Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was taken to hospital in Texas in a medically-induced coma after fasting in the weeks since receiving a life sentence for sexually assaulting underage followers he took as spiritual brides.

POLYGAMIST leader Warren Jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides in what his church deems “spiritual marriages.”

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has today been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two under-age followers he took as brides in what his church deemed "spiritual marriages".

The jury that convicted US polygamist leader Warren Jeffs on child sex assault charges is expected to decide his punishment this week.

POLYGAMIST sect leader Warren Jeffs is facing a possible life sentence after being convicted of child sexual assault.

IT’S next stop Kazakhstan for St Pat’s after two first-half goals and a disciplined second-half performance saw Pete Mahon’s men deservedly turn around their Europa League tie against Iceland’s IBV at Richmond Park last night, winning 2-1 on aggregate.

After being held up by legal wrangling for nearly three weeks, the cremation of 'Diff’rent Strokes' actor Gary Coleman’s remains took place the way he wanted - without any fanfare, the attorney named to oversee the estate said.

A judge ordered that 'Diff'rent Strokes' actor Gary Coleman's remains be cremated no sooner than tomorrow afternoon, so Coleman's ex-girlfriend has enough time to travel from Oregon to Utah to see his body.

The first of a dozen polygamist sect members to be tried over charges including child sex offences faces jail after being found guilty today.

An elder of a polygamist sect and two other church members surrendered to Texas authorities to face charges over the marriage of underage girls to older men.

Lawyers for Texas child welfare chiefs have begun presenting evidence at a hearing on whether a girl allegedly given in marriage at 12 to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs should be placed back in foster care.

Texas child welfare chiefs have asked a judge to put eight children from a polygamist sect’s ranch back into foster care because their mothers refuse to limit their contact with men accused of being involved in underage marriages.

A Texas grand jury indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four of his followers today, on charges of sexual assault of a child.

THE six-year-old son of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs did not suffer physical or sexual abuse while living with his mother at the group’s Texas ranch, a child welfare case worker testified yesterday.

More than half the teenage girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state authorities said today.

FEMALE abuse victims as young as 13 may have given birth at the Texas headquarters of a religious sect, a court has heard.

Police searching a 1,700-acre religious compound in Texas found a bed in a limestone temple thought to be used by male members to have sex with their underage wives.

More than 400 children, mostly girls in pioneer dresses, were swept into state custody from a polygamist sect in what authorities described as the largest child-welfare operation in Texas history.

An American polygamous-sect leader was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison for his role in the arranged marriage of teenage cousins.

The leader of a polygamous Mormon splinter group has been convicted in the US of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin.

A US woman sobbed on the witness stand as she described the terror and despair she felt on the eve of her wedding in a religious sect when she was just 14-years-old.

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs made his first appearance in a Utah courtroom today as a judge set a November 21 hearing to determine if there is probable cause to send him to trial on charges of arranging an underage marriage.

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs headed back to Utah today to face felony sex charges involving the arranged marriages of underage girls and older men, authorities said.

After three months on the FBI’s Most Wanted List and two years on the run, the fugitive life of the US leader of a polygamist religious sect ended with a routine traffic stop.

A POLYGAMIST Mormon sect leader who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List has been arrested and faces sexual misconduct charges for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and older men.

A polygamist Mormon sect leader who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List has been arrested and faces sexual misconduct charges for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and older men, authorities in Las Vegas said today.

BREAKAWAY Mormon leader Warren Jeffs has been added to the FBI’s list of “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives,” a move that caps law enforcement’s dramatic change of approach toward the polygamous group in recent years.

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