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Texas Rangers meet with man accused of abusing teen whose call triggered ranch raid
Stan Ascher
Issue date: 4/11/08 Section: SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE
"He has not ever been given a travel permit to go to Texas," Walker said.
Child welfare officials seized 416 children, most of them girls, in the raid on the compound, saying the youngsters were in danger of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
Some 139 women from the ranch left voluntarily to be with the children, who are now housed in San Angelo's historic Fort Concho and at the nearby Wells Fargo Pavilion. Officials have said they are having difficulty identifying some of the children.
Hearings to sort out the custody issues for the children are scheduled for Monday and Thursday.
The Texas legal community is responding to the challenge of recruiting as many as 350 court-appointed lawyers for the children in advance of Thursday's hearing. Texas State Bar President Gib Walton said the group has already conducted free legal training for volunteer lawyers so that each child can have representation.
"This type of mobilization is unprecedented; there's no doubt about it," Walton said. "We're very proud of the way that Texas lawyers have rallied to the situation," he added.
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Associated Press writers Tony Winton in San Angelo and Bob Christie in Phoenix contributed to this report.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press
Child welfare officials seized 416 children, most of them girls, in the raid on the compound, saying the youngsters were in danger of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
Some 139 women from the ranch left voluntarily to be with the children, who are now housed in San Angelo's historic Fort Concho and at the nearby Wells Fargo Pavilion. Officials have said they are having difficulty identifying some of the children.
Hearings to sort out the custody issues for the children are scheduled for Monday and Thursday.
The Texas legal community is responding to the challenge of recruiting as many as 350 court-appointed lawyers for the children in advance of Thursday's hearing. Texas State Bar President Gib Walton said the group has already conducted free legal training for volunteer lawyers so that each child can have representation.
"This type of mobilization is unprecedented; there's no doubt about it," Walton said. "We're very proud of the way that Texas lawyers have rallied to the situation," he added.
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Associated Press writers Tony Winton in San Angelo and Bob Christie in Phoenix contributed to this report.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press
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Christy
posted 4/14/08 @ 9:40 PM CST
YUCK! This old pedophile beat a child up and broke her ribs because he was angry she didn't want to have sex with him, despite all the isolation and brainwashing. (Continued…)
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