BC-Inside the Polygamist Retreat, 1st Ld-Writethru, Eds: ADDS Multimedia: An audio slideshow taking a rare peek at life inside the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas available in the _national ...

On April 3, 2008, Texas law enforcement officials obtained a search warrant related to the suspected sexual assault of a child and then conducted a raid on the Yearning For Zion (YFZ) Ranch near ...

Texas authorities have removed over 400 children from the YFZ Ranch, a polygamist compound in West Texas. The raid was made after a 16 year-old girl made… ...

The YFZ -- Yearning for Zion -- Ranch was built by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the church purchased an exotic game preserve in 2004.

Ruling Concurs With ACLU Position. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@aclu.org AUSTIN, TEX. – The Texas Supreme Court today agreed with the American Civil Liberties Union that the state failed to ...

Lynn McFadden, an investigator with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, declared in an affidavit that it was “widespread pattern and practice” among young girls at the YFZ ...

They didn't know what crayons were for. Dressed in 19th century gowns, girls evacuated from Eldorado's Yearning for Zion ranch were mystified by the simplest toys from modern society. More ...

This pattern and practice places all of the children located at the YFZ Ranch, both male and female, to risks of emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse," said the affidavit.

Colorado woman called 'person of interest' in YFZ Ranch investigation By JOHN MORITZ - jmoritz@star-telegram.com. Updated October 07, 2009 2:59 AM.

ELDORADO, Texas (AP) -- It was a year ago that the outside world got its first glimpse beyond the battered green gate of the YFZ Ranch. And the view was mesmerizing: Women in pioneer-style dresses ...

When the YFZ Ranch was raided outside Eldorado, Texas in 2008, it sparked the biggest child custody case in US history. News Sports Business Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

Child-welfare officials following up on an abuse complaint took custody of 18 girls Friday at a secretive West Texas religious retreat built by polygamist leader Warren Jeffs. A total of 52 girls ...