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Texas authorities confiscate cell phones of FLDS women at Fort Concho (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Posted: 3:41 PM- SAN ANGELO, Texas - Authorities this afternoon confiscated cell phones and other electronic devices from women staying with hundreds of children who remain in state custody, following a raid last week at the El Dorado, Texas ranch of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. >> LDS Church >>

By JENNIFER DOBNER The mothers of children removed from a West Texas polygamist sect’s ranch after an abuse allegation are appealing to Gov. Rick Perry for help. In a letter sect members say was mailed to Perry on Saturday, the mothers from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints claim some of their children have become sick and even required hospitalization. They also … >> LDS Church >>

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has to be among the most outgoing on Earth; in recent years its leaders have reached out to, among others, Hispanics, Koreans, Catholics and Jews. >> LDS Church >>

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has more than a century of history and a system of beliefs and practices that have long set it apart. >> LDS Church >>

FILE** Warren Jeffs, the reclusive prophet of the polygamous Fundamental Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints, is shown in this undated file photo. Jeffs reportedly is building a new, heavily fortified compound near Eldorado, Texas, where he and his closest supporters will live. >> LDS Church >>

* A temple rises: In November 2003, the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints purchases property for its 1,691-acre YFZ Ranch outside Eldorado, Texas. >> LDS Church >>