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Forbidden Fruitnew

Inbreeding among polygamists along the Arizona-Utah border is producing a caste of severely retarded and deformed children.
Phoenix New Times  |  John Dougherty  |  01-04-2006  |  Science
Tags: Arizona, polygamy, Warren Jeffs, Utah, Colorado City, Dr. Theodore Tarby, fumarase deficiency, Hildale, Mormon fundamentalist

Members of Polygamous Sect Barricade Their Homesnew

The head of a breakaway Mormon sect is in hiding, and his followers on the Arizona-Utah border appear to be steeling themselves against law enforcement agencies.
Phoenix New Times  |  John Dougherty  |  09-27-2005  |  Religion
Tags: Arizona, Texas, polygamy, Warren Jeffs, Utah, sexual abuse, Colorado City, and Hildale, El Dorado, FLDS, school district, sex with a minor, tax revolt, the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Polygamy's Money Train Should Be Derailednew

The Arizona Legislature has a rare opportunity to strike a blow to a fundamentalist Mormon cult by seizing control of its communities' school district.
Phoenix New Times  |  John Dougherty  |  04-11-2005  |  Commentary
Tags: Arizona, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Warren Jeffs, Utah, Colorado City, and Hildale, Colorado City Unified School District, Governor Janet Napolitano

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