If male, some of these same 'worker bees' marry only once. "Genetics of Incest: Pre-eclampsia is a condition that can be traced genetically from one generation to the next and is prevalent among some Kingstons, Rugg says. ", 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). 'I know this off the top of my head," Wyler says. 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. '", (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) Connie Rugg [is] one of John Ortell's estimated 65 children and one of a handful of Kingston relatives who have fled the clan. ", ("Doctor: Birth defects increase in polygamy community," Associated Press, 9 February 2006, at: http://www.azcentral.com/health/news/articles/0209PolygamyBirthDefect09-) "Several Kingston offspring of incestuous couplings also have been born without fingernails, a disease that could be linked to a number of genetically caused abnormalities, although an exact diagnosis is impossible without closer study of medical records. . . . Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a302ff8194befb0 "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. . . 'Right now, we are just looking at the tip of the iceberg.'. . . Surely, there were too many deaths. At the time this inbreeding took place these prophets preached and practiced modern eugenic science, the science of controlling the traits of future populations through selective breeding for idealized traits like blond hair, blue eyes and tall stature. 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. . . lifted the covers on the many crimes committed in polygamy, . A member of a polygamist clan today was convicted of incest with his 16-year-old niece, who testified that she had been forced to become his 15th wife. Paul continued to practice his fathers ideas regarding intra-family marriages. "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. Consequently, genetic diseases and mutations have inevitably sprouted in many polygamous groups having this belief. ", -Apostle Orson Pratt, "Journal of Discourses," vol. living in Colorado City and Hildale are blood descendants of the Barlows and the Jessops, says Benjamin Bistline, a lifelong resident of the area who has published a book . Half and full siblings are marrying in religious ceremonies. [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. . . "'All my life, my family told me I had to marry a Kingston,' says Rugg. Most populations outbreed and so these lethal genes rarely match to cause any serious diseases. "Tarby says members of the community made it clear that neither choice was acceptable. Polygamist Is Convicted of Incest - The New York Times and Privacy Policy. The 1996 Utah Legislature approved first-cousin marriages, only after age 65, or age 55 if the couple cannot conceive children. 'They just don't worry about the effects of intermarriage.'. . 'But just on general principles, the offspring of uncle-niece, or half-siblings have an elevated level of genetic disease. [15][16] The Grand Jury was described as "The polygamist hunting Davis County Grand Jury" by the Ogden Standard-Examiner in 1959. "'We have and will have a continual output of children with this condition,' Tarby says. Readily accepted as a problem among mothers past the age of 35, it is rarely discussed as a problem when fathers are over 35, let alone 80. "'One lady I know, she just cannot physically pick [her son] up anymore to get him into the bathtub,' Wyler says. . "Yet, Aleck says, some children are more seriously affected by the disorder than others. [21][26], The Latter Day Church of Christ is based on a belief in Jesus Christ and the restoration of his gospel in these latter days. Tarby asked them to bring the girl to him for an examination. . Such a system was commenced by the founders of the Roman empire. . "But this is a very unlikely scenario for FLDS faithful, who practice a religious doctrine that requires men to be strictly obedient to religious leaders and requires women to give birth to as many children as possible to increase the sect's numbers. _____, --Inbreeding for the Lord: the Mutative Aftermath of LDS-"Inspired" Polygamy Among Mormonism's Doctrinal Adherents. . "Of even greater concern was the fact that the recessive gene that triggers the disease was rapidly spreading to thousands of individuals living in the community because of decades of inbreeding. [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. . Sally Kingston, a wife of one of the brothers, and. [N]ew disease classifications belong at the door of the Mormon Church leadership. The Genetic Catastrophe That Has Sprung from Polygamy 'Maybe it will just self-destruct,' historian Bistline says of the fundamentalist church he quit 20 years ago because of a dispute over religious doctrine and property ownership. Well, law enforcement often tends to look the other way in cases like polygamy, unless specific reports reach the agencies. The corporation produces goods and services that are used by members, and sold or traded to other cooperatives and to the public. Lucky was the first to die in my generation. 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. . Convinced they are breeding a pure white master race, they blame the mother if a deformed baby is born then preach she was unrighteous or unclean. "In polygamy . 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. 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. This is a rare disorder and medical descriptions of trisome infants are too dreadful to describe here. "'The "gene" that Warren is really selecting for,' Wyler says, 'is the "obedience gene. . Sounds like I left a few out, he said after being reminded of how many children he had fathered in that family.[6]. I promised myself to find out the truth when I grew up. . . "Warren Jeffs, like Joseph Smith before him, has emphasized the importance of obedience among members of the church. She's worked for lawyers who brought these cases to light and needed help with mormon terminology and ward politics workings. It alleges sex trafficking, sexual battery and child abuse, and seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages. "During this early period, polygamy was practiced secretly by the Mormon leadership, men who covertly preached and expanded polygamy while publicly deceiving the general Mormon population about the practice. Supposedly, these sacrifices are part of the united order. mating in a way that increases genetic diseases, that the public ends up supporting, it becomes a matter of public interest.'. "'It makes you sick; it turns your stomach,' she says. IF polygamy really is justified in increased breeding, and since MORmON Jesus did institute such a plan according to MORmON history at one time, then how come MORmON god does not follow through and have a lot more females born in such marriages as would be required mathematically to make His Mormons who believe that polygamy is a heaven-sent doctrine that will eventually be re-implemented on Earth by God (current Church claims of non-use notwithstanding), have a friend in go-to LDS Apostle, Bruce R. McConkie, who confidently declared: "Obviously, the holy practice [of polygamy] will commence again after the Second Coming of the Son of Man and the ushering in of the millennium. Kimball. . Therefore, to keep the bloodline 'pure,' the Kingstons intermarry--half-brothers and sisters, uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, and so forth. 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. . present a troubling scenario for law enforcement: these are crimes of a sexual nature committed in private in a closed society. . ". [T]he 'Salt Lake Tribune' . But women who are disobedient and fail to bear children including because they miscarry face ostracism, the lawsuit claims. . "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. The accusers also claim that the group arranged child marriages so that girls would become pregnant and beholden to their husbands and the religious sect. [7], Plural marriage is practiced by some members of the LDCJC and members make their own choice in who they marry. "The children afflicted with fumarase deficiency from these three marriages include the grandchildren of Dan Barlow and his brother, the late Louis Barlow, and Merill Jessop, a top aide to fugitive prophet Warren Jeffs. "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. . ("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. Assets are generally estimated to be in the range of $200 million, although one Colorado competitor gave an even more stratospheric guess, pegging the clan's wealth at $11 billion. And it takes two of them to get him into the bathtub just to wash him down and clean him up.' 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. [30] This practice lasted only a short time and was abandoned sometime before 1940. . [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. 'Most of what you print is lies, lies, lies.' However, Grant claims she endured years of sexual abuse by a half-brother as a child. 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. . . Gluttony - The Kingston Clan Part Two - Apple Podcasts . Members of the Kingston polygamous family facing fraud charges strike . "'I tried to get people to come, but nobody would listen,' says the mother, who left the group and her marriage after her sons were diagnosed with dwarfism. After all, polygamy is illegal in the US. 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 . They do develop to some degree, but it's way behind their peers.'. [23] The group claims no preference for any particular family or surname stating members join every year "from a variety of different backgrounds and surnames. Video unavailable This video. FOX 13 Investigates: Non-profit run by polygamous Kingston group - KSTU . 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. Had these defects clumped in my own family as it seemingly appeared to me? . "Tarby says he quickly realized he was dealing with a very unusual condition that he could not diagnose. Wyler's ex-wife's sister has had two babies afflicted with fumarase deficiency. "I never knew if I carried this deadly disease or if any preventative measures would halt its insidious march. "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. 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. I began to think polygamy might be a genetically unsound marriage practice. 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. "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. They have no movement. The Kingstons are members of the Davis County Cooperative Society or the Kingston Order, which practices polygamy. 5, p. 22. Re: Polygamy's Patriarchy-Poisoned Bloodline: The Genetic Catastrophe That Has Sprung from Joseph Smith's "Divine" Breeding Program of Mormon Mutation . "'People don't like to talk about their fumarase babies for obvious reasons,' Wyler says. "52 years later, more than half of the 8,000 people . This resulted in his excommunication from the LDS Church in 1929. Because God loves that man, and because he honors his word. "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. [3] Charles Elden Kingston discourse, 1940 New Years Meeting, 8:40 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., 11; emphasis in original. . "Sterility is another consequence of consanguinity and the evidence of many sterile polygamous wives is overwhelming. . The Co-op members practiced plural marriage and abided by a rigid hierarchy of leadership and deference. ". 'He wanted to control his children and grandchildren through genetics. He believed he had superior bloodlines.' . . "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. [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. ", (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). The Kingstons - Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism 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? This means all other covenants were of no effect through which source they can. . Children inherit disabling illnesses. Five of the women suing alleged they were coerced into marriage as minors and raped by their husbands. "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. . . Order girls are taught from birth that their primary purposes in life are to be obedient, a submissive wife, and to bear as many children as possible, the suit states. . 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. 1,000 GOAL. . And it is my purpose to provide for my saints, for all things are mine. . 'Children should not be victims of such programs.'. . "Of all the arguments against incest, says Jorde, the likelihood that genetic abnormalities will be passed to succeeding generations is the most persuasive. _____. But rather than amassing a fortune for the sake of accumulating wealth or to simply sustain a few selected leaders, donations flow into the Church coffers and out again to provide financial support for the accomplishment of the Churchs responsibilities regarding missionary work, temple work, and providing for physical welfare needs. . . One of the most devastating hereditary malformations is fumarase deficiency, a rare genetic condition marked by severe mental retardation and seizures. . . He did not consider this lack of sons might be his genetic inheritance, not his multiple wives. "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. [10], According to his autobiography, Charles W. Kingston became disenchanted with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1926 because it abandoned plural marriage. 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). 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. Lawsuit accuses polygamous Kingston Group of child marriage, rape ', "Aleck says the fact that so many people in the polygamist enclave are blood relatives of the founding Barlow and Jessop families 'shows the magnitude of the problem.'. . These babies usually do not leave the hospital and die as infants. Many members of the fundamentalist community don't even know it's occurring. . "If both parents are descendants of polygamy, the children may be at even greater risk. . Exhibiting LGBTQ+ tendencies can indicate impure blood, according to the lawsuit. [27] It is not affiliated with the mainstream LDS Church. Several people also wonder if parts of 'Escaping Polygamy' is dramatized. What Happened to 'Escaping Polygamy' Star Ava AKA - Distractify 11, p. 128, ". "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. People most at risk likely lived and married within the same small communities their ancestors founded. ". "Throughout the world, most polygamy is exogamous, or breeding outside the group. "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. [11] On February 7, 1941, the community founded by Elden Kingston officially declared themselves the Davis County Cooperative Society Inc. Lesser known children hidden in families sympathetic to polygamists might remain ignorant of their genetic kinship. "Every person carries some lethal genes. If two descendants of hierarchical polygamy marry, the chances for genetic defects increase if the families were ever interrelated. . . They have been known for systemic inbreeding, child sex abuse, physical abuse, child labor, and tax evasion. [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. When asked to name his offspring by plural wife Mattingly Foster, Kingston came up with about five names before faltering, saying he was very nervous. After viewing a list of the children, he then attempted to name them but once more fell shortprompting the judge to supply the final child's name for him. The children who can't walk, the medical experts say, have most likely suffered strokes during severe seizures. [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." Performance & security by Cloudflare. present a troubling scenario for law enforcement: these are crimes of a sexual nature committed in private in a closed society. Among the participants was Charles W. Kingston. If such a test were developed, a community-wide screening program could be instituted that would identify those carrying the fumarase gene. Blood tests showed the infant and 25 other children from numerous women were fathered by the same man, leading to one of the largest welfare fraud-settlements in Utah history. "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. This story has been shared 112,868 times. As bad as this past is, the mounting evidence is far worse. Is 'Escaping Polygamy' Real? Find out If The Lifetime - Distractify 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. . The samples could be tested for the gene at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix. . "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.
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