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A 16-year-old girl wept as she told a judge how her polygamist father took her to a remote family ranch near the Utah-Idaho border and whipped her with a belt because she rebelled against a marriage to his brother. Main Street Church. Stephanie Mattingly: "My dad did not support her in any way. Members of The Order are taught they need to be in a plural marriage to reach the highest heaven. The Utah Attorney General's Office filed a motion today, requesting that Judge Andrew Valdez recuse himself from the case. A review of wedding certificates shows how the teen marriages are sanctioned at the highest levels of the Kingston Group. Romero has said her concern is for all girls, not just those in polygamous sects. "Warren Jeffs' 'lost boys' find themselves in strange world". And when her children were abused, Foster stood by. In 2003, Order member Jeremy Kingston pleaded guilty to incest for taking his first cousin, 15-year-old Lu Ann Kingston, as his fourth wife. Utah meteorologist makes a special forecast, Tammy Daybell may have been restrained when she died, Utah medical examiner says, How newest signee Dawson Baker will fit with BYU basketball, Provo culture, Flooding, avalanches impact communities in Utah as record temperatures continue, South end of Great Salt Lake up nearly 4 feet since berm raised in February. (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) She was right there, Brewer said. It begins with the potential groom. By 18, she was pregnant with her first child and ended up having four children in four years. When a girl doesnt want to be a polygamist, that information is shared among boys and men in the sect. The statement also said that of the Kingston Group individuals who married under age 18 in the past 20 years, 95.1 percent remain married, 94.2 percent have earned a high school degree, and a third, most of them women, have graduated from a public college or university. David was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the incest, but served only four before being paroled. Snow says she chose to get married to escape an abusive living situation. Kollene's father, John Daniel Kingston has 14 wives, and she is the fifth of her mother Shirley Hansen's 12 children. Ex-order members interviewed by the Intelligence Report generally agreed with the characterization of the Kingston clan as a hate group.. Another is a first cousin. (Jessicas dad and the young man had taken courses together at the University of Utah.) The largest biodiesel producer in Utah, Washakie held an open house in Plymouth on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, to showcase its new production facility. Jessicas father relented during the meeting and gave his approval for his daughter to marry her No. Stephanie says she was only 12 when her father began preparing her for marriage. All Rights Reserved, Polygamist faces trial in daughters beating. 2K views, 27 likes, 7 loves, 18 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Dbstvstlucia: DBS MORNING SHOW & OBITUARIES 25TH APRIL 2023 APRIL 2023 No. If that father says yes, the groom talks to the girl. In a search of public records created since the start of 1997, The Salt Lake Tribune found 65 marriages among members of the Kingston Group in which the bride was 15, 16 or 17. He later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. The parents of the 16-year-olds also completed a form granting their permission. She is the mother of Jacob and Isaiah Kingston. As for its anti-government views, allegations of fraud against government entities have long dogged the Kingstons. At 15, Snow ran away from home, wound up in a foster home and later was returned to her mother. Elden also instituted the church law of one above the other, requiring members blind obedience to the churchs hierarchy of numbered men, with Elden being Brother Number One. Julie left the cult at age 19. Besides, the mother said, the girl needed her husbands health insurance to treat her condition. Addressing her father, she said: Im sorry you had to go through this, too, Dad . In 1999, Pauls younger brother David Ortell Kingston was convicted of taking his 16-year-old niece as wife number 15. Tomorrow's Deseret Morning News will have much more on the case. But age alone wont determine her answer. They fled and contacted relatives, who called the Division of Child and Family Services. A state court website says the judge must conclude that the marriage is voluntary and in the best interests of the minor.. The girl suffered a swollen nose, cut lip and deep bruises on her arms, buttocks and legs, according to testimony. She received no sex education or premarital counseling. Kingston has about 120 children from polygamous relationships with more than a dozen women. DCFS declined to open a case, but Guardian ad Litem Kristin Brewer intervened. A prosecutor also explained for the first time how the U.S. Department of Justice believes fraud at Washakie Renewable Energy is related to the Kingston Group, also known as the Davis County Cooperative Society. More recently, the Kingston-owned Washakie Renewable Energy (WRE) agreed to pay a $3 million fine after it was sued by the federal government for raking in tax credits for biofuels it never produced. A member of a polygamist clan today was convicted of incest with his 16-year-old niece, who testified that she had been forced to become his 15th wife. Had Snow been a better behaved, more devout member of the Kingston Group, Hansen said, there may not have been a push to have her legally marry at 16. And during a recent picnic to honor the birthday of patriarch John Ortell Kingston, Order families descended on a Salt Lake Valley park, where hundreds of children of all ages blanketed the parks green expanse. According to Montana court documents, the couple had an argument at their apartment and DeRieuxs then-husband threw her down a flight of stairs. In his ruling, Valdez ordered that the last names of all 10 children be legally changed to Kingston, dropping Foster, a fake last name sometimes used by their father. Jessica as well as Snow, DeRieux and Hansen all favor raising the legal marriage age in Utah and other states to 18. Stephanie Mattingly: "You start to teach yourself, this is what I'm going to learn to, like, I'm going to learn to like this, I'm going to learn to accept this, and this is what I'm going to do.". Kingston faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Four of those appear to be couples from polygamous groups. The Polygamy Dilemma Is Plural Marriage a Dead Issue in Mormonism? If you have as much as one drop of that blood in your veins, says Carl, youre cursed from holding the priesthood.. DeRieuxs marriage effectively ended in June 2010. The DCCS reaffirms that each individual has their free agency to choose whom and when they will marry, the statement said. New indictments were not a surprise. Kingston brothers Isaiah (left) and Jacob co-own WRE or Washakie Renewable Energy, which produces 10 milion gallons of biofuel. The next night she returned to her mother's Murray home and the mother called her husband. John Daniel Kingston did not return messages seeking comment Tuesday. The battle took place in the spiritual pre-existence that Mormons believe all souls come from. sltrib.com 1996-2023 The Salt Lake Tribune. Rolwing wanted the women to post a $10 million bond the same amount Jacob Kingston has offered to leave jail pending trial and sought to bolster his argument by explaining prosecutors view of the case to Judge Paul Warner. Rachel Kingston, 63, was charged with five counts alleging fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice. Jones recommended he be released. Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. In Utah, Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, plans a bill that would raise the minimum marriage age to 18. And that's the hardest thing to accept.". Its ominous-sounding moniker, The Order, is a reference to the United Order, a quasi-utopian society proposed by LDS-founder Joseph Smith, and practiced in some Mormon communities under the leadership of early church president Brigham Young. Jessica suspects her dad was pushing her toward another man. He says The Order regards homosexuality as a choice. Additionally, ex-Order members tell of a reputed church prophecy of an End of the World War, an apocalyptic vision that foresees a bloody race war with the Kingstons as the ultimate victors, chosen by their Heavenly Father to rule the world for a millennium. He then pinned her on a bed, the documents say, and wouldnt let her call for help. Wednesday's hearing was attended by about 10 members of Tapestry of Polygamy, a support group of disaffected former polygamists. They believe were Gods chosen people, Snow said of the Kingston Group followers, so you should start having kids as soon as possible.. Polygamist John Daniel Kingston, left, in attendance at a memorial for the 13 (and one still missing) victims of a Sept. 14, 2015, flash flood. The suitor had asked her to dance a few times at The Orders youth social events. Hansen, Fosters attorney, said he would explore an appeal. Its all political, Jessica said. But the hearing Tuesday ended days of behind-the-scenes legal wrangling. She told police she was David Kingston's 15th wife. A full body orgasm at the L.A. Phil? rules, Utes seeing transfer portals impact on college gymnastics, plural marriages that happen outside the law, two stars of the television show Escaping Polygamy,", Shanell DeRieux, a former Kingston Group member, stigmas that often come with being associated, Kent Johnson, a spokesman for the Davis County Cooperative Society. When someone is interested in marriage, the process is something more like a job interview than a courtship. This racist display was no one-off. The older teen, weeping, thanked her parents for loving me. Youre just supposed to get married as young as you can, said the now-26-year-old. . He had arranged for a banner to be placed over a bridge there. minutes. They teach the girls its their choice, Hansen said, but [say], Heres the selection.. She said her father didnt think the suitor was a good student. A loyal Order member for years, he lost his faith and ended up leaving the Order over a curse of sorts, leveled at his family by LaDonna. Another of the cults teachings was that soy can make you gay, an anti-government conspiracy theory popular in some right-wing circles. Johnson said the Davis County Cooperative Society takes no position on the issue. Johnson maintained that The Orders vast array of businesses which includes a grocery store, pawn shops, a garbage disposal business, an insurance company, a politically-influential biofuels plant, and a high-end firearms manufacturer employs individuals of various racial and ethnic minorities. . To get out of this s----y situation, I have to get into another s----y situation, said Kollene Snow, who married at 16 and is DeRieuxs full sister. Hansen said some men try to use their children to improve their status in the sect. For the marriages performed in Utah, Bill W. Stoddard signed as the officiant until his death in March. Home births and the frequency of miscarriages and still-borns among the Kingstons have led to macabre legends of dead infants buried in Kingston back yards. Sometimes she cries because she sees her kids getting beaten and she cant do anything., Kingston subjected his children to abandonment and illegal behavior, Brewer said, noting the children are aware of his relationships with 14 women, three of whom are his half sisters.. One ex-Order member, who asked to be referred to as Scott, instead of his real name for fear of retribution by clan members, said hatred of gays was big in the Kingston clan, with the word f----- in frequent use. She explained that they weren't supposed to know who their dad was, only. Hansen said during family home evenings nights when a mans family gathers for religious studies and games her husband would take girls 12 and older who were single and lead them in a teaching. Jeremy was nearly 10 years her senior at the time. The new indictments arrive as the three original defendants are challenging their detentions and the cases against them. One woman who was married in 2014 at age 16 said she did so for the same reason most people do: She fell in love.
