"It is possible that positive genetic traits could be passed along through human inbreeding. Women and girls, after theyre married, submit to their husbands and men answer to higher-ranked men, the suit alleges. 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. "Until the test is available, Tarby says, the best prevention measure remains refraining from crossing Barlows, Jessops and their relations--who make up half the population of the polygamist enclave. "In addition, the Mormon Church touts itself as the quintessential traditional family values church . The girl's father and mother, Susan Nelson (one of John Daniel's many wives) are half-sister and brother. . . 'If you stop the sexual predation, you stop the genetic problem as well. . First, the truth and the priesthood keys are dispensed from heaven to a prophet on earth. Consequently, genetic diseases and mutations have inevitably sprouted in many polygamous groups having this belief. 'They are totally helpless,' he says. [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 organized Ku Klux Klan movement saw a boost in its membership in 2017. "'This problem is going to get worse and worse and worse,' predicts . 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. . Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more. 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. Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? . "The Mormons, well-known for genealogical record keeping, maintain birth, marriage and death information at church libraries and now on the Internet. . . 'Most of what you print is lies, lies, lies.' Elden received the covenant of consecration and also the plan of temporal salvation.[2]. . "The fact that fumarase deficiency had shown up in one child was startling enough--there had only been a handful of cases reported worldwide. Once a baby is born with the condition, Aleck says, 'You really can't treat the underlying disorder.' . 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. "When [my cousin] died, my childish vow surfaced and I began to look into my family history for some answers. refuse to accept advice from any outsider, including doctors such as Tarby, who has treated their children for years. "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. "What was going on in my Utah pioneer family? . Surely, there were too many deaths. Some 42 different Klan groups were active in 22 . I began to think polygamy might be a genetically unsound marriage practice. 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. While engaged in that enterprise, he reportedly received an angelic visitation. Upon Ortells death in 1987, leadership passed to his son Paul Elden Kingston. [i]n a secret church ceremony. "The clan's other numerous incestuous couplings among consenting adults . "In the FLDS community, marriages with cousins and other relatives are common, Bistline said. . . Now, let's examine how "God-ordained" Mormon polygamy has wreaked unholy genetic havoc on its faithful followers: --Case Study on Polygamous Mormonism's Genetic Disease Striking Home: The Linda Walker Story. 'It's a bomb that's going to explode.'. 'I said, "You're married to somebody you're related to. A young child is also one of the accusers in the suit with allegations the child was raped by his or her father, who allegedly raped the mother. . and several polygamist men serve in local government positions, including as mayors . "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. . [w]omen do not have the freedom to consider how often she can give birth and maintain her health. Outwardly, she appeared to have no sex organs. "Then, as generations of polygamous Kingston children have been taught, they demurred to questions about their father. In fact more than half of today's Klans formed in the last three years. She's worked for lawyers who brought these cases to light and needed help with mormon terminology and ward politics workings. 'I really doubt that if we could tell them, you know, "This male has the condition and this female has the condition; you shouldn't mate," that wouldn't stop them,' he said. Rome became the mistress of the world, and introduced this order of monogamy wherever her sway was acknowledged. The two Kingston brothers and their business partner, Lev Dermen, are in jail awaiting trial, scheduled to start in July and last six weeks. "'My mother should not have produced another baby," says Rugg, also Isabell and John Ortell's daughter and the baby's full sister. lost the priesthood which had come down to them from the Prophet Joseph Smith. After all, polygamy is illegal in the US. . . . Second, that prophet organizes his followers into missionary forces that dispense the truth to all the world, utilizing the priesthood to perform saving ordinances. He estimates the test would . . The couple had lived together since the age of 7, when the mother of the woman's half-brother died. "This gene cluster effect happens when people with common ancestors marry and bear children. "'They are in terrible shape,' says Dr. Kirk A. Aleck, director of the Pediatric Neurogenetics Center at St. Joseph's Hospital. . The brother missionaries have been in the habit of picking out the prettiest women for themselves before they get here, and bringing on the ugly ones for us; hereafter you have to bring them all here before taking any of them, and let us all have a fair shake. Unfortunately, it's still the innocent who suffer due to Joseph Smith's lies. Two weeks after is excommunication, Kingston had a dream wherein he believed he was visited by Jesus Christ and God the Father. I do not know what we would do if we had only one wife apiece. [4] Andrea Moore-Emmett, Gods Brothel (San Francisco: Pince-Nez, 2004), 88. 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. _____, --Petri Dishes of the Genetically-Destructive Effects of Mormon-Driven Polygamy: "Modern"-day Utah and Cross-Border Towns. This means all other covenants were of no effect through which source they can. "Joseph Smith Jessop and his first wife, Martha Moore Yeates, had 14 children. Elden clearly claimed to hold the priesthood keys, saying, I have those keys of power.[3]. . and councilmen.' The 1996 Utah Legislature approved first-cousin marriages, only after age 65, or age 55 if the couple cannot conceive children. . [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. As people age the chances of children inheriting mutant genes increases. [21] Over the past 25 years, many members have become college-educated and live in middle-to-upper-middle-class homes throughout their communities. . 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? There is no doubt about that at all. . 'I try in my own, quiet way and tell them to outbreed. 15, p. 227, "Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of heaven among men. "I never knew if I carried this deadly disease or if any preventative measures would halt its insidious march. Because I fell down this rabbit hole and now so do you all. . But that's like spitting in the ocean.'. . 'They think it is a test from God,' says Wyler, who was born and raised in the FLDS before he was booted out. "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. . By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use A fourth to half of father-daughter and brother-sister offspring have mental or physical deficiencies. "Wyler said it's all part of the community's religious system. . In the l950s, research doctors thought we were one of the few families in the world with this form of nephritis, known as Alports syndrome. . [18][7], The Cooperative had its birth during the Great Depression when many families struggled immensely to provide for their families. "'Warren has to be really careful that he doesn't lose his position as a god to these people,' Wyler says. . "Andrea's son, now 7, lives with his father, Jason Kingston--Andrea's half-brother--and Rosalind, his niece. . Polygamy is a legacy of the early teachings of the mainstream church, which abandoned the practice in 1890 and now strictly prohibits it. unavailable to researchers. He faces up to 30 years in. One of the most controversial splinter groups of Mormonism, the Latter Day Church of Christ, has been led by members of the Kingston family since it was founded in 1935. 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. They have been known for systemic inbreeding, child sex abuse, physical abuse, child labor, and tax evasion. Eldens father related that Elden told him that was ordained by J. Leslie Broadbent (Lorin Woolleys successor) in 1934, although precisely what that ordination represented is unclear. . "'We don't have a dad,' the little boy said. ", ("Mormon Polygamy: Frequently Asked Questions," at: http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_summary.htm). ", -Apostle George A Smith, "Journal of Discourses," vol. [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. This is why the state and federal government enacted legislation against polygamy. "The baby, delivered at Johnson's home in 1983, was taken to Primary Children's Medical Center. 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. Your IP: "I know these people personally.'. and Privacy Policy. 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. . And in 1999, David Ortell Kingston Jeremy Kingston's uncle was sentenced to the Utah State Prison for up to 10 years for committing incest with the 16-year-old niece who became his 15th wife. 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. . Eventually, she admitted she had married her half-brother and given birth to three children. "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. "A few years later [my cousin's] sister . . Elden theorized that living the law of consecration was still required, and he set forth to establish his own united order organization. The group also teaches its members that only those with so-called pure blood will survive the apocalypse, according to the lawsuit. . "These groups are white supremacists and inbreeding is an essential doctrine in keeping the bloodline pure. 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. Carolyn regularly worked at and tended . 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. . . 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 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". It didn't find any. The parents said their daughter had cerebral palsy. . Five of the women suing alleged they were coerced into marriage as minors and raped by their husbands. [40] In 2009, the then-Attorney General of Utah, Mark Shurtleff, claimed that child marriages within polygamous societies in Utah, such as the Latter Day Church of Christ, had "effectively stopped". 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. The word dispensation refers to two processes. Daughters of men in the Co-op would be married off at young ages. Well, law enforcement often tends to look the other way in cases like polygamy, unless specific reports reach the agencies. It appears my kinship group is suffering from clusters of rare recessive genes. 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. . . These babies usually do not leave the hospital and die as infants. [27] It is not affiliated with the mainstream LDS Church. ', "The ultimate goal of the breeding program, Wyler says, is to create the perfect race. 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. . lucky 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. . Legitimate businesses, including those in the Cooperative, argued that Jacob hid the scheme from business partners as well as Co-op leadership. . For instance, Quinn writes, '[O]ver 20 General Authorities were married to such lesser known wives.' . . In addition, placing the law of consecration at the pinnacle of divine laws is inconsistent with scripture and restoration history. . "Recovery from Mormonism - www.exmormon.org", http://www.lds-mormon.com/quinn_polygamy.shtml, http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_summary.htm. The notoriety will just make them zoo specimens. . "'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. . The scheme included filing for $512 million in federal renewable-fuel tax credits from 2010 to 2016 through a company named Washakie Renewable Energy LLC. "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. 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. Wyler says he once saw a fumarase deficiency child suffer a seizure while she was sitting with her mother and two other children also suffering from the disorder. 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. . . As bad as this past is, the mounting evidence is far worse. ". And, "We cannot and will not condone or support anyone found to be engaged in any fraudulent behaviors. The Kingston Group is believed to have a few thousand members, mostly in Utah and Idaho. The Kingston family is quite real and is a polygamous unit. states that '[t]he [Utah] state legislature is consistently 90% Mormon . . . . Same family, second child, same period of life, a different fatal disease; was there a connection? LDS scripture teaches that in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established (D&C 6:28; 2 Cor. I think most people are made aware of the problems caused by inbreeding (a nicer word than incest) when they are still young teenagers. ", -Apostle Orson Pratt, "Journal of Discourses," vol. . Reportedly, Paul and his brother each have dozens of wives and hundreds of children. . "Yet, Aleck says, some children are more seriously affected by the disorder than others. [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". We recall that Joseph Smith made no effort to implement the law of consecration while in Nauvoo (see D&C 105:34). 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. The Twelve Apostles of Mormonism then acted to increase this familial relationship by marrying other relatives until in 1877, at the end of Brigham Youngs reign as Mormon Prophet and King, the polygamous hierarchy became l00% interrelated. . . Like any fundamentalist Mormon sect, the Kingston Clan is very hierarchal. [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]. . Source: Twitter Jessica with her husband and three daughters. They maintain a secretive but powerful presence in Utah's Salt Lake Valley, and their estimated 7,500. If somehow a new dispensation came through Elden Kingston in 1935, it was stillborn, because it was never dispensed to Gods children. This is the equivalent of a religious rationalization for the practice of incest. Sally Kingston, a wife of one of the brothers, and. LuAnn Kingston, a former member of the clan who in 1995 at age fifteen was forced to marry her first cousin, shared: The joke used to be that if you werent married by 17, you were an old maid.[5], Within the Kingston Group, the primary polygamists are the immediate Kingston family and heirs. 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 . . "If descendants of polygamy do not look critically at the ideas of their ancestors, Utah children may be increasingly at risk. The man's response was, "Up here, we are all related," Tarby says. "[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. hello soon . _____. 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. . [8][3] There are approximately 3,500 members,[9] some of whom are known to practice polygamy. "'People don't like to talk about their fumarase babies for obvious reasons,' Wyler says. For Mormon patriarchs lusting in their hearts for the Polygamy Reunion Tour, hope springs eternal. 'So often when you have an uncle-niece, or half-brother-sister, you have a situation where abuse is going on,' Jorde says. . From an "Associated Press" news report, "Doctor: Birth Defects Increase in Polygamy Community": "A rare, severe birth defect is on the rise in an inbred polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border, according to a doctor who has treated many of the children. (Patricia was one of Kingston's 14 wives, and the clip does not reveal whether she is still alive.) Lesser known children hidden in families sympathetic to polygamists might remain ignorant of their genetic kinship. 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 ! 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. . A seventh son, Hyrum Dalton Kingston, is a polygamist but has not married incestuously, according to ex-members. "Buried quietly on family farms, without notice of birth or death, child death often remains undocumented in polygamy clans.
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