The complaint against the Kingston Group also known as the Order was filed in Salt Lake City last week by 10 people, including Amanda Rae Grant, who starred in the A&E docu-series Escaping Polygamy.. Interview with the owner of Desert Tech: The son of Paul's sister Rachel herself a daughter of Ortell and LaDonna Kingston [Nick] Young was the only current member of the Kingston clan, out of the many contacted for this story, who consented to a live, on-the-record interview. But that's like spitting in the ocean.'. The suit includes ten former members alleging the organization used marriages to "unlawfully make girls and their children religious martyrs and traffic them for sexual and labor purposes". And her ex-husband's parents, Merlin and Carolyn Kingston, were uncle and niece. The three marriages between second cousins have produced at least eight children afflicted with fumarase deficiency, according to a report in the May 2000 'Annals of Neurology' (based on the study conducted by the group led by Tarby and Aleck), interviews with doctors treating the disease and anecdotal evidence gathered from the community. Some of you may not believe this, but I not only believe it but I also know it. 'If you stop the sexual predation, you stop the genetic problem as well. As a symbol of their renunciation of worldly goods, the outer clothing contained no pockets in which possessions could be carried, although later an inside pocket was provided for the sanitary measure of carrying a handkerchief. . "I never knew if I carried this deadly disease or if any preventative measures would halt its insidious march. Kingston began preaching polygamy amongst fellow members of the LDS Church and distributing pamphlets and the book he had co-written, Laman Manasseh Victorious: A Message of Salvation and Redemption to His People Israel, First to Ephraim and Manasseh. As bad as this past is, the mounting evidence is far worse. 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. Eldens father related that Elden told him that was ordained by J. Leslie Broadbent (Lorin Woolleys successor) in 1934, although precisely what that ordination represented is unclear. They are lucky if they can even move their head and eyes a little bit.'. . Kingston Clan. lucky Early polygamy was rife with incestuous and eugenic ideas and practices as well. when doctors pronounced us a special and important family. The Kingston Group is not affiliated withthe Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) based on the Utah-Arizona line that is run by imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence in Texas for sexually assaulting girls he considered brides. If such a test were developed, a community-wide screening program could be instituted that would identify those carrying the fumarase gene. The accusers describe a patriarchal doctrine known as The Law of One Above Another, which they claim designates everyone a rank in the groups hierarchy. "[52][46][53] In a recent lawsuit, ex-members allege that the WRE case was an example of the concept of "bleeding the beast." "Our ancestral destiny meant we might give birth to sons who would die at maturity or daughters who would carry the trait to the next generation of sons. Women, meanwhile, allegedly gain status by being pure of blood and obedient, becoming the first wives of higher-ranking numbered men, and bearing many children. . on the history of the fundamentalist community. . "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. Like any fundamentalist Mormon sect, the Kingston Clan is very hierarchal. The corporation produces goods and services that are used by members, and sold or traded to other cooperatives and to the public. Rome became the mistress of the world, and introduced this order of monogamy wherever her sway was acknowledged. . "Tarby says he quickly realized he was dealing with a very unusual condition that he could not diagnose. 'And is that religion popular in heaven?' thus marking the first time news media reported this human and civil rights nightmare accurately since the 1850s. But now that it was appearing in two children in the same family was an indication it was being spread by a gene that was getting passed to the children by their parents. This resulted in his excommunication from the LDS Church in 1929. 'Remember how Hitler was trying to breed a perfect race?' --Letting the Genetic Genie Out of the Bottle: God Commands the Mormon Church to Enter Into Biologically-Destructive Practice of Polygamy. . Meanwhile, as Mormons wait patiently and faithfully for multi-wifery's official return, the words of their founding Church fathers sound praise to polygamy past, present and future: --The Mormon God's Declaration of Righteous Genetic Combinations: Monogamy is a Christian Blight on Humanity, While Polygamy is the Lord's Way to Produce Fresh, Virile Men; Good-Lookin' Women; and Super Strong Stock to Carry Civilization Into Eternity. 'We do know there are biological hazards. [19] For many years, members of the Co-operative lived in poor conditions, and those in need had no legal way to apply for assistance. . Feds move to seize homes and businesses from polygamous Kingston Group states that '[t]he [Utah] state legislature is consistently 90% Mormon . [9][34], Active members and a recent independent research article by a professor from Santa Clara University have attributed the practice to "endogamous preference and the small size of the groups population". "If descendants of polygamy do not look critically at the ideas of their ancestors, Utah children may be increasingly at risk. . . One child born with an incomplete liver died. _____, --Inbreeding for the Lord: the Mutative Aftermath of LDS-"Inspired" Polygamy Among Mormonism's Doctrinal Adherents. . ', "The ultimate goal of the breeding program, Wyler says, is to create the perfect race. 'A lady comes in and helps her. Much of what we have reviewed appears frivolous and unfounded, Gustafson said in an emailed statement. Charles Zitting (one of Lorin C. Woolleys High Priest Apostles) introduced Kingston to plural marriage, causing Kingston to be cut off from the Church in 1929. The Kingstons represent an intriguing branch on the Mormon fundamentalist tree. "Tarby said the victims require constant care from parents and close relatives. "Parents who share a common ancestor are consanguineous. "Tarby says he explained to [a] gathering at [a] Town Hall in Colorado City that the only way to stop fumarase deficiency in the community is to abort fetuses that test positive for the disease and for the community to stop intermarriages between Barlows and Jessops, Barlows and Barlows and Jessops and Jessops. KUTV When several businesses inside the Kingston polygamist empire, including Washakie Renewable Energy, was raided by federal agents Wednesday, officials where tight lipped. . . "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. They have no movement. "Mormon Prophet Hebrew J. 'Right now, we are just looking at the tip of the iceberg.'. 'I really doubt that if we could tell them, you know, "This male has the condition and this female has the condition; you shouldn't mate," that wouldn't stop them,' he said. "All of the fumarase deficiency children Wyler has seen remain dependent on the parents or caregivers. . "The disease is not widely known about even in Colorado City, a place where even normally public events such as marriages are conducted in secret. . "By the late 1990s, Tarby and his team had discovered fumarase deficiency was occurring in the greatest concentration in the world among the fundamentalist Mormon polygamists of northern Arizona and southern Utah. . . . Consanguinity also causes rare recessive disorders to mask as dominant. . Brigham Young calling some one else a thief especially "women thieves" ABSOLUTE HILARITY ! 'Warren Jeffs is also trying to breed a perfect race.'. . " . 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 . His father wrote: Brother Elden received a new covenant up on the top of the highest mountain that is east of Bountiful, Utah. . . A young child is also one of the accusers in the suit with allegations the child was raped by his or her father, who allegedly raped the mother. . . They can't sit up. While his children and wife initially resisted his new religious position, they eventually joined him in asking their names to be removed from LDS Church records. . Your IP: . 'The downside is that if you don't start with good genetics, and if there is baggage in the genes of the individual, inbreeding will uncover that baggage. 13:1). It gets pretty bleak when it gets that close.' . Kingston was able to name only nine of his thirteen children by a second woman, Rachael Ann Kingston. Consanguinity is a reason why families bear children of only one sex--all sons or all daughters. Therefore, to keep the bloodline 'pure,' the Kingstons intermarry--half-brothers and sisters, uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, and so forth. "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. "During this early period, polygamy was practiced secretly by the Mormon leadership, men who covertly preached and expanded polygamy while publicly deceiving the general Mormon population about the practice. Thanks for signing up! [40] In 2009, the then-Attorney General of Utah, Mark Shurtleff, claimed that child marriages within polygamous societies in Utah, such as the Latter Day Church of Christ, had "effectively stopped". Many members of the fundamentalist community don't even know it's occurring. Grant determined to keep marrying until he found a woman to bear him living sons. . The action you just performed triggered the security solution. [in order] to reduce competition for wives. The children who can't walk, the medical experts say, have most likely suffered strokes during severe seizures. "Medical experts say the incidence of the disorder will increase because the FLDS community is refusing to accept recommendations to reduce the likelihood of producing babies with fumarase deficiency. They are quick to point out to reporters that they no longer practice polygamy and excommunicate members who continue to do so. ", ("Doctor: Birth defects increase in polygamy community," Associated Press, 9 February 2006, at: http://www.azcentral.com/health/news/articles/0209PolygamyBirthDefect09-) It is the power of God through the law or covenant of consecration given to Brother Elden in 1935. At the time this inbreeding took place these prophets preached and practiced modern eugenic science, the science of controlling the traits of future populations through selective breeding for idealized traits like blond hair, blue eyes and tall stature. . It takes maturity to face the truth, especially if the truth is painful and challenges the family tradition and religious belief structure. . . [28][29], During the first years of the Davis County Cooperative Society, Elden Kingston and his followers wore unique blue denim outer garments that led to people referring to them as "blue-coats." "Wyler said it's all part of the community's religious system. David Kingston is alleged to have married his 16-year-old niece Mary Ann Nelson, who attempted to run away but was apprehended and beaten by her father, John Daniel Kingston. . My aunt and uncle outlived two of their five children and two more may have nephritis. 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. Breeding within, as Mormons did--endogamous polygamy--is virtually never practiced. . Excerpts from the article "Understanding Polygamy," distributed by "Humanists of Utah": " . . . '", (John Dougherty, "Forbidden Fruit: Inbreeding Among Polygamists Along the Arizona-Utah Border is Producing a Caste of Severely Retarded and Deformed Children," in "Phoenix New Times," 29 December 2005, at: http://www.childbrides.org/taxes_PNT_forbidden_fruit.html) (The Church lost its authority to give covenants.) . This lack of information upset me as a child when to my fervent, 'Why?' "Dr. Theodore Tarby has treated many of the children at clinics in Arizona under contracts with the state. The Kingston sisters were able to help her escape although Ava wanted to stay with her family, she knew she couldn't give up her sense of self and continue watching the cycle of abuse continue. In response to questions from the newspaper, Kent Johnson, a spokesman for the Davis County Cooperative. . 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. . [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. Women and girls, after theyre married, submit to their husbands and men answer to higher-ranked men, the suit alleges. In the l950s, research doctors thought we were one of the few families in the world with this form of nephritis, known as Alports syndrome. Isaac Wyler, another lifelong Colorado City resident who was excommunicated from the FLDS in January 2004. "Dr. Tarby, who routinely treats fumarase deficiency children at a state-funded clinic in Flagstaff, says, 'They are funny-looking kids [with] biggish heads and coarse, thick features.' Most populations outbreed and so these lethal genes rarely match to cause any serious diseases. The Kingstons claim that Elden received a new dispensation is problematic in another way. "What was going on in my Utah pioneer family? "But this is a very unlikely scenario for FLDS faithful, who practice a religious doctrine that requires men to be strictly obedient to religious leaders and requires women to give birth to as many children as possible to increase the sect's numbers. Childbirth would be fraught with despair and guilt for me and for many family members. present a troubling scenario for law enforcement: these are crimes of a sexual nature committed in private in a closed society. "Genealogists and especially epidemiologists must be scrupulous in identifying all the wives and children of any polygamist man. In fact more than half of today's Klans formed in the last three years. . [10], According to his autobiography, Charles W. Kingston became disenchanted with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1926 because it abandoned plural marriage. . July 1, 2020. The Kingston family first embraced polygamy around 1931 when, according to author Max Anderson, Charles W. Kingston helped produce a pamphlet that contained a version of Lorin C. Woolley's claims that former LDS Church President John Taylor had set aside a select group of men to carry on polygamy even as the church publicly disavowed the practice.