, is taken from jail in Arizona to Las Vegas hospital after he is found feverish and 'convulsive' in his cell