Canadian Polygamist Sect Under Pressure

From the Associated Press:

When authorities raided a thickly walled polygamist compound and took custody of 463 children in Texas last month, child welfare officials said the beliefs practiced there left girls at risk of sexual abuse and encouraged boys to become sexual perpetrators.

Many residents in this parallel community, which includes about 500 American citizens, share those same beliefs _ that you take many wives and live a communal lifestyle _ but prosecutors have not moved in to take action.

Yet.

British Columbia's Attorney General Wally Oppal told The Associated Press he plans to arrest someone on a polygamy charge or ask the courts to weigh in on Bountiful's legal standing within the month.

Read the whole thing here.
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