http://observers.france24.com/en/category/tags/sects The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20080410-polygamous-sect-flds-mormon-ranch <p align="right"> <span style="font-size: xx-small">Image taken from <em>Mormon Polygamy: A History</em></span> </p> <p> Following a call from a 16-year-old girl claiming she was sexually abused and assaulted by her 50-year-old husband, a fundamentalist Mormon compound where men have several wives has been raided and 419 children taken into temporary custody by Texan authorities. </p> <p> The raid took place last Thursday after a teenager called social services on March 19, saying she was forced to marry at 15 and was beaten and choked by her husband while he forced her to have sex with him. The ranch is the base of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day (FDLS), an off-shoot of the mainstream Latter-day Saints (LDS) who denounced polygamy over 100 years ago. </p> http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20080410-polygamous-sect-flds-mormon-ranch#comments Mormonism polygamy sect sexual abuse United States Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:07:58 +0200 Julien 15060 at http://observers.france24.com