The former President of the polygamous F-L-D-S church has pleaded no-contest to three counts of third degree bigamy. Wendell Nielsen had been indicted after a raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in April 2008 by law enforcement looking for someone claiming sexual abuse at the ranch. That raid has already resulted in the high-profile conviction of F-L-D-S head Warren Jeffs, in Tom Green County. He's serving life plus 20 years for sexually assaulting girls 12 and 15 years old. Nielsen was immediately sentenced to ten years' probation in Schleicher County District Court. He becomes the ninth sentenced for charges of sexual assault and bigamy in the case.
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