Isn't it amazing what you can get people to do in the name of the Lord?

"The sect's self-styled prophet, Warren Jeffs, was convicted in Utah last year of being an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old girl who was forced to marry her 19-year-old cousin. Jeffs is being held in Arizona, where he faces similar charges."



"A search warrant revealed that investigators suspected that the girl was forced to marry a 50-year-old man and that she had given birth to his child eight months ago, when she was 15."


"The girls and women, who were wearing long pioneer-style dresses, were frightened to meet outsiders, making interviews difficult, officials said. For most, the talks were their first exposure to the outside world."

"Once you go into the compound, you don't ever leave it," said Carolyn Jessop, who was one of the wives of the alleged leader of the Eldorado complex, but who left the sect before it began moving to Texas in 2004.

They were not allowed to wear red — the color Jeffs said belonged to Jesus — and were not allowed to cut their hair.