In federal court Tuesday, Richard M. Rolwing, a special assistant U.S. attorney, said one of the new defendants, Rachel Ann Kingston, was helping two of her sons forge documents and commit fraud to benefit her husband, John Daniel Kingston. A 16-year-old girl wept as she told a judge how her polygamist father took her to a remote family ranch near the Utah-Idaho border and whipped her with a belt because she rebelled against a marriage to his brother. Stephanie, who just turned 17, told us and has testified in court that as a young girl she was emotionally, physically and sexually abused by her father, John Daniel Kingston. An account controlled by the sect then returned $4.5 million to Washakie. It wasnt forced, said the woman, who asked not to be identified because of stigmas that often come with being associated with a polygamous sect. Donate to the newsroom now. Her father, John Daniel Kingston, pleaded no contest to third-degree felony child abuse and was sentenced to 28 weeks in jail. Snow says she chose to get married to escape an abusive living situation. Obsessed with the purity of their bloodline and empowered by a sense of entitlement on par with the divine right of kings, the Kingstons have made incest the cornerstone of a self-serving theology that loathes non whites, fosters homophobia and abhors government authority. All the families belong to the Davis County Cooperative Society. She wasnt allowed to leave the house until she decided whom to marry. Snow contends her mother was one of the people who told her she needed to think about whom she was going to wed. Photo by Nate Carlisle, The Salt Lake Tribune | Shirley Hansen, seen here July 21, 2018, stands along 2100 South near State Street in Salt Lake City. She says that's partly because her mother doesn't plan to leave the Kingston clan. Jessica said, strictly speaking, she and the other teen brides she knows chose to get married, but added: Its not much of a choice when theyre groomed to do that.. She told police she was David Kingston's 15th wife. In a letter to the Intelligence Report responding to allegations made by former members, Kent Johnson, a spokesman for the Davis County Cooperative Society, claimed that The Orders foundational principles include the Golden Rule, and that the church rejects any form of racism or bigotry. Kingston is the brother of church leader Paul Kingston. She's since left the marriage and wants the legal marriage age raised to 18. Sandra Yi ReportingNew legal developments in the custody case of polygamist, John Daniel Kingston, and the teen who sparked the year-long battle is speaking out publicly for the first time. She said her father didnt think the suitor was a good student. (Photo courtesy Shanell DeRieux) Shanell DeRieux, then called Shanell Snow, center, stands with her mother, Shirley Hansen, right, and her father, John Daniel Kingston, in this photo from her legal wedding day, July 3, 2008, in Grand Junction, Colo. Also pictured are DeRiux's now-ex-husband and ex-mother-in-law. The Kingstons - Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism Stephanie Mattingly is the daughter of John Daniel Kingston and Heidi Mattingly. In one, Ortell warns that there is a movement afoot that wants to homogenize the people and make one race, by mixing all the races up. [W]e directly condemn in action and in words, racist, homophobic or hateful actions against any group or individual, Johnson wrote. A state court website says the judge must conclude that the marriage is voluntary and in the best interests of the minor.. She ran away several times, but was always sent back to her family. Religion News Blog posted this on Friday June 4, 2004.Last updated if a date shows here: Friday, December 16, 2016. A retired Arizona law enforcement officer, Browning is the president and founder of the Skinhead Intelligence Network and is in charge of security for the A&E show, where his wife Tawni works as the casting producer. Both women are daughters of John Daniel Kingston, a patriarch of the Latter Day Church of Christ, also known as the Davis County Cooperative Society, which practices polygamy and has more than . Nevertheless, former members of The Order say that incest and racism are inextricably linked in The Orders teachings. If God gives him direction on whom to marry, he goes to his dad. Seated on a couch, sipping lemonade in his home in a Salt Lake City suburb, he resembles Paul Kingston quite a bit. John Daniel Kingston seen here in 1999, pleading no contest to beating his 16-year-old daughter after she attempted to flee an arranged marriage with her uncle David, Kingstons brother. Utah meteorologist makes a special forecast, Tammy Daybell may have been restrained when she died, Utah medical examiner says, How newest signee Dawson Baker will fit with BYU basketball, Provo culture, Flooding, avalanches impact communities in Utah as record temperatures continue, South end of Great Salt Lake up nearly 4 feet since berm raised in February. Johnson did not provide the raw data to support those statistics. Their grooms were 22. Each daughter married one of their cousins, who also are pictured with their parents. When they arrived in Grand Junction, all three couples filled out the papers for a marriage license. Current members dispute those characterizations. ". According to historian Brian Hales Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations After the Manifesto, Brother Elden, as he was also known, had five wives and 17 children. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jessica Kingston was wed at age 16 in what she says was a marriage she felt pressured into by her parents and others in a polygamous sect. He was jailed for beating his daughter into. The judge gave the couple until June 11 to request new birth certificates. Polygamist David Ortell Kingston was released from prison Tuesday after serving four years of a possible 10-year sentence for incest with his underage niece, who testified that she was forced to become his 15th wife. More troubling, during a contentious 2004 custody case that ensued when Jessica and her sister Andrea fled Daniel Kingstons household, a judge in the case reportedly was the subject of a death threat, allegedly from Kingston clan members. DeRieuxs marriage effectively ended in June 2010. Its all political, Jessica said. Her father, John Daniel Kingston, has 14 wives. Andy Larsen: Heres where National Weather Service forecasts flooding, in the short term and the long term, Murray police officers were justified in their use of force against a 52-year-old man who died after arrest, Salt Lake County D.A. Eventually, there was a meeting between Jessica Kingston, her parents and Paul Kingston. Bad harm. Kingston also told a parole hearing officer that he would encourage [kin] to follow the law. He added: I recognize the hurt and sorrow I have caused [the victim] and my family.. In 1999, Pauls younger brother David Ortell Kingston was convicted of taking his 16-year-old niece as wife number 15. In secret videotapes of Order church meetings aired on Escaping Polygamy, Pauls nephew Nick Young, speaking from a church lectern, identifies himself as a numbered man, number 72, to be precise. Polygamist Freed After Utah Ends His Sentence - Los Angeles Times Washakie Renewable Energy promoted itself as a manufacturer and seller of biofuels. She wants to be adopted by her foster family, and one day become a police officer and help abused kids. Both he and Dermen have pushed for prosecutors to accelerate the disclosure of evidence so the cases can move to trial. 2K views, 27 likes, 7 loves, 18 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Dbstvstlucia: DBS MORNING SHOW & OBITUARIES 25TH APRIL 2023 APRIL 2023 No. The girl said her father ordered her into his truck and they drove north. Valdez based his decision on the girls testimony coupled with other voices, including that of half sibling Mary Ann Kingston, who was belt-whipped by Kingston in 1998. Judge rules two Kingston children were abused - Daily Herald If someone is mature enough, they should be able to do whatever they want.. Somehow LaDonnas curse was transferred to the Tuckers via Christy, Rons wife, because, Christys mom left The Order and married an Irishman, before leaving him and returning to the fold. The renunciation of polygamy is now church doctrine, and the Mormon church has a policy of excommunicating polygamists. Main Street Church. The judge opted to let the women remain free without a bond, though they need to surrender their passports, wear ankle monitors and remain in Utah. Stephanie wants to break from her past, but is also paving her future. Thats what happened with Ron Tuckers family. or superseded by additional information. Valdez allowed both girls to address their parents after his ruling. (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dont the infant deaths and tales of horrific deformities belie Ortells homespun eugenics? Her husband knew she didnt want him to have a plural spouse, she said, but his father told him he needed to have one. She explained that they weren't supposed to know who their dad was, only. Modern interpretations of this passage vary, but The Order apparently takes quite literally this idea of blackness being a sign of iniquity. Jessica said her husband was on a group text that went around listing girls or women who had not yet married with jokes about how old the females were getting. Let me rephrase that. Speaking of which: One way in which you can support us at no additional cost to you is by shopping at Amazon.com. She says girls don't have a choice. It was believed that between these seven brothers, they had 90 wives who were their half-sisters or half-nieces; there were 850 children in all. archived form does not constitute a republication of the story. A review of wedding certificates shows how the teen marriages are sanctioned at the highest levels of the Kingston Group. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. In all likelihood, you will never see David Kingston committing a new crime, he added. For instance, as an Amazon Associate, Religion News Blog earns from qualifying purchases. Reportedly, Paul and his brother each have dozens of wives and hundreds of children. Now, former members say, girls who will be plural wives meaning they have only a spiritual marriage to their husband are left alone until they are 18 so laws about sex with a minor wont apply. For parents, there can be other practical considerations in letting a teen marry, Hansen said. Or leave. Polygamy is outlawed in Utah, both by the states constitution, and in statute, where it is a third-degree felony, with a possible punishment of five years in prison. That is one reason why we can provide this research service free of charge. Nor are youths from polygamous sects the only teens who marry in Utah. She does not favor a change in the marriage age. Before the call ended, Young insisted that he didnt admit to any kind of incest or anything. When Intelligence Report inquired if Young thought there was anything wrong with first cousins getting married, Young opined that such issues were between the individuals involved and God. Their divorce was finalized in July 2012 a little more than three years after they married. And then, when the men get mad at each other, they wont let the [other] mans sons come forward to marry one of their daughters. In April Valdez's son, Tito, was arrested for disorderly conduct after a protest outside the courthouse. One of the seven brothers was John Daniel Kingston, the father of the main stars of "Escaping Polygamy." TV Premiere and premise of "Escaping Polygamy" The mere rumor of black blood could condemn someone in the eyes of Order members. Hansen, 50, in a recent interview, said she told her daughter that wanting to leave home was the wrong reason to get married. In February 2004, the two eldest daughters of John Daniel Kingston and Heidi Mattingly Foster alleged Kingston told them to remove their pierced earrings or he would pull them out.. Stephanie Mattingly: "I still go through the process of telling myself that, 'no, you're not going to hell because you left your family. She said the marriage disintegrated when her husband married spiritually one of her half-sisters, who was 22 at the time. But moving forward isn't always easy. There shouldnt really be a reason for an age limit, she said. You are here: Home | Kingston Clan | Kingston girls abused, judge says. Today, they tried to bring up a case back in 1998 in which Kingston plead no contest to severely beating his 16-year old daughter at the time, Maryann Kingston after she ran from the clan. It advertised at Utah Jazz home games and on game broadcasts. Prosecutors have indicted two more members of a polygamous family this time the wife of one defendant and the mother of two defendants in what prosecutors have called a $511 million fraud using biodiesel tax credits. If the father believes his son received true direction from God, the son is sent to Paul Kingston or one of the people he designates to consider marriages. Stephanie Mattingly is the daughter of John Daniel Kingston and Heidi Mattingly. For fun he and other Order men would go to a park frequented by gay males, looking for victims. Jeremy was nearly 10 years her senior at the time. DBS MORNING SHOW & OBITUARIES 25TH APRIL 2023 APRIL 2023 - Facebook (Photo courtesy of Kollene Snow) Kollene Snow, 16, poses in her dress before her 2009 marriage in West Valley City. Shanell DeRieux was married at 18 to a husband in the Kingston Group. Elden continued the tradition. This archived news story is available There also is a link to a Change.org petition to have. Hansen, Fosters attorney, said he would explore an appeal. During his parole hearing in August, he admitted for the first time that he had had sex with the girl. The teacher added a drop of dye to the water, and the children watched as the blackness slowly spread. Stephanie says she was only 12 when her father began preparing her for marriage. Donate to the newsroom now. . The girls, ages 13 and 15, have been in state custody since mid-February, when they said their father threatened to beat them after they got their ears pierced. Ron Tucker went so far as to call his former brethren white supremacists, and ten times more racist than your run-of-the-mill skinhead. He walked out the front door at the prison about 10 minutes ago, said Jack Ford, spokesman for the Corrections Department. rules, Utes seeing transfer portals impact on college gymnastics, plural marriages that happen outside the law, two stars of the television show Escaping Polygamy,", Shanell DeRieux, a former Kingston Group member, stigmas that often come with being associated, Kent Johnson, a spokesman for the Davis County Cooperative Society. Black people supposedly suffered from multiple scriptural curses, from the mark of Cain and Noahs curse on Ham in the Old Testament to the racist tenets of early Mormonism that have since been renounced or abandoned by the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the LDS or Mormon church. As part of a plea bargain, Jeremy spent just one year in prison. The son of Pauls sister Rachel herself a daughter of Ortell and LaDonna Kingston 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. Why was "Escaping Polygamy" canceled? Kingston was described by officials as a model prisoner, who tutored inmates trying to complete high school and worked as a paid teaching assistant in the prisons college program. But lots of people in the sect are already descended from that family, Hansen said; thats why there are so many cousin marriages in the Kingston Group. Daniels ultimatum: Stay in The Order, date no one, and have no contact with family. They believe were Gods chosen people, Snow said of the Kingston Group followers, so you should start having kids as soon as possible.. Rolwing also referenced a 2016 federal raid on Washakie offices in South Salt Lake that prosecutors have alleged the defendants knew about in advance. Stephanie Mattingly: "I don't want to go back because I don't want to be abused anymore.". Young is the owner of Desert Tech, a Utah gun manufacturer, which produces sniper rifles and so-called bullpup rifles, The latter, unlike conventional magazine-fed rifles, have shorter barrels, with the guns action located behind the trigger. Young also claimed Desert Tech had sold guns to Picatinny Arsenal, the research division of the U.S. military. Stephanie Mattingly: "The hardest thing, actually, the most hardest thing, the way hardest thing, is accepting that you're not going to go to hell.". Not desiring to be a plural wife doesnt necessarily mean she hoped to leave the Davis County Cooperative Society, also known as the Kingston Group. Members of The Order are taught they need to be in a plural marriage to reach the highest heaven. The girl said she did not remember leaving the barn, but woke up the next morning on a couch in the living room of a woman who former members say is one of John Daniel Kingston's 20-plus wives. Jessica saw the list. The term 'cult expert' is not protected. The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity and contributions are tax . The term cult has a precise definition or rather, Religion News Blog is a service provided by. Jessica was given the list of suitors. Black blood was the worst thing you can have, Jessica said, particularly since the Kingstons consider themselves to be the whitest of the white, descended directly from Jesus Christ and King David, the Middle Eastern origins of both men notwithstanding. She knows the drill, Brewer said of the 15-year-old, who ran away from home before and has been in state custody several other times. In an analysis written in 2015, a University of Maryland sociologist found that nationwide 37 percent of people who marry before age 20 divorce in the first 10 years. 1 choice. In 2003, another clan member, Jeremy Kingston pleaded guilty to incest for taking 15-year-old Lu Ann Kingston as his fourth wife. He says The Order regards homosexuality as a choice. She received no sex education or premarital counseling. Former sect members testified in favor of the measure, but its unclear whether the pressures faced by teens in the Kingston Group constitute forced marriage. Snow said her marriage fell apart over her not liking the Kingston Group and her husband wanting to have another wife. The sect will then return what money the business needs for operating expenses. Polygamist faces trial in daughter's beating - Deseret News The letter asserts that one of the earliest members of the church was a Native American man and that the Co-op, as it is sometimes called, has been the victim of prejudice and harassment by Utahs majority religion (i.e., the LDS church) because of the formers progressive ideas. Both are barred from contact with their father. While all that is happening, the potential bride is supposed to have been praying about whom to marry. The Utah Attorney General's Office filed a motion today, requesting that Judge Andrew Valdez recuse himself from the case. The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity and contributions are tax The older teen, weeping, thanked her parents for loving me. That will open up for The Order to rise up and take over the world, Ron said. minutes. Yeah, I believe in it, he said. According to church lore, Charles "Elden" Kingston founded The Order after seeing Jesus in a cave. Elden also instituted the church law of one above the other, requiring members blind obedience to the churchs hierarchy of numbered men, with Elden being Brother Number One. Hospital harm., While part of The Order, Val Snow, a twenty-something gay man with a wry sense of humor, believed being gay was like spitting in the eye of God. Snow is the son of Daniel Kingston, whom he paints as a little man with a lot of power.. She is the fifth of her mothers 12 children. Two of Hansen's daughters legally married when they were under the age of 18 to young men in the Kingston Group. What were taught is to love our neighbor, that all people, all races no matter who they are deserve to be loved, he explained. And during a recent picnic to honor the birthday of patriarch John Ortell Kingston, Order families descended on a Salt Lake Valley park, where hundreds of children of all ages blanketed the parks green expanse. In 1999, Kingston spent 28 weeks in jail after pleading no contest to felony child abuse for beating one of his daughters, then 16, for fleeing . Polygamist Is Convicted of Incest - The New York Times Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune David was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the incest, but served only four before being paroled. Snow said she was forced to fast, pray and read the Bible. The bride was 16. Kingston brothers Isaiah (left) and Jacob co-own WRE or Washakie Renewable Energy, which produces 10 milion gallons of biofuel. Twenty-eight times her father, John Daniel Kingston, whipped her, she testified, before she apparently passed out.On Wednesday, 1st District Judge Ben Hadfield ordered Kingston, 43, a prominent member of a Utah polygamist group, to stand trial for the May 24 assault on the girl. The Polygamy Dilemma Is Plural Marriage a Dead Issue in Mormonism? Known variously as Brother Paul, the leader, and the man on the watchtower by Order members, this unremarkable, balding middle-aged man reportedly has 27 wives and over 300 children. While much of the focus of any polygamous group is on plural marriages that happen outside the law, records and interviews with current and former first wives in the Kington Group lend insight into how legal marriages are facilitated. Kingston faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. It still hasnt been explained how anyone at Washakie would have known about the raid. But The Orders critics say that cult members see nothing wrong with bilking the government, a time-honored tradition among FLDS sects, gleefully referred to as bleeding the beast.. So, all five young ladies are cousins to the late Carolyn Yvonne Kingston. Is it a requirement to gain the highest levels of heaven? Whether she gives her blessing, she said, will depend on the answers to those questions. . A FAMILY'S TANGLED TIES - Newsweek Indeed, the group was founded during the Great Depression as a communal religious organization where members dedicated their earnings and possessions to building the Kingdom of God on Earth, as one church document attests. The company was founded in 2007 with an investment from family members. DeRieux remarried at age 21 to a man who isnt from the Kingston Group. The DCCS reaffirms that each individual has their free agency to choose whom and when they will marry, the statement said. Does Mike Murdock's 58 days seed covenant really work? The incest came to light after the girl tried to escape the arranged celestial marriage an illegal marriage, sans license. Information in the story may be outdated The father preferred another who had inquired about marrying Jessica. Snow and her mother, Shirley Hansen, have differing stories on what the moms role was in her daughters marriage. The couples divorce became final in 2011. The couples wedding certificate says Stoddard officiated the ceremony April 26, 2008, in West Valley City. They appeared in Salt Lake Citys federal court with an attorney Tuesday morning for an arraignment. Additionally, ex-Order members tell of a reputed church prophecy of an End of the World War, an apocalyptic vision that foresees a bloody race war with the Kingstons as the ultimate victors, chosen by their Heavenly Father to rule the world for a millennium. Three weeks after Snow married a 21-year-old man in Davis County, Hansens 17-year-old daughter legally married a 24-year-old man in Salt Lake County.