Polygamist sect leader threatens court with Bible

Talk about being f*cked up by religion; the man pictured below (in the glasses) is just that; so what else is new? Religion has certainly been known to screw countless people up beyond repair. TGO

Refer to brief article below. Source: Associated Press

APBy WILL WEISSERT – Associated Press | AP

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A polygamist group leader says unless his trial on sexual assault charges is halted, those involved will face “sickness and death.”

Warren Jeffs has been representing himself against accusations he sexually assaulted two underage girls. He spoke for nearly an hour Thursday, while objecting to testimony about evidence FBI agents seized from his group’s compound in Texas.

After Judge Barbara Walther overruled his objection, he told her he had to read a statement from God.

Walther dismissed the jury, and the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints read a statement saying God demanded the trial end or “sickness and death” would come to all involved.

The judge told Jeffs she would remove him from court if he made such a reference before jurors.

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