Records: Polygamist sect married at puberty 

ELDORADO, Texas - A polygamist compound with hundreds of children was rife with sexual abuse, child welfare officials allege in court documents, with girls spiritually married to much older men as soon as they reached puberty and boys groomed to perpetuate the cycle.

The documents released Tuesday also gave details about the hushed phone calls that broke open the case, by a 16-year-old girl at the West Texas ranch who said her 50-year-old husband beat and raped her. Days after raiding the compound, officials still aren't sure where the girl is.

Court documents said a number of teen girls at the 1,700-acre compound were pregnant, and that all the children were removed on grounds that they were in danger of "emotional, physical, and-or sexual abuse." Another 136 women left on their own.

McFadden said the girls were spiritually married to the men as soon as they reached puberty and were required to produce children.