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Texas Finds Sect ’girls’ Are Actually AdultsWHEN Texas child welfare authorities released statistics showing almost 60% of the teenage girls taken from a polygamist sects ranch were pregnant or had children, they seemed to prove what was alleged all along: the sect commonly pushed girls into marriage and sex. But in the past week, the state has twice had to admit "girls" who gave birth while in state custody were actually adults. One was 22 and claims she showed state officials a Utah birth certificate soon after she and more than 400 minors were seized from the west Texas ranch in a raid last month. The state has in custody two dozen other young mothers and others whose ages are in dispute. If most of them also turn out to be adults, it would be a severe blow to the states claim of widespread sexual abuse. If it turns out the other 24 disputed minors are adults, the number of 14-to-17-year-old girls with children could drop to as low as five. "Youve got to look at every family individually to determine whether theres a problem in a family," said Rod Parker, a spokesman for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the renegade Mormon sect that runs the ranch. AP Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationSuicide Bomber Kills Scores at Kurdish Compound...World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Still Comatose, Sharon Turns 80... Iran Reports Receiving Nuclear Fuel From Russia... Children of 15 groomed to carry out terrorist acts, MI5 head says... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Texas Finds Sect ’girls’ Are Actually Adults |
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