Bär wrote: but we all know exactly what's going on in that cult.
Sorry, but we do not, in fact know what was going on. Rumors are no substitute for legal evidence.
The state never provided evidence that the children were in any immediate danger, the only grounds in Texas law for taking children from their parents without court approval, the appeals court said.
It also failed to show evidence that more than five of the teenage girls were being sexually abused, and never alleged any sexual or physical abuse against the other children, the court said.