Wyler says he once saw a fumarase deficiency child suffer a seizure while she was sitting with her mother and two other children also suffering from the disorder. _____. Kimball. . Polygamist Is Convicted of Incest - The New York Times --Letting the Genetic Genie Out of the Bottle: God Commands the Mormon Church to Enter Into Biologically-Destructive Practice of Polygamy. They do develop to some degree, but it's way behind their peers.'. From the article, "Mormon Polygamy: Frequently Asked Questions": "[Mormon] Church founder, Joseph Smith, said he received a revelation from God, which is still canonized Mormon scripture as Doctrine and Covenants Section 132. . Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation given to Joseph Smith, and the Lord's servants have always practiced it. Consequently, genetic diseases and mutations have inevitably sprouted in many polygamous groups having this belief. "The only long-term solution to the health crisis is for Barlows and Jessops to have children with spouses from outside the polygamist community. They purportedly have 10 children, the girl told police. Believing that Elden received lost priesthood keys in 1935 also seems to contradict an 1837 scripture given to Joseph Smith stating that the priesthood had then (in 1837) been restored for the last time: For unto you, the Twelve, and those, the First Presidency, who are appointed with you to be your counselors and your leaders, is the power of this priesthood given, for the last days and for the last time, in the which is the dispensation of the fulness of times (D&C 112:30; see also D&C 27:13). . The two Kingston brothers and their business partner, Lev Dermen, are in jail awaiting trial, scheduled to start in July and last six weeks. "Last year, a 16-year-old daughter of John Daniel Kingston was forced to marry her uncle, David Ortell Kingston, criminal charges allege, . "If female, they are married off to the few, powerful prominent males: incest is the fate of many teen-age girls. 'Most of what you print is lies, lies, lies.' "With no other options available, more FLDS families will be faced with the difficult burden of caring for children suffering with fumarase deficiency. "Researchers have identified a gene on the first chromosome that causes fumarase deficiency, but no test has been developed that could be used to identify individuals carrying the malady. . . "He sent her to live in a coal yard with other polygamous wives and their many children in South Salt Lake, visiting her rarely and usually only to have sex, she testified. "Now 16, Rugg's sister was married to and subsequently left one of her half-brother's sons. . 'But just on general principles, the offspring of uncle-niece, or half-siblings have an elevated level of genetic disease. . Now, let's examine how "God-ordained" Mormon polygamy has wreaked unholy genetic havoc on its faithful followers: --Case Study on Polygamous Mormonism's Genetic Disease Striking Home: The Linda Walker Story. [30] This practice lasted only a short time and was abandoned sometime before 1940. Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? While his children and wife initially resisted his new religious position, they eventually joined him in asking their names to be removed from LDS Church records. . The group has drawn legal attention before. However, Grant claims she endured years of sexual abuse by a half-brother as a child. Over the past decades, the Kingston Group has maintained extreme secrecy while developing an extensive cooperative system, with wealth in at least 50 corporations in Utah and scattered across the West. "Dr. Tarby, who routinely treats fumarase deficiency children at a state-funded clinic in Flagstaff, says, 'They are funny-looking kids [with] biggish heads and coarse, thick features.' . [7] Members of the Latter Day Church of Christ are also members of the Davis County Cooperative Society (a separate organization and legal entity) which practices the law of consecration and United Order. The suit was filed against the groups leader Paul Eldon Kingston and 21 other members. . "Some genes linked to conditions like microcephaly and dwarfism are 'autosomal recessive,' and are found among the 22-linked pairs of chromosomes that do not include the X and Y sex chromosomes, says Lynn Jorde of the University of Utah's Eccles Human Genetics Institute, a leading genetics research center. "'We don't have a dad,' the little boy said. . . 'I didn't dare talk about it,' she says. "'I tried to get people to come, but nobody would listen,' says the mother, who left the group and her marriage after her sons were diagnosed with dwarfism. If such a test were developed, a community-wide screening program could be instituted that would identify those carrying the fumarase gene. [8][3] There are approximately 3,500 members,[9] some of whom are known to practice polygamy. But in a 2News . Winnipeg's Bear Clan still active during pandemic, despite 'small COVID ", ("Doctor: Birth defects increase in polygamy community," Associated Press, 9 February 2006, at: http://www.azcentral.com/health/news/articles/0209PolygamyBirthDefect09-) Kingston was able to name only nine of his thirteen children by a second woman, Rachael Ann Kingston. . What Happened to 'Escaping Polygamy' Star Ava AKA - Distractify "Community historian Ben Bistline said most of the community's 8,000 residents are in two major families descended from a handful of founders who settled there in the 1930s. "Roughly one in four Americans say 'most Mormons' support the practice of polygamy . "The clan's other numerous incestuous couplings among consenting adults . . . As Kingston wife charged in child's death, former clan members - KUTV Many members of the fundamentalist community don't even know it's occurring. 15, p. 227, -Kimball, "Journal of Discourses," vol. . "Another of Rugg's full sisters, Andrea Johnson, died in 1992 of complications of pre-eclampsia, a condition of pregnancy that was not treated until after the young girl, swollen with toxic fluid, was rushed to the emergency unit at University Hospital. . "'One lady I know, she just cannot physically pick [her son] up anymore to get him into the bathtub,' Wyler says. This means it may be genetically unwise for children of the early leaders to marry other children of early leaders, even now; yet, this tendency still exists in Mormonism. . . [8], In the late 1990s, three members of the LDCJC faced scrutiny for entering into incestuous relationships. And, "We cannot and will not condone or support anyone found to be engaged in any fraudulent behaviors. Inside 'The Order,' One Mormon Cult's Secret Empire From the article, "Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints Genealogy and Polygamy Problems": "The gene pool is . . "'People don't like to talk about their fumarase babies for obvious reasons,' Wyler says. "While none of these can positively be linked to incest without DNA testing, geneticists say most of the conditions are exacerbated by incest. "For Colorado City and Hildale to avoid more fumarase, polygamist leaders must use their authority to make sure that those potentially carrying the fumarase gene are not allowed to marry, says geneticist Aleck. And the Genealogy Department advises genealogists to follow only their direct line; in this instance meaning only the wife who is their mother, not other wives of their father. v. Kingston, et al., Third Judicial District Court of Salt Lake County, UT (2022)", "Fallout from Washakie fraud could cost polygamous Kingston Group members their businesses and homes", https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/07/29/fallout-washakie-fraud/, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latter_Day_Church_of_Christ&oldid=1137075084, Jason Kingston allegedly had a relationship with his half-sister Andrea Johnson, who became pregnant in 1992. Survivors of Utah's Kingston clan sue for a slew of crimes against Only the FLDS prophet can arrange and perform polygamous marriages, and those marriages are taking place in a community in which almost everybody is related. Isaac Wyler, another lifelong Colorado City resident who was excommunicated from the FLDS in January 2004. So, from the beginnings of Mormon Church history, we have LDS Elohim's hand of blessing placed upon the insidious institution of multi-wifing and forever-birthing. ", (Aimee Larsen Stoddard, "Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints Genealogy and Polygamy Problems," 7 October 2010, under "Birth Defects in Mormon Fundamentalist Cult," posted by "halley, 20 February 2011, at: http://www.renewamerica.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=13723) A brief review of the accomplishments of the Co-op produces an impressive spreadsheet with assets in excess of $200 million. The SPLC estimates there are . mating in a way that increases genetic diseases, that the public ends up supporting, it becomes a matter of public interest.'. And Jeffs so far has shown no indication that he is concerned about the increasing prevalence of fumarase deficiency children in the community, former FLDS member Isaac Wyler says. . . "'They are discouraging any new blood," historian Bistline says. Family members attribute the defects to the advanced ages of the mother and father -- he was 64, she was 45. This is why those laws need to be enforced. . "The Mormons, well-known for genealogical record keeping, maintain birth, marriage and death information at church libraries and now on the Internet. "Nearly everyone in Colorado City, Arizona, and the adjacent town of Hildale, Utah, was a member of a fundamentalist Mormon sect that practices polygamy and had long encouraged multiple marriages between close relatives. The Lard apparently should have done genetics 101. ", -Apostle Orson Pratt, "Journal of Discourses," vol. Outwardly, she appeared to have no sex organs. . . Wyler's ex-wife's sister has had two babies afflicted with fumarase deficiency. . 'Right away I asked the parents if there were any other children with the same problem.' By 1935, his followers began to move to Bountiful, Utah, intending to live under a United Order communal program as defined by Joseph Smith in the Doctrine and Covenants. Well, law enforcement often tends to look the other way in cases like polygamy, unless specific reports reach the agencies. All went bareheaded and barefoot. . Although it is a felony under Utah law for close relatives to have sex, only one Kingston -- John and LaDonna's fifth son, David Ortell -- has been criminally charged with incest. . The Kingston family first embraced polygamy around 1931 when, according to author Max Anderson, Charles W. Kingston helped produce a pamphlet that contained a version of Lorin C. Woolley's claims that former LDS Church President John Taylor had set aside a select group of men to carry on polygamy even as the church publicly disavowed the practice. . They offer no support, no exit route and no programs for the people trapped inside polygamy endeavoring to escape these closed polygamous communities or compounds. The Latter Day Church of Christ,[1] is considered a Mormon fundamentalist denomination by some in the Latter Day Saint movement. . It alleges sex trafficking, sexual battery and child abuse, and seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages. Although the official stance of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is against polygamy, several of the women's stories reveal that LDS leaders dismiss the deviant sects and blame the women who come to them for help. ". . 'It's a bomb that's going to explode.'. . Three others, including Grant, said they had to flee to escape such a fate. . Excerpts from the article "Understanding Polygamy," distributed by "Humanists of Utah": " . . When you pair up those undesirable genes, something strange will pop out.'. "'My father manipulated and controlled people,' Rugg says. "These groups are white supremacists and inbreeding is an essential doctrine in keeping the bloodline pure. [49] As part of the plea deal and restitution, the company forfeits rights to a number of assets including their bio-fuel plant in Plymouth, Utah. . Polygamy would have afforded the opportunity of producing from that consecrated fatherhood and motherhood the improved type of man the world needs to reveal the highest possibilities of the race, that the day of the super man might come, and with him come also the redemption and betterment of the race.'. So many young people.'. [31][32][33] During this time, some non-members and ex-members began claiming the practice stemmed from theories of genetic purification held by past leaders. [9][34], Active members and a recent independent research article by a professor from Santa Clara University have attributed the practice to "endogamous preference and the small size of the groups population". . [39] The 2022 complaint was filed by attorney, Roger Hoole,[39] an attorney known for representing ex-members of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. . The Co-op members practiced plural marriage and abided by a rigid hierarchy of leadership and deference. First, an overview: --"God's Brothel": A Review of Polygamy's Brutal Underworld Mormon Roots. "Yet, Aleck says, some children are more seriously affected by the disorder than others. "But this is a very unlikely scenario for FLDS faithful, who practice a religious doctrine that requires men to be strictly obedient to religious leaders and requires women to give birth to as many children as possible to increase the sect's numbers. 'If the community gets larger, the number of people with fumarase deficiency gets larger. . "Tarby says most of the children 'can say at least a word or two,' but that all of them 'have severe mental retardation' with IQs of less than 25. It is these discredited ideas that foster this genetic legacy. Let's now examine how this supposedly "divinely-inspired" Mormon program of heavenly eugenics has actually worked in practice. . . . Interview with the owner of Desert Tech: The son of Paul's sister Rachel herself a daughter of Ortell and LaDonna Kingston [Nick] Young was the only current member of the Kingston clan, out of the many contacted for this story, who consented to a live, on-the-record interview. . "John and Charles' brother, Merlin Barnum Kingston, married and had children with four nieces and a half-sister, say ex-members, including one of his own daughters. But that's like spitting in the ocean.'. Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism, 2023 Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism, Joseph Smith Restores the Practice of Plural Marriage, Plural Marriage Commanded, Permitted, and Not Permitted, 1920sPolygamists Coalesce into an Organization, Lorin C. Woolley and His Council of Seven Friends, Independent Polygamists and Fundamentalists. To date Mormons have only paid lip service to stopping polygamy. Many from Africa do it too, at least we in N Europe have lately gotten serious problems with immigrant children of polygamists who have various defects. . "'The kids that I have seen have terrible seizure disorders and developmental delays,' says Dr. Aleck. . Bearing in mind I'm not American and have only a vague knowledge of Mormonism, a video came across my youtube from a former member of the Kingston clan/the order and wow is this terrifying. . Rome became the mistress of the world, and introduced this order of monogamy wherever her sway was acknowledged. The Kingstons are a Mormon splinter group, founded in the 1930s by Mary's great-uncle Elden. Her subject at the convention was mormon child sexual abuse. Polygamy is a legacy of the early teachings of the mainstream church, which abandoned the practice in 1890 and now strictly prohibits it. "Our ancestral destiny meant we might give birth to sons who would die at maturity or daughters who would carry the trait to the next generation of sons. . This denial is hollow considering the record. [3] Charles Elden Kingston discourse, 1940 New Years Meeting, 8:40 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., 11; emphasis in original. on the history of the fundamentalist community. Photocopy in authors possession. (KUTV) Weeks after a Kingston polygamist clan member was charged in the death of her child, former members of that group are speaking out about what they say is a much bigger problem.Carolyn . And in 1999, David Ortell Kingston Jeremy Kingston's uncle was sentenced to the Utah State Prison for up to 10 years for committing incest with the 16-year-old niece who became his 15th wife. 'I know this off the top of my head," Wyler says. . . "[We] 'hierarchy children are from the 'elite' first families of Mormonism and these families started polygamy in America. Men make all decisions affecting her health. . [22][23] Currently the group claims that although different skillsets bring different financial outcomes, there is no homelessness within the DCCS, and internal programs exist for those experiencing financial poverty.[2].