Men of the Cloth: The Vatican Isn't So Far From Fundamentalist Mormonism

When it comes to keeping women in their place, polygamous Mormon fundamentalists and the Pope have a lot in common

Child abuse. Sexual abuse. Women raised to be baby machines controlled by powerful older men in the name of God. These shockers -- and many more -- are flagrantly on offer in the spectacle unfolding around the 139 women and 437 children removed by Texas authorities

state and local authorities have looked the other way when girls are pulled out of school to be "home-schooled," i.e., prepared for marriage to their uncles, and teenage boys are kicked out of the community so as not to compete with the elder men

near FLDS communities, public services have been infiltrated by their members: the public schools teach their religious doctrines; the police are on the lookout for girls and women who try to escape

Everyone in the story is American, supposedly living under American law

living under American law