Teen bride: Salvation tied to marriage (AP)

Teen bride: Salvation tied to marriage (AP)

14.09 12:21 - Teen bride: Salvation tied to marriage (AP)

Warren Jeffs, left, talks with his attorney, Richard Wright, during a motion hearing before his trial Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, in St. George, Utah. Jeffs, head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is charged with two counts of rape by accomplice for coercing a 14 year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin in 2001. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, Pool)AP - A former follower of a polygamous sect leader claims she was acting to preserve her eternal salvation when she obeyed his command and married her cousin at age 14.




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