8 new indictments issued in Texas polygamist case
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
(11-12) 15:13 PST Eldorado, Texas (AP) --
A grand jury on Wednesday indicted another three members of a polygamist sect that was the focus of a massive raid in west Texas during the spring.
The state attorney general's office said four people were named in eight new indictments, but one of them — sect leader Warren Jeffs — had been previously charged.
The grand jury in Schleicher County has now charged 12 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
A sexual assault charge was added against Jeffs, who previously was charged in Texas with bigamy and aggravated sexual assault of a child. Two people were indicted on bigamy charges Wednesday, and another was charged with conducting an unlawful marriage ceremony involving a minor, the attorney general's office said in a statement.
All but one of the nine men previously indicted are charged with sexual assault of a child. The sect's doctor is charged only with misdemeanor counts of failure to report child abuse.
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