All are retarded, the neurologist told Salt Lake City television station KSL-TV. 129-30, ("Is Homosexuality or Monogamy the Ruin of Civilization?," at: http://www.i4m.com/think/sexuality/homosexual_ruin.htm) Therefore, to keep the bloodline 'pure,' the Kingstons intermarry--half-brothers and sisters, uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, and so forth. "Throughout the world, most polygamy is exogamous, or breeding outside the group. . Kimball. It alleges sex trafficking, sexual battery and child abuse, and seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages. During the 1940s, Ortell worked on a dairy farm owned by the Co-op at Woodscross, Davis County, Utah, where he reportedly developed theories on genetics, theories he later decided could be used to purify his own family pedigree. Branches of the polygamist mans family left out of the genealogy will change the incidence of common ancestors and potentially mask the true disease risk and incidence in the community. 'We do know there are biological hazards. The Kingston Group stopped proselytizing new converts when the cooperative became successful, and today they perform no missionary work of any kind. . "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. . "Farm Roots of Incest: Marriages in the Kingston clan must be sanctioned by [the] current head of the church . . Below are further horrific details of the Kingston clan's "God-given genetic calamity, brought to you courtesy of Joseph Smith's Mormonism, as reported in the "Salt Lake Tribune" article, "When Incest Becomes a Religious Tenet": ". . The Co-op members practiced plural marriage and abided by a rigid hierarchy of leadership and deference. "FLDS marriages, Wyler and other community experts say, are an extension of a breeding program that began with Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith in the 1830s. She says her parents, Merlin Barnum Kingston (John Ortell's brother) and Joyce Fransden, were uncle and niece. The records of the marriages sealed at the Nauvoo Temple before the general exodus to Utah in the 1840s, may be the most important ones of all; yet, these are . Brigham Young calling some one else a thief especially "women thieves" ABSOLUTE HILARITY ! In their own words, as quoted in a sister article that asks the question, "Is Monogamy the Ruin of Civilization?" Members today wear normal modern clothing, although they are encouraged to be modest and keep a high standard of dress. 'Right away I asked the parents if there were any other children with the same problem.' . "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. 'And their claim is they marry closely to preserve the royal bloodline, so to speak.'. . Tarby asked them to bring the girl to him for an examination. According to Kingston teachings, this scripture should not be taken too literally, and all of the efforts commenced through Joseph Smith came to a dead halt in 1934, thereby necessitating Elden Kingston to initiate a new dispensation. . lucky Five of the women suing alleged they were coerced into marriage as minors and raped by their husbands. 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, . Precisely where Elden obtained valid priesthood authority is a matter of dispute. _____, --Petri Dishes of the Genetically-Destructive Effects of Mormon-Driven Polygamy: "Modern"-day Utah and Cross-Border Towns. "The same right of marriage approval was wielded by John Ortell Kingston, who began the incestuous lineage. ", -Apostle Heber C. Kimball, "Journal of Discourses," vol. "In 1996, the now 31-year-old Kingston mother of two slow-growing children sought explanations at Primary Children's Medical Center. This is a rare disorder and medical descriptions of trisome infants are too dreadful to describe here. 'They don't believe anything written about Colorado City [by outsiders, even medical experts] carries much truth,' Tarby says. Children of the latter variety, he says, 'can't crawl. "Warren Jeffs, like Joseph Smith before him, has emphasized the importance of obedience among members of the church. "Dr. Theodore Tarby has treated many of the children at clinics in Arizona under contracts with the state. "The clan's other numerous incestuous couplings among consenting adults . 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. Jacob Kingston pleaded guilty to 41 charges, including conspiracy to commit mail fraud, aiding/assistance in filing a false claim, money laundering and obstruction. 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. "Fast-forward . . [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". Like any fundamentalist Mormon sect, the Kingston Clan is very hierarchal. "Including Utah, 37 states outlaw first-cousin marriage. The organized Ku Klux Klan movement saw a boost in its membership in 2017. This resulted in his excommunication from the LDS Church in 1929. . provide crucial information to community members of who is carrying the recessive gene that causes fumarase deficiency. 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. ", ("Understanding Polygamy," from "Humanists of Utah," at: http://www.humanistsofutah.org/2005/UnderstandingPolygamy_July-05.html). Men rise in prominence by being obedient and pure of blood and by having large families that can produce a lot of money and workers for the group, the suit continues. This nurse has a polygamous background, so does her husband. present a troubling scenario for law enforcement: these are crimes of a sexual nature committed in private in a closed society. [39], The organization continues to publicly denounce the practice of child marriage,[41][39] and maintains that marriages within the group are not coerced. Is Escaping Polygamy Real or Scripted? - The Cinemaholic The word dispensation refers to two processes. Elden clearly claimed to hold the priesthood keys, saying, I have those keys of power.[3]. "[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 Church lost its authority to give covenants.) I'd never heard of them, a polygamist, fundie cult where even 14 year olds could . You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. states that '[t]he [Utah] state legislature is consistently 90% Mormon . If such a test were developed, a community-wide screening program could be instituted that would identify those carrying the fumarase gene. . and Privacy Policy. The Kingston family is quite real and is a polygamous unit. [Andrea] Moore-Emmett [author of 'God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped'] contends that [in polygamy] incest, statutory rape, torture, physical abuse, forced marriages, and trafficking of girls is rampant. Consanguinity is a reason why families bear children of only one sex--all sons or all daughters. The Southern Poverty Law Center recognizes the Kingston clan as an " incest and white supremacy " group for its practices outlined in Escaping Polygamy, which include teaching children to not associate themselves with non-white people and, as mentioned by the lawsuit, marrying underage children off to family members of The Order. In this regard, officially-canonized LDS scripture that currently endorses polygamy is not the only image problem for the Mormon Church (thank you, Warren Jeffs). . . "'Incest as a policy or routine practice is rare,' says Melvin Williams, a professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan and a leading expert in the study of kinship systems. . . . "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. [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. ". 75.119.192.80 The Kingston sisters were able to help her escape although Ava wanted to stay with her family, she knew she couldn't give up her sense of self and continue watching the cycle of abuse continue. [T]he 'Salt Lake Tribune' . . These disturbing accounts offer a look inside the lives of some early Mormon descendants. . My aunt and uncle outlived two of their five children and two more may have nephritis. [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. "'My father manipulated and controlled people,' Rugg says. Inside the Kingston Kingdom: Former employee reveals clan's secrets . . . . . 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. "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. "Fumarase deficiency is caused by a lack of the fumarase enzyme, an essential component in a biological process called the Krebs cycle, which converts food into energy within each cell. 'We can only treat the complications of the disorder,' Aleck says. [7], Plural marriage is practiced by some members of the LDCJC and members make their own choice in who they marry. ", (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) . Men make all decisions affecting her health. 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. 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. "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. He also married a woman descended from polygamy. Thanks for contacting us. The Prophet Josephs priorities of missionary work, temple ordinances, proxy work for the dead, and feeding the poor appear to have been lost somewhere. . Now, this might well be the case, with the . ("Doctrine & Covenants," Section 132, verses 55, 62-63), "Joseph Smith also testified an angel with a sword came to him many times and commanded him to practice polygamy or else he would lose his life. This story has been shared 112,868 times. . . "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. 'Most of what you print is lies, lies, lies.' . This is a humane coping strategy devised to deal with a dilemma that devastated a woman taught from birth her only value was in the number of children she bore for the Kingdom of God. 'And yet nobody wants to do anything about it. . Isaac Wyler, a former FLDS member who was excommunicated from the church . There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Rather than take steps to avoid the problem, the FLDS loyalists may believe it is their duty to accept their fate. Escaping polygamy and the Kingston clan: Whistleblower Mary Nelson on The girl, born to John Ortell and Isabell Johnson, was not the product of an incestuous marriage. 'He wanted to control his children and grandchildren through genetics. "It's unlikely the polygamous community will heed the doctor's advice. Women and girls, after theyre married, submit to their husbands and men answer to higher-ranked men, the suit alleges. The baby survived, but has cerebral palsy. [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. . 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. . I am convinced they do. ", -Apostle Heber C. Kimball, as quoted Stanley P. Hirshon, "The Lion of the Lord: A Biography of Brigham Young" [New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969], pp. The clan, known privately as the Order, runs what prosecutors believe is one of the largest organized-crime operations in Utah, overseeing its far-flung empire from a string of secret locations . The adoption of children among family members sometimes disguised sterility. This lack of information upset me as a child when to my fervent, 'Why?' . "All of these men have or had multiple wives and scores of children. 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. The couple had lived together since the age of 7, when the mother of the woman's half-brother died. "My dad had a thing that was supposed to shoot radio waves or something like that, that . 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. Tarby. Not one defect, but many. 'Children should not be victims of such programs.'. He believed he had superior bloodlines.' . The Kingston Group is believed to have a few thousand members, mostly in Utah and Idaho. . It gets pretty bleak when it gets that close.' But it is unclear how such assets are exalting the poor or making the rich low. Let's now examine how this supposedly "divinely-inspired" Mormon program of heavenly eugenics has actually worked in practice. The suit was filed against the groups leader Paul Eldon Kingston and 21 other members. ", And despite the LDS Church's highly suspect claim of having genuinely abandoned the doctrine and practice of polygamy in 1890 (see D. Michael Quinn's historically-devastating essay that got him excommunicated for telling the truth, "LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890-1904," at: http://www.lds-mormon.com/quinn_polygamy.shtml), many Mormons, in fact, still believe that the practice of multi-wifing will someday be reinstituted "[b]ecause the doctrine is still part of official Mormon scripture (see 'Doctrine and Covenants,' Section 132). . "The leaders must also understand the ethical considerations of continuing behavior, he says, that is bringing children into the world who suffer tragic deformities. ", ("Doctor: Birth defects increase in polygamy community," Associated Press, 9 February 2006, at: http://www.azcentral.com/health/news/articles/0209PolygamyBirthDefect09-) Supposedly, these sacrifices are part of the united order. . While they affirm that they now carry the torch first lit by Joseph Smith, their agenda focuses only on plural marriage and their own brand of united order. It didn't find any. Fear began to overwhelm me, for the future, and for my own son. Kingston clan: Unlikely whistleblower helps uncover alleged half . 11, p. 128, ". ", (Bruce, R. McConkie,'Mormon Doctrine,' 2nd ed., under "Plural Marriage" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, Inc., 1966], p. 578) "Tarby believes the recessive gene was introduced by one of the community's polygamist founders. requote from Steve's excellent post ! Not only were there possibly too few fathers making it easier for defects to clump in the large interrelated kindred but succeeding generations of children from these isolated rural Mormon towns married within a few kindred as well. . . . . "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. . "Last year, a 16-year-old daughter of John Daniel Kingston was forced to marry her uncle, David Ortell Kingston, criminal charges allege, . Meanwhile, as Mormons wait patiently and faithfully for multi-wifery's official return, the words of their founding Church fathers sound praise to polygamy past, present and future: --The Mormon God's Declaration of Righteous Genetic Combinations: Monogamy is a Christian Blight on Humanity, While Polygamy is the Lord's Way to Produce Fresh, Virile Men; Good-Lookin' Women; and Super Strong Stock to Carry Civilization Into Eternity. When the Lord chose Brother Elden through which to send this new covenant, all other covenants were thereby dissolved. . . The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women-stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among them, and hence this monogamic system which now prevails throughout Christendom, and which had been so fruitful a source of prostitution and whoredom throughout all the Christian monogamic cities of the Old and New World, until rottenness and decay are at the root of their institutions both national and religious. "[We] 'hierarchy children are from the 'elite' first families of Mormonism and these families started polygamy in America. 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 few dissenters in the community say the serious genetic problems that are beginning to surface are an indication that the closed FLDS society could eventually collapse. "In this isolated religious society north of the Grand Canyon, few secrets have been more closely guarded than the presence of fumarase deficiency. "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. . . [in order] to reduce competition for wives. . . . Girls in polygamous Kingston Group continue to marry as young as 15 Many members of the fundamentalist community don't even know it's occurring. Splinter Group: Latter Day Church of Christ (Davis County - MRM . [46], In July 2019, Jacob Kingston, Isaiah Kingston, and two others pled guilty to participating in a fraud scheme masterminded by Lev Derman, a non-member and Armenian national. and several polygamist men serve in local government positions, including as mayors . . . Members of the Kingston polygamous family facing fraud charges strike Nobody, from the police to [the governor], cares that these children are abused from conception to marriage.'. Some 42 different Klan groups were active in 22 .
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