Teen describes wedding day at polygamist leader's trial

Saturday, September 15, 2007

ST. GEORGE, Utah -- A former follower of a polygamous-sect leader sobbed on the witness stand Friday as she described the terror and despair she felt on the eve of her wedding at age 14, and said she became intensely depressed after having sex.

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