Reportedly, Paul and his brother each have dozens of wives and hundreds of children. Ron says the cults justification for its racism goes back to early Mormon teachings about a war in heaven between the forces of Satan and those of Jesus. Stephanie Mattingly: "I still go through the process of telling myself that, 'no, you're not going to hell because you left your family. DeRieux did marry the next year at age 18 to a cousin who was 19. My 4-year-old comes to me and says she has to find out her No. Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune John Daniel Kingston seen here in 1999, pleading no contest to beating his 16-year-old daughter after she attempted to flee an arranged marriage with her uncle David, Kingstons brother. She faces up to 40 years in prison. The teacher was like, You can never get that out, that is always there now, recalled Jessica, now 29. Intelligence Report then read the names of women believed to be his wives four in all. He then pinned her on a bed, the documents say, and wouldnt let her call for help. Blacks were the less valiant people in heaven who sat on the sidelines while others took sides, according to The Order. When a girl doesnt want to be a polygamist, that information is shared among boys and men in the sect. Salt Lake City, USA - Polygamist John Daniel Kingston has been granted unlimited contact with the children he has with Heidi Mattingly by a judge who ended the couple's prolonged child welfare case. David was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the incest, but served only four before being paroled. Ex-order members interviewed by the Intelligence Report generally agreed with the characterization of the Kingston clan as a hate group.. But age alone wont determine her answer. A retired Arizona law enforcement officer, Browning is the president and founder of the Skinhead Intelligence Network and is in charge of security for the A&E show, where his wife Tawni works as the casting producer. Polygamist David Ortell Kingston was released from prison Tuesday after serving four years of a possible 10-year sentence for incest with his underage niece, who testified that she was forced to become his 15th wife. Stephanie says she was only 12 when her father began preparing her for marriage. She is the fifth of her mothers 12 children. Mainly it's been hard emotionally. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges Washakie made almost no biofuel and instead bought and sold products and fabricated papers to collect a tax rebate from the federal government. Stephanie is in state custody and officials are aware she's talking us. For fun he and other Order men would go to a park frequented by gay males, looking for victims. Kingston has about 120 children from polygamous relationships with more than a dozen women. The new indictments arrive as the three original defendants are challenging their detentions and the cases against them. On this much, though, mother and daughter agree: Snows father was the primary driver. There also is a link to a Change.org petition to have. She and her husband had four children with whom they share custody. She is the mother of Jacob and Isaiah Kingston. In a letter to the Intelligence Report responding to allegations made by former members, Kent Johnson, a spokesman for the Davis County Cooperative Society, claimed that The Orders foundational principles include the Golden Rule, and that the church rejects any form of racism or bigotry. His brother, John Ortell Kingston, took over the leadership of The Order incorporated in the 1970s as the Latter Day Church of Christ. Elden had predicted that he would be resurrected from the dead, so clan members kept his body on ice for three days, to no avail. And when her children were abused, Foster stood by. archived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Control of The Order then passed to Ortells well-educated son Paul Kingston, one of several lawyers in a cult whose members dress normally and try not to draw attention to themselves. Ortell is credited with expanding The Orders business empire and making the family immensely wealthy. The next night she returned to her mother's Murray home and the mother called her husband. National News Briefs; Father Gets Jail Time In Polygamy Beating John Daniel Kingston regularly subjected two of his teenage daughters to abuse and neglect, and the girls mother Heidi Foster, one of Kingstons estimated 14 wives failed to protect them, a juvenile judge ruled Thursday. At 17, she agreed to marry a man in his early 20s. If that father says yes, the groom talks to the girl. His seven sons and two daughters by LaDonna Peterson, the second of his 13 wives, are reputed to be the inner circle that runs the cult. Kingston, 44, pleaded no contest in April to child abuse, a third-degree felony, for belt-whipping his then 16-year-old daughter after she fled from an arranged polygamous marriage to his brother last year. I knew I wasn't supposed to marry him, she said, but I almost did to get everyone to shut up and leave me alone about marriage.. But the hearing Tuesday ended days of behind-the-scenes legal wrangling. The young women ranged from about age 18 to 22. Rather than parole him, the state Board of Pardons and Parole opted to terminate his sentence. Photographs of the injuries were introduced at the hearing. While Jacob Kingston might have been the public face of Washakie and the most culpable, Rolwing said, his mother drafted forms to submit to the federal government and showed others how to file false information. Polygamist John Daniel Kingston, left, in attendance at a memorial for the victims of a flash flood. Boys began to show interest in Julie as she matured, but Paul, as the clans leader, warned them away, because of Julies black blood. Her father, John Daniel Kingston, has 14 wives. Her top choice the one whom she felt God told her to marry was a man five years older than she and to whom she was related on both sides of her family tree. Jessica was given the list of suitors. During an interview with this reporter, Lu Ann Kingston, whose defiance of the cult led to the conviction of her former spiritual husband Jeremy, recalled that Order members saw intermarriage as a way to keep the bloodline pure., All outsiders are considered to be beneath Order members, she explained. The ones they dont think they have to worry about, they dont push them as hard.. Stephanie told our Sandra Yi she doesn't want to go back. Kingston was described by officials as a model prisoner, who tutored inmates trying to complete high school and worked as a paid teaching assistant in the prisons college program. New indictments were not a surprise. A state court website says the judge must conclude that the marriage is voluntary and in the best interests of the minor.. Daniel Irvin, Kingstons defense attorney, had characterized the case as about a stupid pair of earrings, kids who want one thing and parents who want another in his closing arguments. Her uncle, David Ortell Kingston, was convicted of incest and unlawful sexual contact with a minor and served four years in prison. In all likelihood, you will never see David Kingston committing a new crime, he added. Dating or romance among young people before marriage is forbidden in the Kingston Group, but the sect does hold dances. Jessica Kingston said a girls devotion and attitude are often measured by her view of polygamy. Motions, apparently filed by the Kingston Group and member businesses, were sealed, and the entire court docket for the prosecutions was sealed from public view Thursday a rare event in Utahs federal court. According to Montana court documents, the couple had an argument at their apartment and DeRieuxs then-husband threw her down a flight of stairs. The Washakie Renewable Energy facility in Plymouth, Utah, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. In response to questions from the newspaper, Kent Johnson, a spokesman for the Davis County Cooperative Society, sent an email saying marriages should occur within the age of legal consent and not be coerced. More troubling, during a contentious 2004 custody case that ensued when Jessica and her sister Andrea fled Daniel Kingstons household, a judge in the case reportedly was the subject of a death threat, allegedly from Kingston clan members. It still hasnt been explained how anyone at Washakie would have known about the raid. (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) A member of a polygamist clan today was convicted of incest with his 16-year-old niece, who testified that she had been forced to become his 15th wife. The Tribune also found three marriages in Missouri, where, until a new law raising the marriage age takes effect Aug. 28, 15-year-olds can marry with a parents permission. Her husband knew she didnt want him to have a plural spouse, she said, but his father told him he needed to have one. But 16- and 17-year-olds in Utah need only the consent of a parent to wed. Idaho, Colorado and Nevada, where the The Tribune also found Kingston Group marriages, have similar age and parental-consent requirements. Stephanie Mattingly is the daughter of John Daniel Kingston and Heidi Mattingly. The Utah Attorney General's Office filed a motion today, requesting that Judge Andrew Valdez recuse himself from the case. If that child comes to her at age 16 wanting to marry, she said, she will have questions. In federal court Tuesday, Richard M. Rolwing, a special assistant U.S. attorney, said one of the new defendants, Rachel Ann Kingston, was helping two of her sons forge documents and commit fraud to benefit her husband, John Daniel Kingston. If this were any other father, the case wouldnt have made it to court, But its John Daniel Kingston, he said. DeRieux remarried at age 21 to a man who isnt from the Kingston Group. . He is one of the top men in the sect, though he has not been charged with any crimes in the case. Shanell DeRieux was married at 18 to a husband in the Kingston Group. That usually means marrying a Kingston descendant. When it comes to racist Sunday school lessons, the polygamous Kingston clan could teach the Ku Klux Klan a thing or two. Ron Kingston says The Orders leadership has too much to lose for something like that to happen. As for its anti-government views, allegations of fraud against government entities have long dogged the Kingstons. It wasnt forced, said the woman, who asked not to be identified because of stigmas that often come with being associated with a polygamous sect. She wants to be adopted by her foster family, and one day become a police officer and help abused kids. Irvin said the girls testimony was all over the place and that she admitted lying to protect people she liked while also lying to hurt those she didnt. Jessica saw the list. Allison, a 17 year-old ex-Kingston member says not much has changed since Lu Anns day. According to the victim, David was already. They teach the girls its their choice, Hansen said, but [say], Heres the selection.. Get informative articles and interesting stories delivered to your inbox weekly.