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===Involvement in the YFZ ranch raid=== On April 3, 2008, following a call from an alleged victim of abuse by members of the [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], a polygamist [[Mormon]] sect, Texas authorities raided the [[YFZ Ranch]],<ref name=YFZ1/> {{convert|45|mi|sp=us}} from San Angelo.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gaitan|first=Michelle|title=Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas empty 10 years after raid|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/polygamy/2018/04/18/yearning-for-zion-ranch-in-texas-empty-10-years-after-raid/|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|date=April 18, 2018|access-date=May 14, 2021|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514233706/https://www.sltrib.com/news/polygamy/2018/04/18/yearning-for-zion-ranch-in-texas-empty-10-years-after-raid/|url-status=live}}</ref> The authorities began removing children from the ranch the next day, and relocated them to Fort Concho on April 5. The State of Texas was granted [[conservatorship]] over the children on April 7, and seven days later moved all women accompanying children older than five years to the [[Foster Communications Coliseum]], also in San Angelo.<ref name=YFZ1>{{cite news|title=Timeline: Before and after the 2008 raid on the FLDS' Yearning for Zion Ranch|url=https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2018/04/18/timeline-before-and-after-2008-raid-flds-yearning-zion-ranch/472279002/|work=[[San Angelo Standard-Times]]|date=April 18, 2018|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024003634/https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2018/04/18/timeline-before-and-after-2008-raid-flds-yearning-zion-ranch/472279002/|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 2, the [[Texas Supreme Court]] ruled that the seizure of the children was unlawful, and the children were released from state custody.<ref>{{cite news|title=Polygamist parents, children begin reunions|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24931622|work=[[NBC News]]|date=June 2, 2008|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214100045/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24931622/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/polygamist-parents-children-begin-reunions/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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