http://kevinmarron.com/book.html
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6689679.html
No sect members on polygamist sex case jury By TERRI LANGFORD Houston
Chronicle Oct. 28, 2009 ELDORADO - The issue of polygamy and how it
pertains to a child sexual assault case is expected to be a
contentious issue when opening statements in the first criminal trial
involving a West Texas religious sect begin today....Raymond Merril
Jessop, 38, is the first of 12 men from the FLDS to stand trial
following a raid of the breakaway Mormon sect's ranch in Eldorado in
2008, when Texas Rangers and other law enforcement officers descended
upon the Yearning for Zion Ranch after child welfare workers found
several underage girls there who were pregnant or already were
mothers....Evidence seized from the ranch in 2008 includes a journal
dictated to followers from now jailed prophet, Warren Jeffs. That
dictation indicates the group kept one of Jessop's eight spiritual
wives, a 16-year-old girl, from going to the hospital after she
appeared to be struggling through labor for three days. Jessop is also
charged with bigamy. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6689679.html
Ritual Abuse: Canada's Most Infamous Trial On Child Abuse - Kevin
Marron - It began as a highly unusual custody battle and escalated
into the most infamous child abuse trial in Canadian history. Two
sisters, not yet eight years old, recounted explicit stories of being
sexually molested by their mother, her boyfriend and their violent
estranged father. As appalled social workers listened, the girls
revealed horrific episodes of pornography, orgies, cannibalism, and
ritual murder involving many other children - allegations so extreme
so bizarre, so graphic in detail it seemed impossible they could have
been made up.
The book describes the children's allegations and the way they were
investigated, as well as the startling revelations and unexpected
developments that emerged during the course of 18 months of court
testimony. It also puts the case in the context of an ongoing debate
about how society can respond to extreme allegations of ritual child
abuse and pornography.
Excerpt "Child abuse is just one of many frightening realities that it
would be more comfortable to ignore. There is overwhelming proof of
its pervasiveness, but many people work very hard at denying the
seriousness of the problem. In this context, it is not surprising that
few people would want to believe young children's bizarre stories of
cannibalism and ritual murder. In looking at the documented cases of
child exploitation that surround us, in observing the images of
violence and dehumanized sexuality that are part of our everyday
cultural landscape, it is not hard to believe that, conspiracy or no
conspiracy, the Satanists' goal could easily be achieved without much
effort on their part." Seal Books, McClelland-Bantam Inc., Toronto.
1988 ISBN: 0-7704-2250-0 http://kevinmarron.com/book.html
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