Sect leader Jeffs is charged with child sex assault

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN/AP

ELDORADO, Texas (AP) -- Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was indicted in Texas on a count of child sexual assault, a first-degree felony. Five members of the sect also face charges.

Attorney General Greg Abbott says four of Jeffs' followers are charged with one count of sexually assaulting girls under the age of 17.

One of the four faces an additional charge of bigamy.

Abbott says a fifth follower is charged with three counts of failure to report child abuse.

The charges follow an ill-fated child custody case in which more than 400 children were placed in foster care. The Texas Supreme Court ruled child welfare authorities overstepped in taking all the children from their parents even though many were infants and toddlers....

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/22/flds.grand.jury.ap/index.html

[Kaleko]

1. Only one count ? And only six of these creeps are charged altogether...

[geomon666]

2. It's Texas.

It's amazing this guy got charged at all.

[jazzjunkysue]

3. I knew when they sent those kids home we'd be wishing we hadn't.

This gave the "fathers" time to indoctrinate them further, making any testimony or evidence even more difficult to obtain.

This entire system is abusive, starting with their lack of access to a public education.