FLDS Head Indicted For Arranging Polygamous Marriage

In another legal step against the practice of polygamy advocated by the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the church's leader has been indicted in Arizona on charges that he arranged a marriage between a 16 year-old girl and a man who was already married. According to a report by the AP carried in today's New York Times, the Church's president was charged with sexual conduct with a minor and conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor even though he did not have sex with the teenager. The religious group, which split from mainstream Mormons when they renounced polygamy, believes that the practice is required to reach the highest place in heaven. (See prior related postings 1, 2).