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Article: Nevada to investigate possible abuses by the FLDS Church
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 2, 2006
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The exodus of many polygamists from Utah and Arizona into Nevada -
- combined with reports of abused children and the arrest of
polygamist leader Warren Jeffs -- has prompted Nevada Attorney
General George Chanos to designate a special investigator to look
into possible child-abuse allegations.
The investigator's name was not released after the appointment
this week.
Nicole Moon, the attorney general's public information officer,
said the investigator would scrutinize the Fundamentalist LDS Church,
which Jeffs heads.
"We're focusing on underage brides and violations of child-labor
laws, and we have assigned one of our investigators to look into the
issue," she said. "We understand there may ...