Tag: Warren Jeffs

Polygamist Leader Gives Opening Statement, Questions Witness In Child Sex Assault Case

Polygamist Leader Gives Opening Statement, Questions Witness In Child Sex Assault Case

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Warren Jeffs was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting two child brides after a whirlwind trial in which the polygamist sect leader insisted on representing himself, only to remain silent through much of the proceedings and present just one witness – a church elder who gave an extended Sunday school lesson on [...]

August 23, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Polygamist Sect Leader Convicted of Child Sexual Abuse

Polygamist Sect Leader Convicted of Child Sexual Abuse

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs of child sexual assault Thursday in a case stemming from two young followers he took as brides in what his church calls “spiritual marriages.” The 55-year-old head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stood stone-faced as [...]

August 5, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Warren Jeffs Case: Polygamist Leader Fires Lawyers

Warren Jeffs Case: Polygamist Leader Fires Lawyers

AN ANGELO, Texas — Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs has broken hours of silence in a West Texas courtroom with a lengthy sermon defending plural marriage as a constitutional freedom. Jeffs is charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child and is representing himself. The ecclesiastical head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus [...]

July 29, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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