No abuse my ass, how old were these girls husbands?

This just gets more and more sick.

I have a serious question about this. (You need to read the more detailed article)

According to the Yahoo report, I don't understand how the men can have so many wives....the numbers just don't add up.

If each man has just 2 wives...using those numbers, they will be 176 women short.

But I read somewhere (I can't find it) that some men have 10 or more wives.

Can the wives have more than one husband? Can Joe be married to Susie and Lucy, but Lucy ALSO be married to Bill? I was under the impression that they can only have one husband.

So my big question is....how do you get 10 females to ever 1 male ratio? You can't do it by reproduction as odds say you will end up close to 50/50.

(I dunno...is the way I worded this more confusing that the actual answer to my question...)

I've read in a number of articles about FLDS that its a common practice to 'excommunicate' a number of teenage boys and even sometimes men from their communities. This allows for the re-distribution of 'wives' and more girls overall for the men that have gained favor with those in power. Thats how you get men with multiple 'wives'.