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GUTIERREZ Associated Press Courthouse Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints file out of the Tom Green County in following the custody hearing San Angelo, Texas, on Friday. mrobertsheraldextra.com and weekends, call TONY Continued from A I NEWS TIPS: On nights ' V v " - The April 3 raid on the Yearning For Zion Ranch was prompted by a call made to a family violence shelter, purgirl portedly by a huswho said her band beat and raped her. That girl has never been identified. The state of Texas argued it should be allowed to keep the children because the sect's teacliingenCoarages girls younger than 18 to enter spiri-tumarriages with older men and produce as many children as possible. Its attorneys argued that the culture put all the girls at risk and potentially turned the boys into future predators. A witness for the parents who was presented by defense lawyers as an expert on the FLDS disputed that the girls have no say in who they marry. "I believe the girls are given a real choice," said W. John Walsh. "Girls have successfully said, 'No, this is not a good match for me,' and they re- mained in good standing." But Dr. Bruce Perry, a psychiatrist who has studied children in cults, testified that the girls will not refuse marriages because they are indoctrinated to believe disobedience will lead to their damnation. The sect's belief system "is abusive. The culture is very authoritarian," he said. Perry acknowledged that many adults at the ranch are loving parents and that the boys seemed emotionally healthy. When asked whether the belief system really endangered the older boys or young children, Perry said, "I have lost sleep over that question." He also conceded that the children, taught from birth to believe that contact with the outside world will lead to eternal damnation, would suffer al , g if placed in traditional Tim Edwards, a lawyer for four mothers, said the women would follow the judge's ruling. "We are going to comply foster care. "If these children are kept in the custody of the state, there would have to be exceptional and innovative programmatic elements for these children and their families," he said. "The Willi Ul VlUUId VI HIV WUll, we're going to cooperate with CPS and their requirements traditional.foster care system and do everything within our power to turn the situation would be destructive for these around," he said. children." - Texas Rangers also are Services Protective j investigating a uioraao- spokeswoman Marleigh womari as a "person of interMeisner said the department est" related to calls made to believes that the children will a family crisis center. Police now be safe. .. arrested Rozita Swinton, 33, It's not clear how quickly on Wednesday in Colorado from moved be they might the coliseum and fairgrounds, Springs on a misdemeanor where they are staying on charge of false reporting to authorities for a call she made cots, and into foster homes or other temporary housing. But in late February. Authorities did not say they could be placed with famwhether a call by Swinton ily members if the department determines the children will be might be the one that triggered the raid. safe, Meisner said. But officers who searched Four women testified Friday, and all said they were free her home found items sugto make their own choices. gesting a possible connection between Swinton and calls They also said they would do whatever it took to get their regarding a compound owned children returned to them. by FLDS in Arizona and one in Eldorado, the Texas Depart"We're a peaceful people," ment of Public Safety said Lucille Nielson said. Life on late hnday. the items weren t their 1,700-acr- e gated ranch "is very peaceful. You can feel identified. "The information, evidence the peace when you are there. Very loving, We raise our chil- and a statement obtained T dren in a loving environment." from Swinton by the Texas But the women also acRangers while they were in knowledged that girls get mar- Colorado will be forwarded to ried at ages younger than the state and federal prosecutors state allows. for their review and determiSome of the women bowed nation as tofwhether Swinton their heads when the judge will be charged with a crimiissued her order to keep the nal offense," the statement children in state custody. They said. left the columned courthouse Swinton's whereabouts were "unknown, and it wasn't known stoically, ignoring questions shouted by reporters. whether she had an attorney. 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