DNA tests to solve riddle of sect children

More than 400 children taken from a religious sect's headquarters will undergo DNA testing this week to discover who their parents are and if any sexual abuse took place.

DNA tests to solve riddle of sect children
Mon, 21 Apr, 2008 - 14:49

More than 400 children taken from a religious sect's headquarters will undergo DNA testing this week to discover who their parents are and if any sexual abuse took place.

Officials plan to begin taking samples today in San Angelo, Texas where the children have been housed since police raided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints two weeks ago.

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