I left out the Catholic Churchs child abuse. You accused atheists but is seems the holy are just as imoral. Mormons are also famous for child marriage. Thanks for reminding me
Historical and some fundamentalist Mormon practices have included the marriage or sealing of underage girls to older men. While the mainstream LDS Church renounced polygamy in 1890, certain breakaway fundamentalist groups (like the FLDS) continued the practice, resulting in criminal convictions for forced underage marriages.
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Key details regarding Mormon child marriage include:
- Historical Context: Helen Mar Kimball was sealed in marriage to Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, at age 14.
- FLDS Church: Under leader Warren Jeffs, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints arranged marriages between adult men and underage girls.
- Criminal Charges:
Warren Jeffs was convicted of sexual assault for marrying and raping a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old child bride,
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- Legal Consequences: Other FLDS members, such as Allan Keate and Merril Leroy Jessop, were convicted of sexual assault for similar marriages involving 14- and 15-year-old girls.
- Mainstream Church P
- FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, newly filed federal court documents show.
The filing provides insight into what investigators have found in a case that first became public in August. It came as federal authorities charged three of the self-declared prophet's wives with kidnapping and impeding a foreseeable prosecution after eight girls associated with the group fled from state foster care.