WASHINGTON — State authorities need federal help in fighting polygamy, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott told a Senate panel Thursday, as members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints fought to get their opinions heard.

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining state and federal coordination in pursuing crimes associated with polygamy, Mr. Abbott said that the church members’ mobility and size makes it difficult to investigate and press charges.

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