Ben WinslowFox 13 News
6:21 PM MDT, April 22, 2010
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NEPHI - Child welfare protection workers, family crisis shelter workers, police officers and other government employees got a lesson in polygamous culture on Thursday. A group that works with people in fundamentalist Mormon communities is teaching them how to better respond to a situation involving someone from a polygamous community.
"We need to start treating fundamentalist Mormons with the same cultural sensitivity that we do with other diverse groups in this state," said Patricia Merkley, the coordinator of the Safety Net Committee, a coalition of government agencies, social workers and fundamentalists who work to combat abuse and neglect in isolated communities.
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