_____. . [8][3] There are approximately 3,500 members,[9] some of whom are known to practice polygamy. "The baby, delivered at Johnson's home in 1983, was taken to Primary Children's Medical Center. "'It makes you sick; it turns your stomach,' she says. . 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. . . 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. This means it may be genetically unwise for children of the early leaders to marry other children of early leaders, even now; yet, this tendency still exists in Mormonism. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a302ff8194befb0 . refuse to accept advice from any outsider, including doctors such as Tarby, who has treated their children for years. . . ", (Linda Walker, "Fatal Inheritance: Mormon Eugenics," under "Science as Culture," originally written in the fall of 1991, updated in the summer of 1999, citations included, at: http://human-nature.com/science-as-culture/walker.html) Then, while still a young man, [my cousin] died of nephritis, the fatal family inheritance. WRE has since become defunct. People most at risk likely lived and married within the same small communities their ancestors founded. . . "If female, they are married off to the few, powerful prominent males: incest is the fate of many teen-age girls. . 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.'. This child belongs to a family branch that [was] used in the U of U nephritis study. 'Warren Jeffs is also trying to breed a perfect race.'. a royal priesthood upon the Earth, and he has introduced a plurality of wives for that express purpose.'. 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. provide crucial information to community members of who is carrying the recessive gene that causes fumarase deficiency. When you pair up those undesirable genes, something strange will pop out.'. The Co-op members practiced plural marriage and abided by a rigid hierarchy of leadership and deference. 'It's a bomb that's going to explode.'. One of the guilty pleas states they cycled fraud proceeds through a number of international partners and then back to Washakie's bank accounts, falsely claiming them as loans or profits. . Carolyn regularly worked at and tended . It gets pretty bleak when it gets that close.' D. Michael Quinn, former Brigham Young University professor, states, 'The Mormon practice of polygamy enabled men to marry daughters, nieces, cousins, granddaughters and former wives of other General Authorities.'. [Mormon] [h]istorian B. H. Roberts, notes an eugenic attitude regarding polygamy: "'It was in the name of a divinely-ordered species of eugenics that Latter-day Saints accepted the revelation which included a plurality of wives. It takes maturity to face the truth, especially if the truth is painful and challenges the family tradition and religious belief structure. "[52][46][53] In a recent lawsuit, ex-members allege that the WRE case was an example of the concept of "bleeding the beast." "Her half-brother is still married to another half-sister (whose parents also were half-sister and brother) and are still members of the Kingston's order. '", (John Dougherty, "Forbidden Fruit: Inbreeding Among Polygamists Along the Arizona-Utah Border is Producing a Caste of Severely Retarded and Deformed Children," in "Phoenix New Times," 29 December 2005, at: http://www.childbrides.org/taxes_PNT_forbidden_fruit.html) "Tarby said the victims require constant care from parents and close relatives. Even if a genetic screening test were available, Wyler says, Jeffs would have to be cautious about how he allowed it to be implemented. "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. The Kingston Group is believed to have a few thousand members, mostly in Utah and Idaho. Much of what we have reviewed appears frivolous and unfounded, Gustafson said in an emailed statement. This practice has been attributed to "endogamous preference and the small size of the groups population" according to recent research from the University of California. "An unknown number--but believed to be in the thousands--of Barlow/Jessop descendants carry the recessive gene that causes fumarase deficiency. He believed he had superior bloodlines.' . 13:1). when doctors pronounced us a special and important family. Excerpts from the article "Understanding Polygamy," distributed by "Humanists of Utah": " . . The parents said their daughter had cerebral palsy. Not enough of the fumarase enzyme can lead to severe mental retardation and physical deformities. joined the Mormons in Zion, the new Promised Land, trading a life of mining for religious hope. . . . ". _____. The Cooperative itself was established in 1935. . . . "'It would have been unusual if he wasn't using artificial insemination in his herd, and by virtue of that, was probably using semen from some bulls that had been inbred,' says Dennis Green, a professor of beef cattle genetics at Colorado State University. Surely, there were too many deaths. 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. . . "Medical experts say the incidence of the disorder will increase because the FLDS community is refusing to accept recommendations to reduce the likelihood of producing babies with fumarase deficiency. "This great-grandfather married two sisters which meant the 22 known children were double cousins or as genetically similar as brother and sister. Evidence exists that this gene pool foments a genetic and human catastrophe. . . With the dawn of the twenty-first century, lawsuits and education among Kingston followers would combine to create new obstacles, as leaders perpetuate this financially spiritual hybrid organization. . Re: Polygamy's Patriarchy-Poisoned Bloodline: The Genetic Catastrophe That Has Sprung from Joseph Smith's "Divine" Breeding Program of Mormon Mutation . Rather than take steps to avoid the problem, the FLDS loyalists may believe it is their duty to accept their fate. "Throughout the world, most polygamy is exogamous, or breeding outside the group. --Letting the Genetic Genie Out of the Bottle: God Commands the Mormon Church to Enter Into Biologically-Destructive Practice of Polygamy. [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. . . Brigham Young calling some one else a thief especially "women thieves" ABSOLUTE HILARITY ! 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. "'All my life, my family told me I had to marry a Kingston,' says Rugg. lost the priesthood which had come down to them from the Prophet Joseph Smith. "Fast-forward . Several people also wonder if parts of 'Escaping Polygamy' is dramatized. "They've got this idea that their blood is pure and that they want to keep it pure.'. [2] Also known as the LDCJC,[3] the Kingston Clan, and The Order,[4][5][6] it is a religious organization created by members of the Davis County Cooperative Society or DCCS in 1977. 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. Escaped members report some patriarchs believe it is their duty to give a daughter her first marriage lessons. Therefore, to keep the bloodline 'pure,' the Kingstons intermarry--half-brothers and sisters, uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, and so forth. [6] Brooke Adams, Salt Lake Tribune, May 22, 2004. mating in a way that increases genetic diseases, that the public ends up supporting, it becomes a matter of public interest.'. So many young people.'. . . The Kingstons represent an intriguing branch on the Mormon fundamentalist tree. . 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. 'Right away I asked the parents if there were any other children with the same problem.' Same family, second child, same period of life, a different fatal disease; was there a connection? . 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. "Her book . 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. . A seventh son, Hyrum Dalton Kingston, is a polygamist but has not married incestuously, according to ex-members. http://www.gallup.com/poll/24388/one-four-americans-think-most-mormons-e http://www.i4m.com/think/sexuality/homosexual_ruin.htm, http://www.humanistsofutah.org/2005/UnderstandingPolygamy_July-05.html, http://human-nature.com/science-as-culture/walker.html, http://www.renewamerica.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=13723. Thanks for signing up! Elden clearly claimed to hold the priesthood keys, saying, I have those keys of power.[3]. "Community historian Ben Bistline said most of the community's 8,000 residents are in two major families descended from a handful of founders who settled there in the 1930s. 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). Elden theorized that living the law of consecration was still required, and he set forth to establish his own united order organization. . This seemed to apply in my own kindred because those of us who left Mormonism and married outsiders are less riddled with the deleterious genetic legacy than relatives who married within the ancestral Mormon gene pool. . The Ku Klux Klan is the oldest American hate group, and while the number of active KKK chapters declined in 2016, members of the Klan are trying to regain ground. "All of the fumarase deficiency children Wyler has seen remain dependent on the parents or caregivers. [39] In 2007, the group told Deseret News that it was encouraging its members to wait until their partners were 18 to marry them,[41][43] with one member reporting that "we do encourage them to be 18 now". According to Mormonism's top leaders: "Since the founding of the Roman empire monogamy has prevailed more extensively than in times previous to that. . The suit was filed against the groups leader Paul Eldon Kingston and 21 other members. died of multiple sclerosis, also leaving a family of small children behind. . 'In the meantime, the taxpayers have to pay the bills. 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. . "For us parents the future health and happiness of ourselves, our children and grandchildren are at stake. That apparently was John Ortell Kingston's intent, although most studies of first-cousin mating show their offspring test lower on IQ exams, Jorde says. 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. . It is these discredited ideas that foster this genetic legacy. "I know these people personally.'. ". 'They think it is a test from God,' says Wyler, who was born and raised in the FLDS before he was booted out. The girl, born to John Ortell and Isabell Johnson, was not the product of an incestuous marriage. [28][29], During the first years of the Davis County Cooperative Society, Elden Kingston and his followers wore unique blue denim outer garments that led to people referring to them as "blue-coats." my question is: How come MORmON god does not get on board with His own programs? I am convinced they do. . While Charles W. Kingston was the first to oppose the Church, the primary mover in the Kingston Group was his son Elden. "Some of the kids can walk, but others have a difficult time even sitting. "Dr. Theodore Tarby has treated many of the children at clinics in Arizona under contracts with the state. 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. 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. Performance & security by Cloudflare. Now, this might well be the case, with the . "Tarby says members of the community made it clear that neither choice was acceptable. Never miss a story. 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. "While discussing health problems at a family gathering with some of my cousins wives, we discovered astonishingly that three out of four of us, all polygamy descendants, had borne a son with a clubfoot. 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 . "In polygamy . soon . It may be that the Co-op is trying to help the poor in some anonymous way, but I have seen no evidence of it. . If two descendants of hierarchical polygamy marry, the chances for genetic defects increase if the families were ever interrelated. "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. He did not consider this lack of sons might be his genetic inheritance, not his multiple wives. . Jacob Kingston told prosecutors the company was capable of producing some amounts of biodiesel, but in no year did it ever produce more than 8.5 million gallons. . "The fact that fumarase deficiency had shown up in one child was startling enough--there had only been a handful of cases reported worldwide. An MRI of the brain of one fumarase deficiency child showed that more than half the brain was missing. "When ancestors are revered as prophets and kings, it is difficult to admit or examine the possibility of this legacy. ", (Bruce, R. McConkie,'Mormon Doctrine,' 2nd ed., under "Plural Marriage" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, Inc., 1966], p. 578) 'A lady comes in and helps her. "Some are very debilitated and some aren't," he says. "My dad had a thing that was supposed to shoot radio waves or something like that, that . The trial of the man, David Ortell Kingston . Many members of the fundamentalist community don't even know it's occurring. . 75.119.192.80 They have been known for systemic inbreeding, child sex abuse, physical abuse, child labor, and tax evasion. "Like his father-in-law, John Y. Barlow became one of the towering patriarchs of the fundamentalist Mormon community and served as FLDS prophet from 1935 until his death in 1949. . 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. They are coming out of polygamous communities proliferating in Utah because Mormons are unable to face their history or follow sound marriage and childbirth practices. This means all other covenants were of no effect through which source they can. We recall that Joseph Smith made no effort to implement the law of consecration while in Nauvoo (see D&C 105:34). http://www.azcentral.com/health/news/articles/0209PolygamyBirthDefect09- http://www.childbrides.org/taxes_PNT_forbidden_fruit.html, http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy25.html. . He estimates the test would . . 'I could choose, but it had to be a brother, uncle or cousin.' The Kingstons are members of the Davis County Cooperative Society or the Kingston Order, which practices polygamy. Indeed, regardless of facing crushing federal government opposition to polygamous inbreeding, true-blue Mormons remain convinced that you can't keep a good man of God down To them, polygamy will be coming back some day, with sizable numbers of the faithful flock confident that its eugenic genetics will return by order of Joseph's Jesus. But residents who are aware of fumarase deficiency fear that the number of children afflicted with the disease will indeed increase. Children inherit disabling illnesses. "Buried quietly on family farms, without notice of birth or death, child death often remains undocumented in polygamy clans. Source: Twitter Jessica with her husband and three daughters. They are lucky if they can even move their head and eyes a little bit.'. They maintain a secretive but powerful presence in Utah's Salt Lake Valley, and their estimated 7,500. Photocopy in authors possession. Re: Polygamy's Patriarchy-Poisoned Bloodline: The Genetic Catastrophe That Has Sprung from Joseph Smith's "Divine" Breeding Program of Mormon Mutation . [31][32][33] During this time, some non-members and ex-members began claiming the practice stemmed from theories of genetic purification held by past leaders. . One of the most devastating hereditary malformations is fumarase deficiency, a rare genetic condition marked by severe mental retardation and seizures. [22][23] Currently the group claims that although different skillsets bring different financial outcomes, there is no homelessness within the DCCS, and internal programs exist for those experiencing financial poverty.[2]. I hate to talk like this about my own genealogy,' Wyler says, 'but, literally, they are keeping all the breeding stock--the women, the [strictly faithful] men--and weeding out the disobedient men. "Tarby said there could be hundreds of victims in coming generations. One child born with an incomplete liver died. . During the 1920s, hundreds of dissenters from the LDS Church gathered into specific groups across the Wasatch Front. . 'I don't know how many who die within the first two or three years that we don't even ever know about. They have no movement. "Farm Roots of Incest: Marriages in the Kingston clan must be sanctioned by [the] current head of the church . The couple had lived together since the age of 7, when the mother of the woman's half-brother died. 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". "Victims suffer a range of symptoms, including severe epileptic seizures, inability to walk or even sit upright, severe speech impediments, failure to grow at a normal rate, and tragic physical deformities. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. The SPLC estimates there are . "Last year, a 16-year-old daughter of John Daniel Kingston was forced to marry her uncle, David Ortell Kingston, criminal charges allege, . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmhjgaB2Hi8. Although the official stance of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is against polygamy, several of the women's stories reveal that LDS leaders dismiss the deviant sects and blame the women who come to them for help. "Tarby says he quickly realized he was dealing with a very unusual condition that he could not diagnose. [7], Plural marriage is practiced by some members of the LDCJC and members make their own choice in who they marry. 'And when you talk about the public interest, you have to consider who pays for the consequences. Such a system was commenced by the founders of the Roman empire. Duringa 2020 trialfor a California businessman accused of carrying out a nearly $500 million biodiesel fraud scheme with a member of the Kingston Group, attorneys for the businessman called the Kingstons an incestuous polygamous group that is always scheming to defraud the US government in what the group calls bleeding the beast., A spokesman for the group, Kent Johnson, called those allegations categorically false.. He faces up to 30 years in. "Marriages among first and second cousins have been common for decades in the community, where religious doctrine requires men to have at least three wives to gain eternal salvation. . . . BungieBungie.netBungieBungie "'They are in terrible shape,' says Dr. Kirk A. Aleck, director of the Pediatric Neurogenetics Center at St. Joseph's Hospital. . "'My guess is this man had used some of these inbreeding practices in his herd so he was probably in the camp that believed superior genetics could be propagated in a particular line,' Green says. "'This problem is going to get worse and worse and worse,' predicts . By 1935, his followers began to move to Bountiful, Utah, intending to live under a United Order communal program as defined by Joseph Smith in the Doctrine and Covenants. . And Jeffs so far has shown no indication that he is concerned about the increasing prevalence of fumarase deficiency children in the community, former FLDS member Isaac Wyler says. 'I didn't dare talk about it,' she says. . "Farm Roots of Incest: Marriages in the Kingston clan must be sanctioned by [the] current head of the church . "Joseph Smith Jessop and his first wife, Martha Moore Yeates, had 14 children. . 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.
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