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Various shots of courthouse2.  Various shots of one of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FDLS) mothers arriving at court3.  FDLS mother and lawyers on court steps4. ...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSan Angelo, Texas - 19 May 2008\u003cbr/\u003e1.  Various shots of courthouse\u003cbr/\u003e2.  Various shots of one of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FDLS) mothers arriving at court\u003cbr/\u003e3.  FDLS mother and lawyers on court steps\u003cbr/\u003e4.  Various of FDLS mother arriving with lawyer\u003cbr/\u003e5.  Cutaway of Robert Scherrer, representing one of FDLS children\u003cbr/\u003e6.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Scherrer, Representative of one of the FDLS children\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well the problem is we don't really know how long the process is because although CPS admits, that this is a pretty cursory or rudimentary plan and will need to be revised, there is no specific provision being made for when that is going to be revised and so essentially as lawyers for the kids, my job at least is to stay on her rear end until we get this thing more specific so we know what the mother needs to do.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Joanna Scott, Parent Guidance Centre:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I would tell them that this is actually a normally-run CPS (Child Protective Services) case.  All parents come to the table confused, all parents come to the table feeling like they're guilty until proven innocent, and really innocent.  All parents come to the table feeling judged, they all come to the table not really understanding what it is they are supposed to be doing in order to get their children back.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8.  FDLS lawyer and members walking out of courthouse\u003cbr/\u003e9.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Rod Parker, FDLS Attorney\u003cbr/\u003e\"Part of the concern is the service plans, they are so vague, they are so general, nobody can comply with them, no one knows if they are complying or if they are not and CPS ultimately is just going to say whatever they want to say about it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10.  SOUNDBITE: (English) William Jessop, Church Spokesman\u003cbr/\u003e\"If they can openly admit, that they can take away the book of Mormon from today, it will be the bible tomorrow and it is outrageous, and if you guys are going to sit around and let the government of this state remove even the book of Mormon as doctrine from our children, and then say this is not about religion, your brain dead.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11.  Various shots of FDLS members going into courthouse for hearings\u003cbr/\u003e12.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Joanna Scott, Parent Guidance Centre:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When there was abuse in the Catholic church, we didn't go into parishes, take all the kids to decide was this boy abused by this parish because they attended that church, we didn't do that, we wouldn't even think of doing that, but we have done that here in Texas, we have declared an entire group a household.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Eldorado, Texas - 17 April 2008\u003cbr/\u003e13.  Various aerials of FDLS compound\u003cbr/\u003eChildren from a polygamist sect were the only subjects on the docket on Monday at a west Texas courthouse where five judges were handling hundreds of hearings.\u003cbr/\u003eDozens of mothers in prairie dresses and fathers in button-down shirts, flanked by pro-bono lawyers, some of them from the state's most prestigious firms arrived at the Tom Green County courthouse hoping to learn how to regain custody of their children.\u003cbr/\u003eState child welfare officials gave each of the more than 460 children in state custody the same template plan for parents to follow, and judges made few changes. \u003cbr/\u003eAttorneys for the parents separated from their children were highly critical of the process. \u003cbr/\u003eParents complained they remained without answers to questions such as whether a requirement that the children live in a \"safe\" environment would mean they could not return to the \"Yearning For Zion\" Ranch.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Part of the concern is the service plans - they are so vague, so general, nobody can comply with them, no one knows if they are complying or if they are not and CPS ultimately is just going to say whatever they want to say about it,\" said Rod Parker, spokesman for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which runs the ranch in Eldorado.\u003cbr/\u003eThe FLDS parents say they are being persecuted for their religion, which includes beliefs that polygamy brings glorification in heaven.\u003cbr/\u003eIn one hearing, attorneys complained that the Book of Mormon was confiscated from some of the children at a foster facility.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If they can openly admit they can take away the Book of Mormon from us today, it'll be the Bible tomorrow, and it's outrageous,\" said FLDS elder Willie Jessop.\u003cbr/\u003eA State Child Protective Services (CPS) spokeswoman said officials had not been able to confirm whether the members' holy text was taken from them, but that they had removed photos, sermons and books of Jeffs, who is a convicted sex offender.\u003cbr/\u003eThe hearings in San Angelo, 40 miles north of the ranch, are scheduled to run for the next three weeks.\u003cbr/\u003eNone of the judges would humour any discussion about whether the initial grounds for removing the children in a raid of the ranch last month were valid. \u003cbr/\u003eIt will likely be months before the cases are reviewed again in court.\u003cbr/\u003eThe state also acknowledged on Monday that two more sect members they listed as minors are actually adults. \u003cbr/\u003eThe state has made that mistake at least four times; child welfare officials have complained that church members have not cooperated with their efforts to determine ages and family relationships.\u003cbr/\u003eTexas child welfare authorities argued that all the children, ranging from newborns to teenagers, should be removed from the ranch because the sect pushes underage girls into marriage and sex and encourages boys to become future perpetrators.\u003cbr/\u003eChurch members insist there was no abuse. \u003cbr/\u003eThey say the one-size-fits-all action plan devised by CPS doesn't take into account specific marriage arrangements or living circumstances.\u003cbr/\u003eSome members of the renegade Mormon sect lived in a communal setting in large log houses they built themselves. \u003cbr/\u003eOthers lived as traditional nuclear families in their own housing on the ranch.\u003cbr/\u003eAll the plans call for parenting classes, vocational training for the parents and require the parents to prove they can support their children. \u003cbr/\u003eThey also call for safe living environments, though they offer no specifics.\u003cbr/\u003eCPS has said that reunification of the families by next April is the goal. \u003cbr/\u003eJessop, however, said the state has made it impossible for parents comply with vague plans and to visit their children, many of whom are scattered to facilities up to 650 miles apart.\u003cbr/\u003eSo far, 168 mothers and 69 fathers have been identified in court documents; more than 100 other children had unknown parents as the hearings got under way. \u003cbr/\u003eDNA samples have been taken, but the first results are at least two weeks away.\u003cbr/\u003eThe children were removed from the ranch during an April 3 raid that began after someone called a domestic abuse hot line claiming to be a pregnant 16-year-old abused by a much older husband. \u003cbr/\u003eThe girl has never been found and authorities are investigating whether the calls were a hoax.\u003cbr/\u003eThe FLDS is a renegade breakaway of the Mormon church, which renounced polygamy more than a century ago.\u003cbr/\u003eSect leader Jeffs, who is revered as a prophet, has been sentenced to prison in Utah for being an accomplice to rape in arranging a marriage of a 14-year-old follower to her 19-year-old cousin. \u003cbr/\u003eHe is awaiting trial in 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