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| Other authors / contributors: | Wright, Stuart A.
Richardson, James T., 1941-
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| ISBN: | 9780814795309
0814795307
9780814795286
0814795285
9780814795293
0814795293
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | In April 2008, state police and child protection authorities raided Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado, Texas, a community of 800 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamist branch of the Mormons. State officials claimed that the raid, which was triggered by anonymous phone calls from an underage girl to a domestic violence hotline, was based on evidence of widespread child sexual abuse. In a high-risk paramilitary operation, 439 children were removed from the custody of their parents and held until the Third Court of Appeals found that the st.
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| Other form: | Print version: Saints under siege. New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814795286
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| Standard no.: | 40019887026
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