US | Texas Poor Conditions Behind Moving of Sect's Kids 416 children being taken to undisclosed 'suitable' Texas location By Sam Gale Rosen Posted Apr 14, 2008 3:46 PM CDT Copied A Texas State Trooper is seen patrolling the grounds as members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, rear, gather around a porch at Fort Concho. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Over 400 children seized from a polygamist sect are being bused to a more "suitable" location from their current West Texas housing, a state official tells the Houston Chronicle. Women inside Fort Concho complained over the weekend of cramped conditions at the temporary shelter. The state plans to ask a court Thursday for custody of the children. At a preliminary hearing, a lawyer told a judge "there is a systematic process at the ranch near Eldorado at which children were exploited and sexually abused." Read These Next The 8 Democrats who bucked party on shutdown have something in common. Here's where things stand in the House ahead of shutdown vote. Porn studio is US' 'most prolific copyright plaintiff.' A broken promise has allies questioning the reliability of the FBI. Report an error