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To: Politicalmom
CPS officials counter that they found at least one underage girl who was pregnant or had children in each of the sect's 19 homes on the ranch when they first arrived on April 3.

This has information on two issues. First, it gives a count of the number of independent living quarters at the ranch -- 19. I believed there were more than one because some parents had said they lived in their own houses, but now we know that there were quite a few different houses.

Second, it states that each of the 19 homes included at least one girl who had been pregnant while "underage", although it doesn't identify what "underage" means.

This story also suggests that they KNEW this when they arrived at the ranch. If true, that means on the DAY of the raid, CPS "knew" there were 19 girls who had been pregnant before turning 18 (I assume that's what they mean by underage).

However, early stories suggested they didn't know this and that they only learned it later.

Either CPS is not being accurate here, or it is another example where the fog of early reports is lifting.

79 posted on 05/01/2008 4:46:17 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT

This was testified to in the first hearing. They learned it during the investigations, which took several days.


81 posted on 05/01/2008 4:49:14 PM PDT by Politicalmom (It's the child abuse, stupid!!)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

For the purposes of sexual abuse or statutory rape, underage would be under 17, since 17 is the age of consent in Texas. Any girl whose conception date was before their 17th birthday would be a suspected victim of statutory rape unless the identified father was less than 3 years her senior.


136 posted on 05/02/2008 11:49:06 AM PDT by Valpal1 (OW! My head just exploded!)
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