'A lady comes in and helps her. [11] Some members had begun the practice of plural marriage years before the establishment of the cooperative. "[52][46][53] In a recent lawsuit, ex-members allege that the WRE case was an example of the concept of "bleeding the beast." . The Kingstons represent an intriguing branch on the Mormon fundamentalist tree. [45] Members allege to have been targeted for audit at a rate over 9x the published IRS average for the general population, with no pattern of fraud being found outside of a couple of bad-actors. "Now 16, Rugg's sister was married to and subsequently left one of her half-brother's sons. Excerpts from the article "Understanding Polygamy," distributed by "Humanists of Utah": " . And it is my purpose to provide for my saints, for all things are mine. Same family, second child, same period of life, a different fatal disease; was there a connection? . It is a common and intentional practice in the Order to require girls and women to submit sexually to their husbands even if the sexual submission is against their will because having children results in workers for the benefit of the Order, the lawsuit states. One of the most devastating hereditary malformations is fumarase deficiency, a rare genetic condition marked by severe mental retardation and seizures. Thanks for signing up! One outspoken Mormon matriarch who attended the same Sunday meeting for 50 years commented about the health of the polygamous descendants versus the monogamous descendants, 'You see it in the obituaries. That means the number of cases likely will grow. [10], Over the decades, the Cooperative has maintained extreme secrecy while developing an extensive system with assets once estimated at over $150 million. . [7], Plural marriage is practiced by some members of the LDCJC and members make their own choice in who they marry. During the 1920s, hundreds of dissenters from the LDS Church gathered into specific groups across the Wasatch Front. Brigham Young, the second Mormon leader, preached, 'The time is coming when the Lord is going to raise a holy nation . "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 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. ", -The Prophet Brigham Young, "Journal of Discourses," vol. Half and full siblings are marrying in religious ceremonies. "In May, the girl said she was belt-whipped by her father inside a Kingston-owned barn in Box Elder County for fleeing the marriage, and was abandoned in the home of another of John Daniel's wives. "'One lady I know, she just cannot physically pick [her son] up anymore to get him into the bathtub,' Wyler says. At least six of Merlin's incestuously conceived children in turn married half-siblings, couplings that subsequently produced children with various deformities, says Rowenna Erickson, an ex-member who left her polygamous husband. The man's response was, "Up here, we are all related," Tarby says. . KUTV A large police presence swarmed a well-known polygamous family's property in South Salt Lake Wednesday.A Department of Justice Spokesman Peter Carr confirmed to KUTV that it is involved in . Mormons can now see why American citizens passed laws intended to stop polygamy, a relic of unwise prophecy, laws continuously disregarded in Utah, a state controlled by the Mormon Church, if they will only look. . "These groups are white supremacists and inbreeding is an essential doctrine in keeping the bloodline pure. "If female, they are married off to the few, powerful prominent males: incest is the fate of many teen-age girls. on a 1,600-acre ranch outside of Eldorado. The couple had lived together since the age of 7, when the mother of the woman's half-brother died. "John Ortell Kingston was the first Kingston to experiment with incest, marrying and bearing children with two half-sisters and two nieces, according to numerous ex-members of the clan. Three of their children suffer from serious inherited disorders. . " First, an overview: --"God's Brothel": A Review of Polygamy's Brutal Underworld Mormon Roots. . 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. Certainly if MORmON Jesus had done this, we would hear all about it from the LDS as *proof* that God was doing his modern work via MORmONISM, but alas there is no such manifestation ! [15][16] The Grand Jury was described as "The polygamist hunting Davis County Grand Jury" by the Ogden Standard-Examiner in 1959. 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. He estimates the test would . Thus this monogamic order of marriage, so esteemed by modern Christians as a holy sacrament and divine institution, is nothing but a system established by a set of robbers. _____, --Inbreeding for the Lord: the Mutative Aftermath of LDS-"Inspired" Polygamy Among Mormonism's Doctrinal Adherents. They are Utah-based, unlike the FLDS where the escapes are mainly Arizona-based. . 'We do know there are biological hazards. 13:1). 'The downside is that if you don't start with good genetics, and if there is baggage in the genes of the individual, inbreeding will uncover that baggage. "The discoveries and research within my own kindred so alarmed me that I studied other descendants of polygamy to see if their families also suffered from crippling illnesses. Escaping Polygamy is an American documentary television series that premiered on December 30, 2014, on LMN.The show now airs on Lifetime, but can also be viewed on Tubi, and follows the work of three sisters who left the Kingston clan, a polygamous group based in Salt Lake City, Utah known as The Order, as they help family and/or friends break free of polygamy. "Recovery from Mormonism - www.exmormon.org", http://www.lds-mormon.com/quinn_polygamy.shtml, http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_summary.htm. It appears my kinship group is suffering from clusters of rare recessive genes. As bad as this past is, the mounting evidence is far worse. The Kingston Group is not affiliated with the 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. _____. 'It's a bomb that's going to explode.'. Three others, including Grant, said they had to flee to escape such a fate. The group sought to maintain Pure Kingston Blood by arranging marriages between cousins and other close relatives, and shunning relationships that werent between white people, the lawsuit alleges. [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. Articles of Incorporation of the Davis County Cooperative Society, 7 February 1941. 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. . Never miss a story. "With no other options available, more FLDS families will be faced with the difficult burden of caring for children suffering with fumarase deficiency. The stage was set for the appearance of the rare disease when their 12th child, Martha Jessop, married her second cousin, John Yeates Barlow, in 1923, according to LDS genealogy data and Colorado City historian Ben Bistline. "Tarby says members of the community made it clear that neither choice was acceptable. [8], In the late 1990s, three members of the LDCJC faced scrutiny for entering into incestuous relationships. "If you look in the literature, you won't find another dozen cases in the world that have been reported," says Tarby. Legitimate businesses, including those in the Cooperative, argued that Jacob hid the scheme from business partners as well as Co-op leadership. . . In addition, placing the law of consecration at the pinnacle of divine laws is inconsistent with scripture and restoration history. . [18][7], The Cooperative had its birth during the Great Depression when many families struggled immensely to provide for their families. "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. . [T]he one-wife system not only degenerates the human family, both physically and intellectually, but it is entirely incompatible with philosophical notions of immortality; it is a lure to temptation, and has always proved a curse to a people. . "Including Utah, 37 states outlaw first-cousin marriage. . . it is the only popular religion there,", -The Prophet Brigham Young, "Deseret News," 6 August 1862, "This law of monogamy, or the monogamic system, laid the foundation for prostitution and the evils and diseases of the most revolting nature and character under which modern Christendom groans, . 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. "'All my life, my family told me I had to marry a Kingston,' says Rugg. . Precisely where Elden obtained valid priesthood authority is a matter of dispute. These defects could be life threatening like nephritis and spinal bifida, or merely debilitating like asthma. Elden clearly claimed to hold the priesthood keys, saying, I have those keys of power.[3]. "Dr. Theodore Tarby has treated many of the children at clinics in Arizona under contracts with the state. Re: Polygamy's Patriarchy-Poisoned Bloodline: The Genetic Catastrophe That Has Sprung from Joseph Smith's "Divine" Breeding Program of Mormon Mutation . "Farm Roots of Incest: Marriages in the Kingston clan must be sanctioned by [the] current head of the church . . The complaint against the Kingston Group also known as the Order was filed in Salt Lake City last week by 10 people, including Amanda Rae Grant, who starred in the A&E docu-series Escaping Polygamy.. "Parents who share a common ancestor are consanguineous. They own many businesses and have ties with hundreds of businesses here in Utah and our neighboring states. The suit includes ten former members alleging the organization used marriages to "unlawfully make girls and their children religious martyrs and traffic them for sexual and labor purposes". When the Lord chose Brother Elden through which to send this new covenant, all other covenants were thereby dissolved. Isaac Wyler, a former FLDS member who was excommunicated from the church . 'They are functioning way below their chronological age.'. "When [my cousin] died, my childish vow surfaced and I began to look into my family history for some answers. . Brigham Young waited until 1868, twenty-one years after arriving in Utah, to actively promote it, and John Taylor ceased emphasizing it shortly after becoming President of the Church. . Reading the ignorant responses of the polygs - particularly in the face of the evidence all around them - makes my blood boil. "'My father manipulated and controlled people,' Rugg says. One child born with an incomplete liver died. The lone man suing said three Order men raped him when he was 16 or 17 and that when he left the group and announced he was gay, was tracked down and severely beaten by a group of boys acting at the direction of the Order, the lawsuit alleges. [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." In response to questions from the newspaper, Kent Johnson, a spokesman for the Davis County Cooperative. "The Mormons, well-known for genealogical record keeping, maintain birth, marriage and death information at church libraries and now on the Internet. 'We can only treat the complications of the disorder,' Aleck says. Elden passed away from cancer in 1948 and was succeeded by his brother John Ortell Kingston (commonly known as Ortell). When you pair up those undesirable genes, something strange will pop out.'. Several charges of incest would eventually be leveled against various Kingston members. ", ("Mormon Polygamy: Frequently Asked Questions," at: http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_summary.htm). . Source: Twitter Jessica with her husband and three daughters. [i]n a secret church ceremony. "A few years later [my cousin's] sister . "In polygamy . "The fact that fumarase deficiency had shown up in one child was startling enough--there had only been a handful of cases reported worldwide. "Farm Roots of Incest: Marriages in the Kingston clan must be sanctioned by [the] current head of the church . . (The Church lost its authority to give covenants.) . . . . when doctors pronounced us a special and important family. . . my question is: How come MORmON god does not get on board with His own programs? And, "We cannot and will not condone or support anyone found to be engaged in any fraudulent behaviors. 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. . "In addition, the Mormon Church touts itself as the quintessential traditional family values church . [30] This practice lasted only a short time and was abandoned sometime before 1940. [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. . [I]t appears that Joseph Smith Jessop and his first wife also passed on the rare genetic disorder fumarase deficiency. . . . The Kingston Group stopped proselytizing new converts when the cooperative became successful, and today they perform no missionary work of any kind. The Kingstons are members of the Davis County Cooperative Society or the Kingston Order, which practices polygamy. . . Well, law enforcement often tends to look the other way in cases like polygamy, unless specific reports reach the agencies. Jacob O. Kingston, the company's CEO, pleaded guilty Thursday to 41 charges including money laundering, fraud, conspiracy and witness tampering and obstruction of justice, according to a court. Even the few highly educated people there . [39], In 2016, the State of Utah with federal law enforcement raided various properties in connection with the Kingston family or Davis County Cooperative Society with the intention of finding welfare fraud. If these couples are . But in a 2News . The notoriety will just make them zoo specimens. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. [3] Charles Elden Kingston discourse, 1940 New Years Meeting, 8:40 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., 11; emphasis in original. "Roughly one in four Americans say 'most Mormons' support the practice of polygamy . . Jeremy Kingston was sentenced to a year in prison in 2004 for taking LuAnn Kingston, his cousin and aunt, as his fourth wife in 1994; their relationship began when he was 24 and she was 15. thus marking the first time news media reported this human and civil rights nightmare accurately since the 1850s. 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. . . . died of multiple sclerosis, also leaving a family of small children behind. 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.'.