Sect leader 'with 79 wives'

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Guilty of sexual assualt.

He had a child with a 15 year old and sexually assualted 12 year old.

SAN ANGELO TEXAS: A jury has convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs of child sexual assault for his 'spiritual marriages' to two underage girls.
The head of the Fundementalist Church of Latter-Day Saints, Jeffs,55, had claimed his religious rights had been trampled on and that God would seek revenge if the trial continued.
The FLDS, which has at least 10,000 members, is a radical offshoot of main-stream Mormonism and believes polygamy brings exaltation in Heaven. They see Jeffs as God's spokesman on earth.
Some of Jeffs incoherant ramblings during the court proceedure included-
"I object to anything pertaining to a religious manner. A constitutional gaurentee involving things sacred must be invoked.'
"A good wife is trained for her husband and follows the spirit of peace"

He now faces life in prison.