tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post3156848282622617..comments2024-03-26T14:34:28.415-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: "Sons of Perdition", premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, tells stories of escapees from Mormon fundamentalist cultPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-73611458486498695182013-05-12T13:03:48.922-07:002013-05-12T13:03:48.922-07:00Zach recalled the first time Brent and Debbie invi...Zach recalled the first time Brent and Debbie invited him to the movies, to see the animated "Despicable Me."<br /><br />Back at the Creek, the boys rarely socialized with their parents. Movies were banned. A friend once drove to a nearby town, bought a DVD player to watch movies and then threw everything away rather than risk getting caught.<br /><br />"I thought I couldn't bePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-40608275565198643362013-05-12T13:03:41.316-07:002013-05-12T13:03:41.316-07:00Though the compound sits just 45 minutes away, the...Though the compound sits just 45 minutes away, the boys rarely return. Once known as Short Creek, the settlement is often called "the Creek," which the boys pronounce "crick." They call themselves "pligs," short for polygamist children.<br /><br />Caleb and Zach lost their mother to a car accident years ago and no longer talk to their father. After visiting his Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-40606581691229447042013-05-12T13:02:20.514-07:002013-05-12T13:02:20.514-07:00After fleeing polygamist sect, boys face a new wor...After fleeing polygamist sect, boys face a new world<br /><br />For two brothers, young refugees from a breakaway polygamist sect of the Mormon Church, new freedoms pose challenges.<br /><br />BY JOHN M. GLIONNA, Los Angeles Times May 8, 2013<br /><br />REPORTING FROM ST. GEORGE, UTAH<br /><br />Zach Bowers' cultural education included a battle of wills over a simple task: how to mop the Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com