What about that Mormon polygamist sect in Texas?

Question

The news people said authorities removed 400 women and children from a Mormon polygamist sect who lived on ranch land near Eldorado, Texas. Who is this Warren Jeffs and what was going on there?

Answer 1

Warren Jeffs was the absolute ruler of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  He broke away from the Mormon Church after it disavowed polygamy more than a century ago.  In 2006, he was thought to have 80 wives.  He is most famous for making the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List in 2006 for fleeing to avoid prosecution for arrangement of marriages between men and underage girls.  It is thought that Jeffs is still a prophet/leader of the church even though he resigned as president of the church when he was sentenced last year.

Answer 2

THey claim they are mormon but they are not affiliated or recognized by the Church of Latter Day Saints.  THey are a branch off Cult.

Answer 3

Yes she is Correct. Mormons No Longer Practice Polygamy.

Answer 4

ELDORADO, Texas - Authorities served warrants Friday at a religious retreat built by polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs following a complaint to state child welfare investigators.

Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955, in San Francisco, California) was, and possibly may still be[3], the leader of a controversial Mormon fundamentalist polygamist sect known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church) from 2002 to 2007.[4] Jeffs' position in this organization was reportedly that of absolute ruler.

Jeffs gained international notoriety in May 2006 when he was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution on Utah state charges related to his alleged arrangement of extralegal marriages between his adult male followers and underage girls. He was arrested in August 2006 in Nevada, and agreed to be taken to Utah for trial. In May and July of 2007 the State of Arizona charged him with eight additional counts—including sexual conduct with minors and incest—in two separate cases.[5] His trial, begun early in September of 2007 in St. George, Utah, lasted less than a month, and on September 25 the verdict was read declaring him guilty of two counts of rape as an accomplice.[6] On November 20, 2007 he was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years to life and has begun serving his sentence at the Utah State Prison.[7]

Answer 5

If I read correctly, there were 130 women and 401 children.