Nephew of Warren Jeffs calls women "drones."

US officials have now removed over 400 children from the Texas ranch owned by Jeffs, most of which have been separated from their mothers and other caretakers. They are now undergoing DNA testing to prove who the parents of the children are.

The three women interviewed were like unfashionable Stepford wives. In their responses they carefully steered the conversation away from polygamy, the names of their husbands and the possibility of any sexual misconduct. They insisted they simply came on television because they wanted the world to know what was happening to their home outside of San Antonio, Tex.

They appealed to mothers and to the government to let their children return home.

"It literally breaks my heart," said one woman who identified herself as Nancy. "My children are everything to me. Help us get our children back."

The investigation is the latest brush the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - which regards plural marriage as ordained by God - has had with the law. In Texas, girls younger than 16 are not allowed to marry - and members of the sect may have violated state sex and marriage consent laws.

Meanwhile Angie Voss, a child protection supervisor told authorities that the girls believe there was no age too young to be married and they wanted to have as many babies as they could. Voss also testified the girls from the compound had gotten pregnant when they were as young as 13.

In interviewing 20 women 17 or younger at the ranch, investigators learned that there were five named Sarah -- and one of them, like the caller, was 16 and had a baby, although her name was not Sarah Jessop Barlow. The women told investigators they did not know where that Sarah was. It remains unclear whether the 16-year-old who made the calls has been located by authorities.

Police have located a person who may have made the phone calls to child protective services. She is not a member of the church sect. They call her "a person of interest."

"It was the belief that no age was too young to be married," said Angie Voss, a supervisor for investigation at Texas Child Protective Services, "They believe that," added Voss.

A hearing last Thursday was aimed at determining who gets custody of more than 400 children who were removed from the YFZ (Yearning for Zion) Ranch in an April 4 raid. The hearing took longer than expected because of objections from some of the 350 attorneys representing the children.

Voss said about 130 of the children removed were under the age of four and that girls as young as 13 had conceived children at the ranch.

Boys were also removed from the ranch, Voss testified, because "I believe that the boys are groomed to be perpetrators."

Brent Jeffs, a former sect member, says he was a victim of rape and molestation by his uncle, none other than the "prophet," Warren Jeffs. He said other young boys were also abused by Warren Jeffs. Brent left the church years ago but has come to Texas to testify against the sect.

The women from the ranch have repeatedly said the children are not in danger. Brent believes that is because the men have brainwashed the women. He told an AP reporter "You can see it in their eyes. They just--they're not even there. They are drones."

I'm pretty liberal in most of my beliefs. Basically I say live and let live. (Provided no one is getting hurt). After all, one of the tenets our country was founded upon was freedom of religion.

But we have a moral obligation to help protect those who may not be able to protect themselves. How sad that during National Prevent Child Abuse Month this frightening example has emerged. I hope everyone will continue to follow the outcome of this case.

If no abuse is found, should we, as Americans support their religious beliefs? If abuse is found, how should the state deal with over 400 children?