More young people leaving polygamous sect, aid workers say

More young people leaving polygamous sect, aid workers say

By lindsay whitehurst
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Sep 11, 2011 08:01AM MDT

Aid organizations say they are seeing more young people, especially young men, leaving or being asked to leave the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs.
“We’re seeing quite an influx,” said Tonia Tewell, executive director of Salt Lake City-based Holding out Help, which provides housing and other aid to people leaving polygamous communities, including the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. “There is no room for the youth to go whatsoever.”
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