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Grand jury hands down three new (FLDS) sect indictments
gosanangelo ^ | August 21, 2008 | PAUL A. ANTHONY

Posted on 08/21/2008 6:29:23 PM PDT by Alice in Wonderland

A Schleicher County grand jury today handed down three new felony indictments in the state's polygamist sect investigation, a court clerk said.

Schleicher County District Clerk Peggy Williams said the indictments involve three individuals. It's unclear whether those individuals are new defendants or suspects already charged in the probe.

The identities of those individuals were not immediately available. Neither were the actual charges listed in the indictments.

The grand jury last month indicted six members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Court hearings for those individuals is scheduled for Sept. 8, authorities said.

The grand jury plans to reconvene on Sept. 23, Williams said.

Sect spokesman Willie Jessop was one of six witnesses subpoenaed today. When asked about his testimony, Jessop told reporters: "We certainly believe there is a God. We believe he will judge all. Those who judge will be judged themselves."

In related action today, a case involving Lloyd Barlow, a physician at the sect's YFZ compound near Eldorado, was transferred to the Schleicher County court system. He is facing three charges of failing to report child abuse, a misdemeanor. He was among the six members of FLDS indicted last month.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: flds; jeffs; yfzranch
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To: UCANSEE2
Nah, I think these are 2nd indictments for the fellows. First, the child sexual abuse and now bigamy.
141 posted on 08/23/2008 8:30:51 PM PDT by Alice in Wonderland
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To: Alice in Wonderland

So, the total is five, or is it six?


142 posted on 08/23/2008 10:35:33 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: Alice in Wonderland

Is the bishop’s list a list by the bishop of all activities, or is it a list of all the bishop’s activities?


143 posted on 08/23/2008 10:37:21 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: LeGrande

“The outrages that were beyond all description were their beliefs. “

What beliefs did they have that were so outrageous?


144 posted on 08/23/2008 10:38:57 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: UCANSEE2

6, including Jeffs.


145 posted on 08/23/2008 11:06:58 PM PDT by Alice in Wonderland
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To: UCANSEE2
It's a census of families at the ranch. Here's a link:

Bishop's List

146 posted on 08/23/2008 11:09:57 PM PDT by Alice in Wonderland
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To: UCANSEE2
“The outrages that were beyond all description were their beliefs. “

I don't know. It was probably their belief that the LDS religion was the only true church on the face of the earth and that all the other churches were Satan's spawn : )

Most likely though it was the Mormons anti slavery position and the fact that they were rapidly becoming a major political power due to their growing numbers.

147 posted on 08/24/2008 6:42:08 AM PDT by LeGrande
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To: LeGrande

Well, while probably and likely are reasonable for proof when no other proof exists, there was written proof in the quoted information on the Missouri incident.

“I have received by Amos Reese, Esq., of Ray county, and Wiley C. Williams, Esq., one of my aids, information of the most appalling character, which entirely changes the face of things, and places the Mormons in the attitude of an open and avowed defiance of the laws,”


You put people in a ‘seat of excitement’ with your last two paragraphs. The image you conjure up of a picture of 100’s of soldiers riding horses, with the latest rifles, hunting down Mormons like a foxhunt in the English woods, would indicate you know little about the history of Missouri.


148 posted on 08/24/2008 8:46:02 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: LeGrande
Besides, Boggs 'plan' was a miserable failure.


149 posted on 08/24/2008 8:55:25 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: UCANSEE2
You put people in a ‘seat of excitement’ with your last two paragraphs. The image you conjure up of a picture of 100’s of soldiers riding horses, with the latest rifles, hunting down Mormons like a foxhunt in the English woods, would indicate you know little about the history of Missouri.

What in the heck are you talking about? Did you forget your meds this morning?

150 posted on 08/24/2008 9:02:05 AM PDT by LeGrande
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To: LeGrande

“It was probably their belief that the LDS religion was the only true church on the face of the earth and that all the other churches were Satan’s spawn”

Where did you get that concept?

I thought non-Mormons were just considered uncivil heathens.


151 posted on 08/24/2008 9:02:05 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: LeGrande

No. I don’t do meds.

But, I’m still waking up, and I referred to the wrong thing.

I should have referred to your previous posts, not the last two paragraphs.

But, is that the picture you have in your head?


152 posted on 08/24/2008 9:06:23 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: UCANSEE2
But, is that the picture you have in your head?

No. It was just a law passed against people lumping them together because of their beliefs.

153 posted on 08/24/2008 9:13:03 AM PDT by LeGrande
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To: UCANSEE2
I thought non-Mormons were just considered uncivil heathens.

That too : ) I think it is a generally accepted principle to unite your own group by demonizing opponents.

154 posted on 08/24/2008 9:16:58 AM PDT by LeGrande
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To: LeGrande

“It was just a law passed against people lumping them together because of their beliefs.”

And their beliefs were that they didn’t have to obey the laws.


155 posted on 08/24/2008 9:39:06 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: LeGrande

“I think it is a generally accepted principle to unite your own group by demonizing opponents.”

I know. And we are going to be hit in the face with it for several days as the DNC Convention in Denver gets going full steam.


156 posted on 08/24/2008 9:54:22 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: LeGrande; Alice in Wonderland; hocndoc; deport
And she's buying the stairway, to heaven.


157 posted on 08/24/2008 10:03:20 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: UCANSEE2
And their beliefs were that they didn’t have to obey the laws.

Nah, they believe in honoring, obeying, and sustaining the law. They are really boring that way.

158 posted on 08/24/2008 10:23:03 AM PDT by LeGrande
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To: LeGrande

Speaking of demonizing your opponents, the FLDS doesn’t have the same beliefs as the LDS, from what I can tell.

According to what I have been able to find, the FLDS think non-Mormons are heathens, and blacks are the true spawn of Satan.


Sex with minors.
Bigamy on a wholesale basis.
And now, racism.

The FLDS doctrines practiced by these people that lived at the YFZ Ranch, just seem so.....wholesome and theologically rewarding.

And sound just like the behavior by our Congress.


159 posted on 08/24/2008 10:25:43 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Blind, 6y.o. female jackbooted ape, always on the computer, watching "F.R.")
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To: UCANSEE2
And sound just like the behavior by our Congress.

I think you are slandering the FLDS by comparing them to our Congress : )

160 posted on 08/24/2008 10:36:56 AM PDT by LeGrande
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