From the ArcaMax Publishing, Religion & Spirituality Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/religionandspirituality/s-382540-713269
Jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four other members were
indicted on charges of child sexual assault Tuesday by a grand jury in
Texas.
One of the five members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints also was charged with bigamy. A sixth sect member
was charged with failure to report child sex abuse, the Houston
Chronicle reported.
Prosecutors released Jeffs' name because he is already in custody. The
others' names were withheld pending their arrests.
"There will be an aggressive effort to apprehend them," Texas Attorney
General Greg Abbott.
Several women with braided hair and wearing long dresses were summoned
before the grand jury earlier in the day. But a 25-year-old sect
member who identified himself only as "Ben" told the Chronicle the
women divulged nothing to the panel.
"They are all taking the fifth," he said.
Among those called to appear was Willie Jessop, Jeff's former
bodyguard who was issued a subpoena.
"It'll all come out," Willie Jessop said as he waited his turn before
the grand jury.
The grand jury is meeting four months after allegations that minor
girls were being paired with older men led authorities to remove 400
children during a raid on the FLDS ranch in Eldorado, Texas. They were
returned a month later after the Texas Supreme Court ruled the state
failed to prove the children were in enough danger to warrant the
move.