There were at least 5, one a victim of incest as well as statutory sexual abuse, according to the warrant for the search of the property.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0410081polygamy1.html
There’s also the 2 or 3 “disputed” minors who testified in court that they had children while younger than 18.
http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2008/05/exclusive-attorney-for-some-flds.html
The original warrant was based on the story of a girl, Sarah, who has yet to be found, and whose calls were traced to a cell phone used by a 33-year-old woman from another state who has been charged with making crank calls in another case and who has had contact with an ex-FLDS woman who is trying to sell a book.
It is not a crime in Texas to have children when you are under 18. Until a 2005 change in the law, girls could get married as young as 14. Since 2005, they can get married at age 16. Also, girls as young as 14 can have sex without statutory rape being applied if their partner is within 36 months of their age, and I believe 17 is the age of consent.
Of course, it’s not fair to point out that there have been no charges yet, since the state is still investigating and there may be charges later.
Let’s say they had evidence of possible abuse of eight.
That’s 2 percent of the children.
They took 400 children and put them with foster families.
392 children siezed from thier parents without any due process.
I am not a defender of this cult and thier practices, but the state was way out of line on this.