Forced to Marry Into Polygomy at 18- How A Woman Escaped The Sect

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Crazy story I came across- a deeper look into the life of a polygamous family.

Forced to marry a 50-year-old with six wives when just 18 … One woman’s harrowing tale of escaping the Texas polygamist sect

Watching the TV this week I wept as pictures were broadcast from an isolated part of Texas.

I saw 416 children – from infants to teenagers – and 133 women being taken into protective police custody.

They were driven away from a place they called “home” – a 1,700-acre desert compound run by the polygamist sect once controlled by their “prophet“, Warren Jeffs.

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Source: Daily Mail



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