These disturbing accounts offer a look inside the lives of some early Mormon descendants. It alleges sex trafficking, sexual battery and child abuse, and seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages. Gallup Panel survey [conducted in August 2006] show[ed] that Americans are much more likely to believe most Mormons endorse practicing polygamy than to believe most Americans support it. [8][3] There are approximately 3,500 members,[9] some of whom are known to practice polygamy. The chickens are coming home to roost. Eldens father related that Elden told him that was ordained by J. Leslie Broadbent (Lorin Woolleys successor) in 1934, although precisely what that ordination represented is unclear. . But [FLDS members] don't think of it as sexual predation. Brigham Young calling some one else a thief especially "women thieves" ABSOLUTE HILARITY ! And it is my purpose to provide for my saints, for all things are mine. "If you look in the literature, you won't find another dozen cases in the world that have been reported," says Tarby. . Re: Polygamy's Patriarchy-Poisoned Bloodline: The Genetic Catastrophe That Has Sprung from Joseph Smith's "Divine" Breeding Program of Mormon Mutation . There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. "It is possible that positive genetic traits could be passed along through human inbreeding. . . He believed he had superior bloodlines.' Like any fundamentalist Mormon sect, the Kingston Clan is very hierarchal. Connie Rugg, one of Ortells plural wives remembered: [Ortell Kingston] experimented inbreeding with his cattle and then he turned to his children.[4] Ortell desired to perfect his own bloodline and implemented practices that encouraged marriages of close relatives. Isaac Wyler, another lifelong Colorado City resident who was excommunicated from the FLDS in January 2004. . Therefore, to keep the bloodline 'pure,' the Kingstons intermarry--half-brothers and sisters, uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, and so forth. "Fumarase deficiency began to manifest in the community when three sets of Joseph Smith Jessop and Martha Moore Yeates' great-grandchildren married each other. "Other possible genetic traits include: microcephaly, a malformation of the skull in which the infant has a small head (ex-members say two children with microcephaly have died and eight others are institutionalized); blindness; spina bifida; Down syndrome; kidney disease and abnormal leg and arm joints. . One of the most controversial splinter groups of Mormonism, the Latter Day Church of Christ, has been led by members of the Kingston family since it was founded in 1935. 'All of a sudden [with] this one little baby, everything tightened up and she arched her back so hard her head was almost touching her toes,' Wyler says. As bad as this past is, the mounting evidence is far worse. ", (Joseph Carroll, "One in Four Americans Think Most Mormons Endorse Polygamy; Only 2% Think Most Americans Support Polygamy," by Gallup News Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 7 September 2006, at: http://www.gallup.com/poll/24388/one-four-americans-think-most-mormons-e). Members of a powerful polygamous group in Utah claim they were forced into underage marriages with their relatives to keep their blood pure, were raped by their husbands and had to perform child labor, according to a bombshell lawsuit. . The samples could be tested for the gene at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix. 100 years later, eugenics is a discredited science, yet some followers still believe. "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 kids that I have seen have terrible seizure disorders and developmental delays,' says Dr. Aleck. . . 'A lady comes in and helps her. 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. . . Isaac Wyler, a former FLDS member who was excommunicated from the church . 'In the meantime, the taxpayers have to pay the bills. Kimball. . . Rather than take steps to avoid the problem, the FLDS loyalists may believe it is their duty to accept their fate. . If somehow a new dispensation came through Elden Kingston in 1935, it was stillborn, because it was never dispensed to Gods children. "Now 16, Rugg's sister was married to and subsequently left one of her half-brother's sons. "By the late 1990s, Tarby and his team had discovered fumarase deficiency was occurring in the greatest concentration in the world among the fundamentalist Mormon polygamists of northern Arizona and southern Utah. "Isaac Wyler, also a former follower of the church led by fugitive Warren Jeffs, told KSL that he was related by marriage to some of the victims. For 5 episodes that aired on Viewpoint on Mormonism between 9/14-18, 2020, click these: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Interview with Doris Hanson Part 1 Part 2 By Eric Johnson Summary. . "For the first time, the faith-promoting stories about my great-grandfathers heroism for defying the federal government when they outlawed polygamy interested me. "'I had never seen a patient with it,' Tarby says. The Kingstons claim that Elden received a new dispensation is problematic in another way. "Tarby said there could be hundreds of victims in coming generations. "In addition, the Mormon Church touts itself as the quintessential traditional family values church . [7] Upon the creation of the LDCJC, most members of the DCCS became members of the church and most retain dual membership in both organizations to this day. 11, p. 128, ". 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[T]he 'Salt Lake Tribune' . . This story has been shared 112,868 times. (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 . . . As a symbol of their renunciation of worldly goods, the outer clothing contained no pockets in which possessions could be carried, although later an inside pocket was provided for the sanitary measure of carrying a handkerchief. the tight-lipped adult answer, 'We dont know,' seemed woefully inadequate. _____. . . . An MRI of the brain of one fumarase deficiency child showed that more than half the brain was missing. "', "'Joseph Smith was also selecting for the "obedience gene." The Kingston Group is not affiliated withthe Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) based on the Utah-Arizona line that is run by imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence in Texas for sexually assaulting girls he considered brides. Photocopy in authors possession. "Finally exposed in the news, the facts of life inside [the Mormon offshoot Kingston clan's] religious/cult compound are stunning Mormons, Utahans, the nation, and the world. Early persecution seems to have conditioned Kingston leaders to maintain the utmost secrecy, but third generation officers seem to use ignorance as a tool to enhance control of their followers, especially of women. This lack of information upset me as a child when to my fervent, 'Why?' Carolyn regularly worked at and tended . The Kingston Group stopped proselytizing new converts when the cooperative became successful, and today they perform no missionary work of any kind. Members' financial holdings are believed to include: a 300-acre (1.2km2) dairy farm in Davis County; a 3,200-acre (13km2) farm in Tetonia, Idaho; a coal mine in Emery County;[24] 1,200 acres (4.9km2) in Terreton, Idaho; a cattle ranch and a discount store; Desert Tech Firearms; a grocery store; and a restaurant supply in many western cities including Tucson, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas, Boise, and Portland. The Kingston Clan, also known as The Order is a Mormon based group that is far more like an organized crime family and cult than religious organization. It appears my kinship group is suffering from clusters of rare recessive genes. Polygamy is a legacy of the early teachings of the mainstream church, which abandoned the practice in 1890 and now strictly prohibits it. "Religious leaders control all marriages in the community, and many of these relatives have married or likely will marry in the future. Your IP: Let's revisit the boastful words of Mormon Church Prophet John Taylor and Mormon Church Apostle Heber C. Kimball, both quoted earlier: -Taylor, "Millennial Star," vol. Men and boys wore blue coverall-type suits tied with strings; women and girls wore plain blue denim dresses. 'I know this off the top of my head," Wyler says. 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. "There is no cure for the disease, which impedes the body's ability to process food at the cellular level. "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. and councilmen.' "Tarby says members of the community made it clear that neither choice was acceptable. "For us parents the future health and happiness of ourselves, our children and grandchildren are at stake. Once a baby is born with the condition, Aleck says, 'You really can't treat the underlying disorder.' . Mormon Church presidents and "prophet"-leaders have blamed monogamy a host of terminal afflictions that have been delivered upon the world. . "'It makes you sick; it turns your stomach,' she says. "When [my cousin] died, my childish vow surfaced and I began to look into my family history for some answers. "'Polygamy leads to sexual predation, and that leads to genetic problems,' says . 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. "'I knew I would have to marry my [half-] brother ever since I was 12,' says the woman. It is these discredited ideas that foster this genetic legacy. . The three marriages between second cousins have produced at least eight children afflicted with fumarase deficiency, according to a report in the May 2000 'Annals of Neurology' (based on the study conducted by the group led by Tarby and Aleck), interviews with doctors treating the disease and anecdotal evidence gathered from the community. The State of Utah stated: "It was a specific investigation that we were approached by [federal law enforcement] to participate in." Since most Kingston children are born in homes under the scrutiny of trusted and secretive family midwives or clan leaders, documentation of medical abnormalities is rare, but not unprecedented. . Why is this? 15, p. 227, "Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of heaven among men. [The Lord] had to institute another New and Everlasting Covenant which he gave to another 25 year old boy on the highest mountain east of Bountiful on the first day of the year, 1935. . People in plural marriages and held above those aren't. People who are members of the Kingston family by blood are held up higher than members of the Clan who are not also blood members of the Kingston family. . 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. When a group inbreeds, as polygamists have, more and more lethal gene matches occur. It is the power of God through the law or covenant of consecration given to Brother Elden in 1935. While Charles W. Kingston was the first to oppose the Church, the primary mover in the Kingston Group was his son Elden. "All of these men have or had multiple wives and scores of children. Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints elders, who control the community, have labored to keep the public from finding out why the disorder is manifesting. . "If descendants of polygamy do not look critically at the ideas of their ancestors, Utah children may be increasingly at risk. Sally Kingston, a wife of one of the brothers, and. "The clan's other numerous incestuous couplings among consenting adults . . . The Kingston Group is believed to have a few thousand members, mostly in Utah and Idaho. [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. Article continues below advertisement For the sisters, escaping polygamy is really real. Unfortunately, it's still the innocent who suffer due to Joseph Smith's lies. Fear began to overwhelm me, for the future, and for my own son. Nearly all the Mormon founding families were relatives, so the first polygamists enjoyed relations to different degrees when the divine experiment began. Some of these marriages will include parents who both are carriers of the fumarase deficiency gene, making it certain that more children will be afflicted with the disease. They do develop to some degree, but it's way behind their peers.'. "Until the test is available, Tarby says, the best prevention measure remains refraining from crossing Barlows, Jessops and their relations--who make up half the population of the polygamist enclave. . [32] He was arrested and pleaded "no contest" to the charge of child abuse and served seven months in jail. The Doctrine and Covenants admonishes the Saints to look to the poor and the needy, and administer to their relief that they shall not suffer (D&C 38:35). . One nurse confided, 'We see too many trisome l3 and l8 babies.' restricted in some polygamous sects, including FLDS groups in Colorado City, Arizona; Hildale, Utah; and West Texas, that force some of the young males to leave the communities . "Farm Roots of Incest: Marriages in the Kingston clan must be sanctioned by [the] current head of the church . Could my childish intuition that the adults and doctors lips were sealed against my questions involve family secrets; secrets relatives took to their graves rather than betray? [1], The Church . 'If you stop the sexual predation, you stop the genetic problem as well. 'Right now, we are just looking at the tip of the iceberg.'. Naming a father could expose the truth, unveil secrets of paternity and subject the clan to further scrutiny from those who don't approve of incest. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. "Andrea's son, now 7, lives with his father, Jason Kingston--Andrea's half-brother--and Rosalind, his niece. The early Mormon Church practiced polygamy until 1890, when leaders abandoned the practice as a condition for Utah to gain statehood. . "If female, they are married off to the few, powerful prominent males: incest is the fate of many teen-age girls. Tarby asked them to bring the girl to him for an examination. Utah Attorney General's Office and Arizona Attorney General's Office. "'This problem is going to get worse and worse and worse,' predicts . In recent years, former members have lobbied for law enforcement to take action against the sect. (Patricia was one of Kingston's 14 wives, and the clip does not reveal whether she is still alive.) Accordingly, Elden became the first prophet of the Kingston Group and established the Davis County Cooperative Society. . . . "Buried quietly on family farms, without notice of birth or death, child death often remains undocumented in polygamy clans. on the history of the fundamentalist community. Elden clearly claimed to hold the priesthood keys, saying, I have those keys of power.[3]. 'As soon as I saw her, I knew she had the same thing as her brother,' Tarby says. [19] For many years, members of the Co-operative lived in poor conditions, and those in need had no legal way to apply for assistance. Polygamy today is comprised of early Mormon polygamy descendants and these families are now interrelated by a factor impossible in monogamy. The Kingston family owns an enormous amount of businesses in the Utah area which employ Kingston Clan members, and Merlin Kingston was no exception to this. Thanks for contacting us. . [54], The Utah holdings of Davis County Cooperative members were once estimated at more than $200 million,[9] and were believed to include the following:[55], For the church formally established by Joseph Smith in 1830, see. I owe my children and all children who risk becoming the next unwitting victims of this tragic genetic legacy the best information regarding the prevention of this lethal family inheritance that I can find. [50][51], Davis County Cooperative leadership and members swiftly condemned the fraudulent behavior stating that "[Jacob] broke from tradition in many ways" and stressing "to members and non-members alike that this behavior is not in line with our beliefs or principles." Many members of the fundamentalist community don't even know it's occurring. "15 years ago, a strange-looking child suffering from severe physical maladies and acute retardation was brought into the office of [pedatric neurologist] Dr. Theodore Tarby. . "The baby, delivered at Johnson's home in 1983, was taken to Primary Children's Medical Center. A small portion of the funds (less than 6%) were also used to purchase legitimate goods and services from businesses who provided them in "good faith". [20] Long-time leader John Ortell Kingston lived in a small one-story clapboard house in Salt Lake City up until the time of his death in 1987. So many young people.'. . . [27] It is not affiliated with the mainstream LDS Church. . "In 1996, the now 31-year-old Kingston mother of two slow-growing children sought explanations at Primary Children's Medical Center. . . 'I said, "You're married to somebody you're related to. _____. In fact more than half of today's Klans formed in the last three years. . . The organized Ku Klux Klan movement saw a boost in its membership in 2017. The two Kingston brothers and their business partner, Lev Dermen, are in jail awaiting trial, scheduled to start in July and last six weeks. --Letting the Genetic Genie Out of the Bottle: God Commands the Mormon Church to Enter Into Biologically-Destructive Practice of Polygamy. Wyler's ex-wife's sister has had two babies afflicted with fumarase deficiency. . But that's like spitting in the ocean.'. "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.' ". Jeffs is following a long-established practice -- started by Smith 170 years ago -- of excommunicating those who do not strictly adhere to church leaders' commands. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Had these defects clumped in my own family as it seemingly appeared to me? David Kingston is alleged to have married his 16-year-old niece Mary Ann Nelson, who attempted to run away but was apprehended and beaten by her father, John Daniel Kingston. . "It's believed that more than half the residents carry the recessive gene. [14] Some of their secrecy might be attributed to a fear of arrest for living in plural marriages, as had happened in 19591960 when being investigated by the Davis County Grand Jury, which some members claimed was organized by LDS Apostles Mark E. Peterson and Spencer W. "The rate at which Kingstons marry each other is 'frightening,' she says. "If both parents are descendants of polygamy, the children may be at even greater risk.