Topic: Willie Jessop
0 . Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs may be serving a life-plus-20-year sentence in a Texas prison, but his grip on most of his 10,000 followers ...
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - If church elder Willie Jessop has his way, members of his polygamist sect will never again marry underage girls at a reclusive Texas ranch, and gates at the compound's entrance will not lock people in.But it ...
The Utah Supreme Court has reversed Warren Jeffs' two convictions on charges of rape as an accomplice and ordered a new trial. It was a pastoral scene of industriousness like those you might see in Hildale, Utah; or Colorado City, Arizona; or ...
Settlement talks called upbeat over control of polygamous church's property trustSettlement talks in a yearslong battle for control of a polygamous church's property trust ended upbeat Wednesday evening with all sides talking and trying to work out disagreements, the mediator ...
3 indicted members of polygamist sect, including Texas ranch leader, turn themselves inAn elder of a polygamous sect and two other church members surrendered to authorities Monday to face felony charges relating to the marriage of underage girls to older men.Fredrick ...
Custody case at Texas polygamist ranch winds down; most children released from court oversightThe custody case that swept 439 children from a polygamist sect's western Texas ranch into foster care has largely evaporated, with state authorities dropping all but a few ...
The jailed leader of a polygamist sect and five other men linked to a Texas compound raided earlier this year have been indicted on child sexual assault and other charges, officials said.Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday he hopes to ...
Utah judge grants polygamous sect spokesman's restraining order request against investigatorA private investigator who works for attorneys pursuing a polygamous church was banned from the homes and offices of a sect member in a restraining order issued Wednesday by a Utah ...
The raid on the YFZ ranch in El Dorado, Texas, has caused some people to worry that the government may have overstepped its bounds. Willie Jessop, who assumed leadership of the polygamist sect after Warren Jeffs went to prison, issued a letter ...