Reply #30: Texas Takes Kids From Polygamist Retreat

[oberliner]

Source: AP

ELDORADO, Texas (AP) — Child welfare officials and state troopers Friday removed a busload of children from a secretive religious retreat built by polygamist leader Warren Jeffs following a complaint.

The small white bus that drove out of the compound accompanied by state troopers was filled with children being taken away from the retreat, said Marleigh Meisner, spokeswoman for Texas Child Protective Services. She could not immediately say how many.

The bus left the compound filled with what appeared to be mostly girls, dressed in conservative long-sleeve dresses.



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