Summary
A Polygamy Ranch out in Texas has been recently investigated for many cases of sexual abuse. The leader of the colony, Warren Jeff, has also been accused and sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing two girls. The ranch is being shut down and 416 children were removed from the area. They also found that some of the mothers there were under 18 and that made the number rise to 468. A lot of these girls were forced into marrying old men because it was "spiritual". The men deny ever sexually abusing a lot of these young girls and say it was consensual. About 130 women left the ranch voluntarily and did not want to stay there. There are still investigations going on and people are still being questioned about the other possible victims of this horrible crime.
Analysis
Although Warren Jeff was charged with raping a 13 and a 15 year old girl it is highly possible there are other to his list. It is so sad that someone could do this and that a lot of these women have lived in this colony and their rights have been taken from them. Although the men have denied that this crime is taking place it most likely takes place a lot especially in a polygamist society where it is acceptable to have many wives. Most people do not agree with this lifestyle and consider it a sin to have more than one wife or not be monogamous. When interview most of the people were happy to see the ranch was being broken up and were glad that they would not have to live near something they did not agree with.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/17/us/texas-yfz-ranch-seizure/index.html?iref=allsearch
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