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Keep Sweet.
Posted on 07/20/2008 1:16:34 PM PDT by JRochelle
Warren Jeffs married his underage daughter to the 34-year-old son of his chief deputy, one day after she turned 15, according to pictures, diaries and a marriage record kept by Jeffs' polygamist sect obtained Friday by the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News.
The documents were attached to a report filed Friday by Court-Appointed Special Advocates in San Angelo, the girl's guardian, in a battle over who represents her in court. The CASA report contradicts both interviews the girl and members of her church, The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, have given denying that she was ever placed in a "spiritual marriage" with an adult member of the church.
"Based on the information in the attachments, CASA feels that [the girl] would be at risk for continued sexual abuse," the CASA report states.
The girl's guardian who wrote the report was not available for comment Friday. FLDS spokesmen could not be reached for comment.
Jeffs' daughter, now 16 and in her mother's custody, has found herself in a three-way legal fight between the FLDS, the Texas Attorney General's Office, which is laying out a criminal case against the sect to grand jurors next week, and her own court-appointed attorneys hired to protect her legal and personal interests.
The Salt Lake Tribune has previously identified the girl as Teresa Jeffs, because she took her complaints about her attorney public.
The teen has been subpoenaed by the state to testify before the grand jury, which meets for the second time next Tuesday in Eldorado.
Natalie Malonis, the girl's attorney ad litem, representing the girl's legal interests, confirmed the report had been filed with the court in San Angelo but would not comment on it.
The revelation that Jeffs not only approved the marriage of his own teen daughter to an adult but officiated at the "spiritual wedding" is the most detailed evidence to surface in the case. It could show that underage marriages were perhaps not as rare as the church has been leading the public to believe.
Jeffs awaits trial in Arizona on charges of being an accomplice to sexual conduct with a minor for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and adult men. He was convicted in Utah last year of two counts of felony rape as an accomplice in the marriage of a girl there.
The records attached to the report include photos of the girl, pulled apparently from one of the many scrapbooks FLDS women keep, in which she is seen kissing her new adult husband.
An excerpt from the girl's own diary also included a recollection of the marriage to Raymond Jessop, which appears to have taken place July 26, 2006, at the "Home of President Warren Jeffs."
In a Dec. 27, 2006, entry, the girl wrote, "The Lord blessed me to go forward in marriage July 27, 2006, the day after I turned 15 years old."
The teen was one of more than 400 children taken from the FLDS' Yearning For Zion Ranch near Eldorado, Texas.
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Polygamist Pedophile Perverts Alert!
Keep Sweet.
Does anyone know who his chief deputy is/was?
Merril Jessop. On the same day, Warren married himself to Merril’s 12-year-old daughter.
Willie Jessop is known around the polygamist communities of Colorado City and Hildale as “Willie the Enforcer.” He was once a bodyguard for Warren Jeffs. Last fall in St. George, Utah, 5th District Court Judge James Shumate kicked Jessop out of the Jeffs trial for allegedly trying to intimidate witnesses.
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there is apparently a “dictation” prepared by Warren Jeffs attesting to the marriage. Witness to the marriage were Wendell Nielson and Merril Jessop.
Nielson is a presiding elder heavily involved in “security” (read witness intimidation) and money laundering. He is reportedly violent.
The FLDS and Muslims have a lot in common....child rape, lying to authorities, going to Hell...
You gotta be kiddin' me right? No one has been buying that underage marriages are rare within FLDS. They are the rule rather than the exception!
Disgusting ... now all we need is for SD to post her usual whine in defense of this perverted cult.
That should tip this thread into the ‘nauseating’ category and out of the mere ‘disgusting’.
Great Balls of Fire!
That individual is definitely a scumbag.
Nice to be in agreement with you for a change, OMm.
Arfound these parts we refer to pervs like warren Jeffs as ‘pond scum’.
And around here we refer to their deeds as “statutory rape.” “Spiritual marriage,” my arse.
What a sick pervert.
What’s there to argue about?
I doubt that he is that good a person.
Whether FLDS can be allowed to call themselves MORMON?
It could show that underage marriages were perhaps not as rare as some FReepers have been leading FR to believe...
Fixed that...
Are you allowed to call yourself Christian?
Nope.
Makes one wonder. How did Warren decide who got to be his next ‘spirit-bride’?
One theory, proposed by FLDS members, is that GOD told Warren.
The other, was that Warren used the winner of the CANDYLAND game at the dorm.
I have no idea what CANDYLAND game is ... I’m an old man, so such references are lost on me I’m afraid. When I lived in the dorm, we palyed bridge in the lobby all night, or Chess in the room with the door open for days on end and unending walk-throughs kibitzing.
Sorry.
CANDYLAND is quite an old game.
It’s a child’s game complete with playing board and pieces.
It’s a ‘beginners’ game. Very low skill level required.
*snort*
I really hope those that have been defending this practice and this cult get a clue.
“Disgusting ... now all we need is for SD to post her usual whine in defense of this perverted cult.”
Sorry. I’ve been busy studying and such. All I have to say is when one of these FLDS guys spiritually marries a young girl, do they immediately go on a honeymoon and jump in the sack? Just asking.
Strange bedfellows - FReepers and Harry Reid. Never thought I’d live to see the day.
According to their practices, they impregnate the new female as quickly as possible. That is the female’s purpose, to bear children for the ‘father’. At least one a year. How do you think these families got 40 to 50 kids a piece?
How very creative of you, Saundra!
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In When Men Become Gods, Edgar Award nominee Stephen Singular traces Jeffs’s rise to power and the concerted effort that led to his downfall. It was a movement championed by law enforcement, private investigators, the Feds, and perhaps most vocal of all, a group of former polygamous wives seeking to liberate young women from the arranged marriages they’d once endured. The book offers new revelations into a nearly impenetrable enclave---a place of nineteenth-century attire, inbreeding, and eerie seclusion---providing readers with a rare glimpse into a tradition that’s almost a century old, but that has only now been exposed.
Oh, the little girl borrowed a nightgown for a non-existent “wedding night”, don’t you know...
I saw that.
And that was Raymond’s bride.
Wonder if Warren’s bride borrowed a set of footsy-jamas for her wedding night?
Her dowry was probably a Build-a-Bear.
That's been answered - several times - on this thread.
Texas child advocate's report claims underage marriage in FLDS case
I have a question.
Since each ‘home’ had multiple wives and gobs of children, just where did the new ‘couple’ go to have their night of wedded bliss?
The temple? The beds in the temple?
Many say there was only one bed. IIRC, there were multiple beds, in multiple rooms, but they only found one that was ‘disturbed’ and had used linens, and a female hair.
Also, when this case started up, the ‘informant’ allegedly had knowledge of 20 times the ‘beds’ in the temple were used for the new ‘child bride ceremonies’.
Seems to me someone who offered his home to runaway males and females from the FLDS would be in a position to have that kind of knowledge.
And, now we have indications that the evidence shows there were 3 ‘spirit brides’ in one day.
20 doesn’t really seem that farfetched anymore.
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