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(KSL News) The Texas judge overseeing the FLDS custody case suggested yesterday that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints monitor the FLDS prayer sessions. The suggestion came after FLDS mothers complained they didn't have adequate privacy.
Texas investigators have been listening in to those sessions because they don't want the FLDS mothers to coach their children about what to say when questioned by law officers.
This afternoon, the LDS Church released this statement: "We only have news reports of what a judge said in court. We have had no contact from judicial officials and therefore no clear understanding of what, if anything, we are being invited to do.
"It would be erroneous to base any request for assistance from members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the basis that our beliefs and practices are close to those of this polygamous group because they are not.
Neither would such a request necessarily be fair to those of this polygamous community, which long ago chose a different path from ours. In fact, many in these isolated communities view us with some hostility as part of the outside world they have rejected."
