Polygamist sect member convicted of sexual assault

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

Polygamist sect member convicted of sexual assault
Fri, 06 Nov, 2009 - 16:29

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

Raymond Jessop (aged 38) was convicted in a Texas court of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had entered a so-called spiritual marriage.

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