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Texas removes polygamy cult girls

Updated on 05 April 2008

By John Sparks

Texas authorities remove 52 children from a ranch run by followers of a Mormon sect, as part of an investigation into potential child abuse.

The breakaway sect, which still practices polygamy, was led by self-styled prophet Warren Jeffs, who was himself jailed on child abuse charges last year.

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