Texas hearing set on FLDS raid

A legislative committee in Austin, Texas has scheduled an April 14 hearing to examine the raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch.

The Texas State Legislature's Human Services Committee will hear testimony on the state's response to allegations of abuse at the YFZ Ranch, setting the stage for a highly anticipated inquiry into how the custody case involving the Utah-based polygamous sect was handled.

"We will be there," FLDS spokesman Willie Jessop said of the hearing.

Last year's raid on the YFZ Ranch spawned the largest child custody case in U.S. history when Texas child welfare workers and law enforcement responded to the church's Eldorado property on a phone call alleging abuse. It led to the removal and eventual return of 439 children. Only one child remains under court oversight.

A dozen men have been indicted on criminal charges related to alleged underage marriages.

— Ben Winslow