Legitimate businesses, including those in the Cooperative, argued that Jacob hid the scheme from business partners as well as Co-op leadership. The Kingstons - Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism And it is my purpose to provide for my saints, for all things are mine. [39] The 2022 complaint was filed by attorney, Roger Hoole,[39] an attorney known for representing ex-members of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. One outspoken Mormon matriarch who attended the same Sunday meeting for 50 years commented about the health of the polygamous descendants versus the monogamous descendants, 'You see it in the obituaries. What members of Utah polygamous clan did with $512M in falsely obtained They are lucky if they can even move their head and eyes a little bit.'. But rather than amassing a fortune for the sake of accumulating wealth or to simply sustain a few selected leaders, donations flow into the Church coffers and out again to provide financial support for the accomplishment of the Churchs responsibilities regarding missionary work, temple work, and providing for physical welfare needs. 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. [39] In 2007, the group told Deseret News that it was encouraging its members to wait until their partners were 18 to marry them,[41][43] with one member reporting that "we do encourage them to be 18 now". . 15, p. 227, "Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of heaven among men. Then, while still a young man, [my cousin] died of nephritis, the fatal family inheritance. Kingston Clan. . With the dawn of the twenty-first century, lawsuits and education among Kingston followers would combine to create new obstacles, as leaders perpetuate this financially spiritual hybrid organization. "Wyler said it's all part of the community's religious system. [8], In the late 1990s, three members of the LDCJC faced scrutiny for entering into incestuous relationships. As bad as this past is, the mounting evidence is far worse. "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. [14] Some of their secrecy might be attributed to a fear of arrest for living in plural marriages, as had happened in 19591960 when being investigated by the Davis County Grand Jury, which some members claimed was organized by LDS Apostles Mark E. Peterson and Spencer W. ", "C250 - Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee", "DCCS Self-Sustaining Policy, Contributions to the Community", "The Polygamist Accused of Scamming the U.S. Out of $500 Million", "Former WRE CEO testifies about money paid to DCCS Entities", "Jury Finds Los Angeles Businessman Guilty in $1 Billion Biodiesel Tax Fraud Scheme", "Polygamists Admit $512 Million Fraud for U.S. Fuel-Tax Credits", "CEO And CFO Of Utah Biodiesel Company And California Businessman Charged In $500 Million Fuel Tax Credit Scheme", "WRE Defendants arrested and awaiting trial", "Trial postponed for last defendant in fraud case involving members of the Kingston polygamous family", "Complaint and Jury Demand, Grant, et al. "All of the fumarase deficiency children Wyler has seen remain dependent on the parents or caregivers. "There is too little empirical data of uncle-niece, half-brother/half-sister mating to draw firm conclusions about the IQ, survival rates, birth defects or longevity of their offspring, he says. But women who are disobedient and fail to bear children including because they miscarry face ostracism, the lawsuit claims. . 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. John Gustafson, a representative of the Davis County Cooperative Society, an affiliate of the Kingston Group, disputed the lawsuits claims. . The groups, whose members believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven, are offshoots of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As people age the chances of children inheriting mutant genes increases. Much of what we have reviewed appears frivolous and unfounded, Gustafson said in an emailed statement. Re: Polygamy's Patriarchy-Poisoned Bloodline: The Genetic Catastrophe That Has Sprung from Joseph Smith's "Divine" Breeding Program of Mormon Mutation . (KUTV) Weeks after a Kingston polygamist clan member was charged in the death of her child, former members of that group are speaking out about what they say is a much bigger problem.Carolyn . soon . During a recent interview with the Intelligence Report, Jessica Kingston, a former member of the secretive, Salt Lake City-based cult and a star of the A&E reality series "Escaping Polygamy," remembered, when she was 12, her Sunday school teacher coming into class with a bucket of water and a vial of black food coloring. If male, some of these same 'worker bees' marry only once. Kimball. Although it is a felony under Utah law for close relatives to have sex, only one Kingston -- John and LaDonna's fifth son, David Ortell -- has been criminally charged with incest. Tarby asked them to bring the girl to him for an examination. "Nearly everyone in Colorado City, Arizona, and the adjacent town of Hildale, Utah, was a member of a fundamentalist Mormon sect that practices polygamy and had long encouraged multiple marriages between close relatives. Consanguinity causes aggregate clusters of deleterious genes to collect in families, which then express themselves as rare recessive disorders like nephritis, cystic fibrosis, biliary artesia, albinism, short stature and many others. One brother, John Daniel Kingston, was taken to court for neglecting this children. . Never miss a story. Elden passed away from cancer in 1948 and was succeeded by his brother John Ortell Kingston (commonly known as Ortell). Articles of Incorporation of the Davis County Cooperative Society, 7 February 1941. The girl's father and mother, Susan Nelson (one of John Daniel's many wives) are half-sister and brother. Below are further horrific details of the Kingston clan's "God-given genetic calamity, brought to you courtesy of Joseph Smith's Mormonism, as reported in the "Salt Lake Tribune" article, "When Incest Becomes a Religious Tenet": ". In this regard, officially-canonized LDS scripture that currently endorses polygamy is not the only image problem for the Mormon Church (thank you, Warren Jeffs). The lone man suing said three Order men raped him when he was 16 or 17 and that when he left the group and announced he was gay, was tracked down and severely beaten by a group of boys acting at the direction of the Order, the lawsuit alleges. . Members of the Kingston polygamous family facing fraud charges strike My aunt and uncle outlived two of their five children and two more may have nephritis. For Mormon patriarchs lusting in their hearts for the Polygamy Reunion Tour, hope springs eternal. [1] Charles William Kingston, Autobiography, 2324; spelling and punctuation standardized. Isaac Wyler, a former FLDS member who was excommunicated from the church . 'Children should not be victims of such programs.'. "Tarby says most of the children 'can say at least a word or two,' but that all of them 'have severe mental retardation' with IQs of less than 25. provide crucial information to community members of who is carrying the recessive gene that causes fumarase deficiency. . 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. This means it may be genetically unwise for children of the early leaders to marry other children of early leaders, even now; yet, this tendency still exists in Mormonism. Why is this? "Rather than polygamy being about religion, Moore-Emmett believes that many polygamous marriages are about sex and power. [O]ver the first 50 years of Mormonism, a highly inbred hierarchy became even more inbred through their illegal marriage and childbirth practices. 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. Through diligent money management and hard work, the Davis County Cooperative Society became very financially successful. [23] The group claims no preference for any particular family or surname stating members join every year "from a variety of different backgrounds and surnames. "I know these people personally.'. , says he has firsthand knowledge of multiple fumarase deficiency children in each of the three families. "'My mother should not have produced another baby," says Rugg, also Isabell and John Ortell's daughter and the baby's full sister. David Kingston was released from prison in 2003. Disturbing photos of the modern-day Ku Klux Klan - CBS News . When Incest Becomes a Religious Tenet - culteducation.com . 3, p. 291, "I have noticed that a man who has but one wife, and is inclined to that doctrine, soon begins to wither and dry up, while a man who goes into plurality [of wives] looks fresh, young, and sprightly. . "Including Utah, 37 states outlaw first-cousin marriage. "The fact that fumarase deficiency had shown up in one child was startling enough--there had only been a handful of cases reported worldwide. . That means the number of cases likely will grow. . "If descendants of polygamy do not look critically at the ideas of their ancestors, Utah children may be increasingly at risk. . . 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. 'We do know there are biological hazards. . The Ku Klux Klan is the oldest American hate group, and while the number of active KKK chapters declined in 2016, members of the Klan are trying to regain ground. "It is Moore-Emmett's belief that the LDS Church who started polygamy in this country should take responsibility and provide financial aid and other resources for those polygamous families who have been abused. Readily accepted as a problem among mothers past the age of 35, it is rarely discussed as a problem when fathers are over 35, let alone 80. . [32] He was arrested and pleaded "no contest" to the charge of child abuse and served seven months in jail. ", -Apostle Heber C. Kimball, "Journal of Discourses," vol. Children of the latter variety, he says, 'can't crawl. . [6] Brooke Adams, Salt Lake Tribune, May 22, 2004. They maintain a secretive but powerful presence in Utah's Salt Lake Valley, and their estimated 7,500. . FOX 13 spoke to the man who filed the IRS. KUTV When several businesses inside the Kingston polygamist empire, including Washakie Renewable Energy, was raided by federal agents Wednesday, officials where tight lipped. Well, law enforcement often tends to look the other way in cases like polygamy, unless specific reports reach the agencies. My great-grandfather, like scores of English immigrants eager to escape a life of poverty, . This is why the state and federal government enacted legislation against polygamy. ", ("Mormon Polygamy: Frequently Asked Questions," at: http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_summary.htm). An MRI of the brain of one fumarase deficiency child showed that more than half the brain was missing. These wives sometimes became known, sometimes not. . Several people also wonder if parts of 'Escaping Polygamy' is dramatized. "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. . "Farm Roots of Incest: Marriages in the Kingston clan must be sanctioned by [the] current head of the church . . ", (Greg Burton, "When Incest Becomes a Religious Tenet: Practice sets 1,000-member Kingston clan apart from other Utah polygamous groups," in "The Salt Lake Tribune," 25 April 1999, at: http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy25.html From the previously-cited article, "Understanding Polygamy": "The polygamous Kingston family professes that their genealogy line traces back to Jesus Christ, and so they possess holy blood. The State of Utah stated: "It was a specific investigation that we were approached by [federal law enforcement] to participate in." "It is important that Mormons fight the tendency to discount history and the actions of their leaders in favor of a faith- promoting history while neglecting important facts. Their brains, he says, 'are strangely shaped' and are frequently missing large areas of brain matter that has been replaced by water. . . . The Bear Clan's Kevin Walker told Global News on Wednesday that while the organization is still actively hitting Winnipeg streets, the way they operate has changed due to COVID-19. The FLDS was formed by Mormons who refused to give up polygamy. A Kingston Family Primer. . Child life is destroyed. "A Secretive Refrain: . it is the only popular religion there,", -The Prophet Brigham Young, "Deseret News," 6 August 1862, "This law of monogamy, or the monogamic system, laid the foundation for prostitution and the evils and diseases of the most revolting nature and character under which modern Christendom groans, . [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. And the Genealogy Department advises genealogists to follow only their direct line; in this instance meaning only the wife who is their mother, not other wives of their father. 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 . Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints elders, who control the community, have labored to keep the public from finding out why the disorder is manifesting. Winnipeg's Bear Clan still active during pandemic, despite 'small COVID WRE has since become defunct. Escaped members report some patriarchs believe it is their duty to give a daughter her first marriage lessons. . . "State investigators found no wrongdoing among members of the Davis County Cooperative Society, also known as the Kingston Group. . . "Researchers have identified a gene on the first chromosome that causes fumarase deficiency, but no test has been developed that could be used to identify individuals carrying the malady. ', "The ultimate goal of the breeding program, Wyler says, is to create the perfect race. . The early Mormon Church practiced polygamy until 1890, when leaders abandoned the practice as a condition for Utah to gain statehood. Doctrinally, members of the LDCJC try to adhere to the teachings of the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. ". 'And yet nobody wants to do anything about it. . The Prophet Josephs priorities of missionary work, temple ordinances, proxy work for the dead, and feeding the poor appear to have been lost somewhere. All went bareheaded and barefoot. The group sought to maintain Pure Kingston Blood by arranging marriages between cousins and other close relatives, and shunning relationships that werent between white people, the lawsuit alleges. I owe my children and all children who risk becoming the next unwitting victims of this tragic genetic legacy the best information regarding the prevention of this lethal family inheritance that I can find. From the article, "Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints Genealogy and Polygamy Problems": "The gene pool is . I think most people are made aware of the problems caused by inbreeding (a nicer word than incest) when they are still young teenagers. These disturbing accounts offer a look inside the lives of some early Mormon descendants. [11] Some members had begun the practice of plural marriage years before the establishment of the cooperative. It appears my kinship group is suffering from clusters of rare recessive genes. "In addition, the Mormon Church touts itself as the quintessential traditional family values church . However, the group reiterated its belief that "bleeding the beast" was "abhorent" and was "never a tenet" of its organization. "Every person carries some lethal genes. on the history of the fundamentalist community. . . ", -Apostle Orson Pratt, "Journal of Discourses," vol. Escaping polygamy and the Kingston clan: Whistleblower Mary Nelson on . . . Those unions fell within Utahs consanguinity restrictions and, if discovered, would be considered incestuous under the laws of the state. So, from the beginnings of Mormon Church history, we have LDS Elohim's hand of blessing placed upon the insidious institution of multi-wifing and forever-birthing. In fact, the leaders of the Co-op just seem to be getting richer and the poor get essentially ignored. [2] Also known as the LDCJC,[3] the Kingston Clan, and The Order,[4][5][6] it is a religious organization created by members of the Davis County Cooperative Society or DCCS in 1977. _____, --Petri Dishes of the Genetically-Destructive Effects of Mormon-Driven Polygamy: "Modern"-day Utah and Cross-Border Towns. Eventually, she admitted she had married her half-brother and given birth to three children. They own many businesses and have ties with hundreds of businesses here in Utah and our neighboring states. Splinter Group: Latter Day Church of Christ (Davis County - MRM Five of the women suing alleged they were coerced into marriage as minors and raped by their husbands. This is the equivalent of a religious rationalization for the practice of incest. "'The kids that I have seen have terrible seizure disorders and developmental delays,' says Dr. Aleck. Gluttony - The Kingston Clan Part Two - Apple Podcasts "The Mormons, well-known for genealogical record keeping, maintain birth, marriage and death information at church libraries and now on the Internet. refuse to accept advice from any outsider, including doctors such as Tarby, who has treated their children for years. . "'They claim to be the chosen people, the chosen few,' Bistline said. 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. . They are Utah-based, unlike the FLDS where the escapes are mainly Arizona-based. . One child born with an incomplete liver died. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. By 1935, his followers began to move to Bountiful, Utah, intending to live under a United Order communal program as defined by Joseph Smith in the Doctrine and Covenants. Young is the owner of Desert Tech, a Utah gun manufacturer. Still, if children are caught up in an abusive or incestuous situation, Williams would encourage policing. By l980, this theory changed dramatically as many other Utah families accepted the diagnosis. This is a rare disorder and medical descriptions of trisome infants are too dreadful to describe here. "Fumarase deficiency is caused by a lack of the fumarase enzyme, an essential component in a biological process called the Krebs cycle, which converts food into energy within each cell. Because God loves that man, and because he honors his word. The current leader of the Kingston Clan is Paul Elden Kingston, and it is reported that he has up to 27 wives (including three half-sisters) and some wives have as many as 18 children. _____. 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