Little Mormons suffer from a rare disease due to polygamy
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, linked to the Mormon Church, is a movement created by Rulon Jeffs in 1951. Today this is headed by Warren Jeffs, son of the founder and holder of the nickname. "pedophilia guruUnlike the traditional Mormon Church, in fact, the Jeffs Church accepts and supports polygamy.
Warren Jeffs, who currently gives his own religious directives from a federal prison, had more than 75 brides, including many underage girls. To those who showed him an unprecedented loyalty, the man gave the youngest girls in marriage, some of only 10 years old, preventing them from having the much desired happy ending.
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In prison since 2006 for sexual violence, the head of this Church has even appeared in the list of the 10 most wanted fugitives in America, but this has not served to open the eyes of his disciples who continue to follow him blindly, despite the polygamous practices are responsible for the spread of a very rare pathology: fumaric aciduria, which affects children of the movement.
The BBC reports that in 1990 Dr. Theodore Tarby, who specializes in childhood diseases, received a 10-year-old boy with decidedly unusual features in his office. After a thorough examination, the doctor immediately advised the family to travel to Colorado where doctors diagnosed him with fumaric aciduria.
This unusual pathology causes respiratory problems, brain malformations and muscular dystrophy. The boy, like his sister, was unable to walk or even sit down.
Diseases of this type can be truly merciless, but it is still possible to make your pathology a strength. The problem here is that the parents are aware that they are carriers of the gene but do nothing to put an end to the matter, as inbred marriages are absolutely normal. The community, in addition to being fairly large, is also incredibly isolated. This is why cousin relationships in Short Creek are perfectly tolerated.
If the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not decide to play with the rules, the pathology cannot be stopped in any way.
