Six FLDS polygamists indicted today, including Warren Jeffs.

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/22/jeffs.indictment/

A Texas grand jury indicted polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs on sexual assault charges, and five of his followers also face a variety of charges, state Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday.


Members of the polygamous FLDS revere jailed leader Warren Jeffs as their prophet.

Jeffs was charged with sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony, Abbot said.

Four of Jeffs' followers were each charged with one count of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 17, and one of those four faces a count of bigamy. A fifth follower is charged with three counts of failure to report child abuse, Abbot said.

The five followers were not identified. The Associate Press reported that the followers are not in custody but that authorities are searching for them to make arrests.

The 52-year-old Jeffs is the leader and "prophet" of the estimated 10,000-member Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an offshoot of the mainstream Mormon church.

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According to reports, the investigation is still ongoing.