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"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. The FLDS was formed by Mormons who refused to give up polygamy. "'My mother should not have produced another baby," says Rugg, also Isabell and John Ortell's daughter and the baby's full sister. It is also a place of child abuse (court cases verify), neglected Sister Wives due to Polygamist practices (former members report this), Incest (court cases verify), and spiritual abuse (former . "Genetic testing confirms that there is a high prevalence of various birth defects in polygamous populations. By the time Joseph Smith Jessop died in September 1953, he already had 112 grandchildren, the majority of them directly descended from him and Yeates. . It takes maturity to face the truth, especially if the truth is painful and challenges the family tradition and religious belief structure. A recently created critical website can be viewed atwww.kingstonclan.com. After two years of investigating, they did not find any welfare fraud. Charles Zitting (one of Lorin C. Woolleys High Priest Apostles) introduced Kingston to plural marriage, causing Kingston to be cut off from the Church in 1929. Connie Rugg [is] one of John Ortell's estimated 65 children and one of a handful of Kingston relatives who have fled the clan. Carolyn regularly worked at and tended . 'In the meantime, the taxpayers have to pay the bills. All are retarded, the neurologist told Salt Lake City television station KSL-TV. However, Grant claims she endured years of sexual abuse by a half-brother as a child. . 'Warren Jeffs is also trying to breed a perfect race.'. . "'They are discouraging any new blood," historian Bistline says. She says her parents, Merlin Barnum Kingston (John Ortell's brother) and Joyce Fransden, were uncle and niece. Not enough of the fumarase enzyme can lead to severe mental retardation and physical deformities. We cannot afford to neglect the possibility our ancestors practiced a form of marriage that was unhealthy and debilitating to our children, to us, and to society. "The only long-term solution to the health crisis is for Barlows and Jessops to have children with spouses from outside the polygamist community. 'Children should not be victims of such programs.'. . "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. . He believed he had superior bloodlines.' _____, --Case Study in Mormon-Moored Mutation: Utah's Mormon Offshoot Kingston Clan. . . "Farm Roots of Incest: Marriages in the Kingston clan must be sanctioned by [the] current head of the church . We recall that Joseph Smith made no effort to implement the law of consecration while in Nauvoo (see D&C 105:34). Kingston was able to name only nine of his thirteen children by a second woman, Rachael Ann Kingston. They are Utah-based, unlike the FLDS where the escapes are mainly Arizona-based. . . He faces up to 30 years in. . "The clan's other numerous incestuous couplings among consenting adults . This is why the state and federal government enacted legislation against polygamy. Bearing in mind I'm not American and have only a vague knowledge of Mormonism, a video came across my youtube from a former member of the Kingston clan/the order and wow is this terrifying. . '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. . Surely, there were too many deaths. If the FLDS faithful believed that Jeffs was relying on science to determine marriages rather than divine revelation from God, he could lose control of the church. [39] The 2022 complaint was filed by attorney, Roger Hoole,[39] an attorney known for representing ex-members of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. "Every person carries some lethal genes. And her ex-husband's parents, Merlin and Carolyn Kingston, were uncle and niece. Like any fundamentalist Mormon sect, the Kingston Clan is very hierarchal. A fourth to half of father-daughter and brother-sister offspring have mental or physical deficiencies. . The suit was filed against the groups leader Paul Eldon Kingston and 21 other members. Then he scooted away, smiling, aboard a plastic toy car, his feet smacking the sidewalk. 'If you stop the sexual predation, you stop the genetic problem as well. . ", ("Mormon Polygamy: Frequently Asked Questions," at: http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_summary.htm). [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. (The Church lost its authority to give covenants.) The early Mormon Church practiced polygamy until 1890, when leaders abandoned the practice as a condition for Utah to gain statehood. During a recent interview with the Intelligence Report, Jessica Kingston, a former member of the secretive, Salt Lake City-based cult and a star of the A&E reality series "Escaping Polygamy," remembered, when she was 12, her Sunday school teacher coming into class with a bucket of water and a vial of black food coloring. 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 group also teaches its members that only those with so-called pure blood will survive the apocalypse, according to the lawsuit. "The rate at which Kingstons marry each other is 'frightening,' she says. 3, p. 291, "I have noticed that a man who has but one wife, and is inclined to that doctrine, soon begins to wither and dry up, while a man who goes into plurality [of wives] looks fresh, young, and sprightly. . "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. Excerpts from the article "Understanding Polygamy," distributed by "Humanists of Utah": " . Most populations outbreed and so these lethal genes rarely match to cause any serious diseases. . . 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. 'But just on general principles, the offspring of uncle-niece, or half-siblings have an elevated level of genetic disease. "Today, six sons and two daughters of John Ortell and LaDonna have married at least 20 half-sisters, nieces and first cousins, giving birth to a family tree that twists and tangles, and, at times, withers with children born of genetic deficiencies. "State investigators found no wrongdoing among members of the Davis County Cooperative Society, also known as the Kingston Group. . Cases of fumarase deficiency have shown up in the FLDS communities in Colorado City and Hildale, and doctors believe that the incidence of the condition in these communities will increase in coming generations. If both parents carry the gene, the likelihood that their offspring will be affected by the disease or become carriers of the gene greatly increases, medical experts say. 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. Men and boys wore blue coverall-type suits tied with strings; women and girls wore plain blue denim dresses. These wives sometimes became known, sometimes not. . Such a system was commenced by the founders of the Roman empire. 'Right away I asked the parents if there were any other children with the same problem.' These disturbing accounts offer a look inside the lives of some early Mormon descendants. Jacob Kingston pleaded guilty to 41 charges, including conspiracy to commit mail fraud, aiding/assistance in filing a false claim, money laundering and obstruction. 5, p. 22, "Brethren, I want you to understand that it is not to be as it has been heretofore. . . . "The same right of marriage approval was wielded by John Ortell Kingston, who began the incestuous lineage. One recent morning [John Ortell's niece and third wife, Mary Gustafson] defended her complicity in arranging her daughters' marriages to their half-brothers, sons of John Ortell and LaDonna. [18][7], The Cooperative had its birth during the Great Depression when many families struggled immensely to provide for their families. [1] Charles William Kingston, Autobiography, 2324; spelling and punctuation standardized. LDS scripture teaches that in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established (D&C 6:28; 2 Cor. Because I fell down this rabbit hole and now so do you all. 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. provide crucial information to community members of who is carrying the recessive gene that causes fumarase deficiency. Therefore, to keep the bloodline 'pure,' the Kingstons intermarry--half-brothers and sisters, uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, and so forth. "Including Utah, 37 states outlaw first-cousin marriage. "Some of the kids can walk, but others have a difficult time even sitting. [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. They operate in Salt Lake Valley, Utah. . "Of the Kingstons, Williams says: 'There is not much you can do about them. In fact more than half of today's Klans formed in the last three years. "In this isolated religious society north of the Grand Canyon, few secrets have been more closely guarded than the presence of fumarase deficiency. he says. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use Doctrinally, members of the LDCJC try to adhere to the teachings of the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. . 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. [41][42] Despite this, the latest suit alleges marriages as young as 16 within the Latter Day Church of Christ have continued. But it must needs be done in mine own way; and behold this is the way that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my saints, that the poor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low (D&C 104:16). . 129-30, ("Is Homosexuality or Monogamy the Ruin of Civilization?," at: http://www.i4m.com/think/sexuality/homosexual_ruin.htm) Have you also noticed all the genetic and other debilitating defects, deformities and diseases that comes along with your poisoned patriarchal plurality-of-wives club? . Young is the owner of Desert Tech, a Utah gun manufacturer. According to Mormonism's top leaders: "Since the founding of the Roman empire monogamy has prevailed more extensively than in times previous to that. . . . And, "We cannot and will not condone or support anyone found to be engaged in any fraudulent behaviors. The Kingstons claim that Elden received a new dispensation is problematic in another way. "Two years later, a pair of geneticists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., flew to Utah where they hoped to stage a seminar for Kingston family members about the dangers of incest and birth defects, and, presumably, gain permission to study the clan. He interpreted his dream to mean that God approved of his leaving the Church. His father wrote: Brother Elden received a new covenant up on the top of the highest mountain that is east of Bountiful, Utah. Children are allowed to attend public school and many go on to college. "Then, as generations of polygamous Kingston children have been taught, they demurred to questions about their father. 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. (Patricia was one of Kingston's 14 wives, and the clip does not reveal whether she is still alive.) [39], The organization continues to publicly denounce the practice of child marriage,[41][39] and maintains that marriages within the group are not coerced. The baby survived, but has cerebral palsy. 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 . Current scientific knowledge indicates Grants lack of sons resulted from his own genetic defect, since only men carry the male Y chromosome to make a son. Nobody, from the police to [the governor], cares that these children are abused from conception to marriage.'. Your IP: [8][3] There are approximately 3,500 members,[9] some of whom are known to practice polygamy. 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. . "The Kingstons are among a small number of family groups in the world who marry closer than first cousins on a regular basis. 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. . However, the group reiterated its belief that "bleeding the beast" was "abhorent" and was "never a tenet" of its organization. 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. . But now that it was appearing in two children in the same family was an indication it was being spread by a gene that was getting passed to the children by their parents. "Genealogists and especially epidemiologists must be scrupulous in identifying all the wives and children of any polygamist man. The group has drawn legal attention before. . Nearly all the Mormon founding families were relatives, so the first polygamists enjoyed relations to different degrees when the divine experiment began. Sounds like I left a few out, he said after being reminded of how many children he had fathered in that family.[6]. Fear began to overwhelm me, for the future, and for my own son. . "Dr. Vinodh Narayanan, a pediatric neurologist at St. Joseph's Hospital, says he is seeking funding to develop a test that would allow public health officials to collect voluntary blood samples from as many FLDS members as possible. 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.'. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. 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. 'They think it is a test from God,' says Wyler, who was born and raised in the FLDS before he was booted out. "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. . 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. _____, --How "God's Genes" Do Ugly Things: The Biological Attack on "Modern"-day Followers of Mormonism's Originally-"Revealed" Doctrine of Polygamy. In fact, the leaders of the Co-op just seem to be getting richer and the poor get essentially ignored. a royal priesthood upon the Earth, and he has introduced a plurality of wives for that express purpose.'. "In 1996, the now 31-year-old Kingston mother of two slow-growing children sought explanations at Primary Children's Medical Center. 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. "I know these people personally.'. . 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. "[2], According to a 2011 document prepared by the attorneys general of the states of Utah and Arizona, the church describes itself as emphasizing family values, education, self-sufficiency, and the belief that every child is a priceless blessing. Kingston clan: Unlikely whistleblower helps uncover alleged half . If these couples are . 'I said, "You're married to somebody you're related to. . . . 15, p. 227, -Kimball, "Journal of Discourses," vol. Much of what we have reviewed appears frivolous and unfounded, Gustafson said in an emailed statement. . . . They own many businesses and have ties with hundreds of businesses here in Utah and our neighboring states. "For us parents the future health and happiness of ourselves, our children and grandchildren are at stake. "It is possible that positive genetic traits could be passed along through human inbreeding. . . . . . As people age the chances of children inheriting mutant genes increases. . "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. . . . . Certainly the British and French education systems make it clear quite early on (13-14 yrs old). "It's believed that more than half the residents carry the recessive gene. A brief review of the accomplishments of the Co-op produces an impressive spreadsheet with assets in excess of $200 million. The Kingston family is quite real and is a polygamous unit. 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. "Tarby says he explained to [a] gathering at [a] Town Hall in Colorado City that the only way to stop fumarase deficiency in the community is to abort fetuses that test positive for the disease and for the community to stop intermarriages between Barlows and Jessops, Barlows and Barlows and Jessops and Jessops. Since the natural male-to-female ratio is roughly 50-50, the ratio must be manipulated so that there are more females than males for polygamy to work. . [3] Charles Elden Kingston discourse, 1940 New Years Meeting, 8:40 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., 11; emphasis in original. "Mormon Prophet Hebrew J. "In polygamy . She suffered from. 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. . "Nearly everyone in Colorado City, Arizona, and the adjacent town of Hildale, Utah, was a member of a fundamentalist Mormon sect that practices polygamy and had long encouraged multiple marriages between close relatives. But residents who are aware of fumarase deficiency fear that the number of children afflicted with the disease will indeed increase.