ShareThisSAN ANGELO, Texas -- Here's what's known about Dr. Lloyd H. Barlow:-- He's licensed to practice medicine in Utah, in Arizona and -- since June 2005 -- in Texas.-- He has no disciplinary actions against him in the states in which he's licensed to practice.-- He operates a medical clinic at the YFZ Ranch of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the polygamist compound raided by Texas authorities beginning April 3.What's not yet known is whether he has any knowledge that could deny or confirm allegations of widespread forced marriage and sexual abuse of children at the ranch."There are certainly many allegations that are floating around," the family practice physician said in a recent phone interview. "And we're reaching out to let the truth be known, but it needs to come through the appropriate channels."The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners lists Barlow's address as the compound where authorities removed more than 450 children in the raid. Texas Rangers, other law-enforcement officers and Child Protective Services launched investigations after allegations arose of forced underage "marriages" and child sexual abuse at the ranch.Barlow operates a medical clinic there, said an affidavit submitted by Texas Ranger Sgt. Leslie Brooks Long."It is nothing more than what you would expect in a rural town," Barlow said.Barlow, a sect member, declined to go into detail about medical facilities on the ranch or respond directly to other questions -- such as whether he witnessed child abuse -- without a lawyer present.University of Texas family law professor John Sampson said he thinks what's at stake is that a number of young women have been sexually abused."The people who stand by and allow that are also guilty of offenses," Sampson said.A physician has a heightened duty to report suspected child abuse under Texas law, he said. Professionals must report it to authorities within 48 hours.Anyone who suspects but doesn't report child abuse can be held liable for a Class B misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a fine up to $2,000, according to the Department of Family and Protective Services.Barlow has no disciplinary actions listed against him in any of the three states in which he's licensed.The question of whether complaints are filed against a physician with the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, or whether the physician was investigated in the past or is the subject of an open investigation isn't public record, said Jill Wiggins, agency spokeswoman.Complaints only become public when the state takes action against a physician as a result of a complaint.In May 1995, Barlow graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine at Salt Lake City. Then he completed an internship in internal medicine June 23, 1996.Barlow also served a three-year residency in family-practice medicine at the University of Utah, completed in 1999. He is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. Healthgrades.com, a commercial physician-credentialing firm, lists a Hildale, Utah, address for Barlow.He has practiced in Utah, he said.The FLDS home base is the "Short Creek" area, including the twin cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. Authorities have thoroughly questioned the FLDS community at the ranch, Barlow said when asked whether Texas Rangers have interviewed him."You can know that they came in with a blanket and threw it over everyone," he said. "We just don't know what their true allegations are on an individual basis."Whatever the accusations are, they don't apply to every sect member, Barlow said.Child Protective Services officials said they suspect a persistent pattern of child sexual abuse that puts even the youngest YFZ Ranch children in danger of eventually becoming victims or perpetrators."It's been a struggle where we're guilty until proven innocent," Barlow said.The last bus carrying FLDS children to foster care facilities across Texas left the San Angelo Coliseum on Friday. Barlow said he has "met many kind and courteous people" who feel that what the state is doing is wrong, but they can't go against an order from above.After a massive two-day hearing involving hundreds of lawyers, 51st District Judge Barbara Walther determined the sect children should stay in state custody. She is to conduct individual follow-up hearings regarding custody that must be completed by June 5."It's been kind of a struggle to get court time for our lawyers to be heard," Barlow said. But sect members understand the logistics of the court proceedings, he said.Barlow expressed gratitude toward doctors, nurses, technicians and other members of the medical community in Eldorado, San Angelo and elsewhere whom he has encountered."I have been touched with their kindness long before this issue," he said. "Medical care is not just what they do to you ... but how they approach it."Scripps Howard News Service reporter Lee Bowman contributed to this report.(Contact Trish Choate at choatet(at)shns.com
Sect doctor silent on abuse question
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I find it ridiculous that
I find it ridiculous that people are so hooked on this story. Yeah, they were probably raped, abused, and held prisoner.. Let's stop learning about the horrors they faced and do something about it.
Get the kids the mental health help that they need, keep people from further brainwashing people into thinking that marriage is okay at the age of 13.
sex with under age girls
This doctor is part of the cult so I wouldn't believe a word he says.
if the good doctor was delivering many babies from underage mothers then he should go to jail.
That sect is just a front for older man having sex and babies with under age and very brain washed girls.
They want to knock these girls up early so then they won't be able to leave the sect because they would be leaving their child or children behind. it's a vicious cycle.
Hey, a lot of people wish they could have sex with underage girls but that doesn't mean they go out and do it
Alabama rape
OK, let's assume for sake of argument some 14 yo girls were being married in the FLDS church. Is it Alabama that allows girls as young as 14 to marry? Isn't another nearby state satisfied with 15 yo?
Should all the judges who performed marriage in Alabama for 14 yo girls be arrested? OK, different state, different laws. But the 'horror'? C'mon, gimme a break. Romeo and Juliet were what?--14 yo?
Everbody has loved the romance through the centuries since the Bard wrote it.
The 'Alice' In Wonderland was actually 11 yo. The guy who wrote the book did so as a kind of gratuity for the child who he proposed marriage to--it was common in England in those days. She turned him down although he was an older man and a professor at the University where he parents acted as administrators. Lewis Caroll also took photos of naked pre-pubescent girls with their parents permission. Likely he'd be in jail today for the same, but it wasn't so long ago and he wasn't.
It seems to me what most are riled up over is the 'old man' aspect of such men sleeping with 'child' brides. So let's skip Alabama and its 14 yo brides. Virtually every state agrees upon at least 16 yo as the age of sexual consent...no matter how old the sexual partner so long as they aren't in a supervisorial/fiduciary relationship with the teen. In Washington State, there'd be nothing illegal about a 99 yo sleeping with a 16 yo--so long as he/she didn't TALK to the youngster about it. That would violate Washington's statute about communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. You can sleep with them, but you can't talk to them about it.
Go figure! A lot of this has to do with our own hysteria in a good vs. evil obsessed culture. I'm of the opinion that people who sleep with babies tend to get p*ssed on. But it's certainly not unheard of or at one time unfashionable. It is a waste of time for the parties when one is so much older. Still, try telling that to Woody Allen. Forcing everyone into the same cultural mold has been a tradition in the U.S. for much too long.
TO: pinbalwyz It's obvious
TO: pinbalwyz
It's obvious you miss what is happening. Young girls and young boys are being sexually abused by members (whether male or female) of the sect. This is unacceptable is any state. Stop reading FAIRY TALES and come into reality. CHILDREN ARE BEING ABUSED SEXUALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY. Obviously you have no morals.
I think a real question is
I think a real question is going to be were are the some 30 boys between 13 and 17 that appear to be missing.
Sex with underage girls
Pinbalwyz, there is nothing wrong with two teenagers falling in love and having sex, as Romeo and Juliet did.
There is, however, something really creepy, disgusting, and perverted about some 50-year-old man, like Dale Evans Barlow who was identified as the reason behind this particular raid, repeatedly having sex with children under the age of 16.
The law recognizes that there is a "Romeo and Juliet" exception to statutory rape, so that an adult who has sex with a teenager where the difference in the ages of the participants is less than a fixed number of years is usually not subject to statutory rape penalties.
However, where the perpetrator is four times the age of the victim, and the power of perpetrator is much greater than that of the victim, and the community and the victim's own family conspire to force the victim into what is essentially a rape with no interest in the victim's rights or freedoms, then it is rape and must be punished. Think of your own children, if you have any.
Would you force your teenage daughter to have sex with an old man?
When Muslims do it, we invade their countries and bomb them. When Third World cultures do it, we call them barbarians and uncivilized and savages. Why is it different if old white men do it?
girls underage rights taken away
I find it "disgusting", to think of how these young girls are preyed upon, by older, perverted men. At the age of 13 0r 14, a young lady has her whole life ahead of her and should be able to grow up and make her own choices about marriage, motherhood, career etc. Being forced into sex and marriage goes against these young women's human rights. I hope every sick pervert in the "cult" goes to jail!
Disgusting
That is disgusting and horribly wrong that this cult is preying on young girls like that. And that a doctor of all people would be defending their actions is ridiculous. In no way, anywhere in the world, at any point in history, should have ever, nor should ever be ok. Those are freshman in high school and younger being forced to marry and worse to older men. It is absolutely deplorable what is going on there.