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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
I can't say I really blame the Mormon church for wanting to have nothing to do with these people. This group split off from the mainstream Mormon church about 100 years ago - why should the current Mormon church be held responsible for anything they do, especially for the child molestation happening in this sect? That's like saying that the Catholic church is one and the same as Opus Dei, and that protestants can speak for the Amish.
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There is a lot of "Look the other way" and "don't ask questions" involved here though. Tell me that people weren't aware that the giant compound was an FLDS site. Not that, particularly in TX, it's the LDS who are looking the other way, but civil authorities are.