From Deseret News archives:
Anti-polygamists pan Utah leaders
"When will the state come to the aid of Utah's children, and when will these polygamy predators be stopped?" Tapestry Against Polygamy executive director Vicki Prunty wrote in a letter to Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard.
Earlier this year, the attorneys general of Utah and Arizona released a manual to assist authorities to help people trying to escape a polygamous community.
Titled "The Primer Helping Victims of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse in Polygamous Communities," the guide is designed to give service providers, such as social workers or physicians, insight into the issues at play when someone from a polygamous community seeks assistance.
But essential information is missing from that guide, Prunty said. "Important sections" such as cult awareness, psychological effects of polygamy and the correlation between polygamy, domestic violence and child abuse should be added to the guide, she said.
The guide can be obtained at www.attorneygeneral.utah.gov/polygamy.html.
The manual will be used in connection with the Safe Usage Program, a project funded by a $700,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant to help domestic violence victims from polygamous and rural communities in Utah and Arizona.
E-mail: ldethman@desnews.com
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