Originally Posted by
Averageman
It's all in the context.
I think he was viewed as a Messiah or a Prophet. So,...
In some religious beliefs it's not uncommon for a young girl to take vows and bind herself to someone like this. Doesn't have to be physical, purely a deep emotion.
Mentally squint a bit and consider Catholic Nun's are they not wed to Jesus?
Now, if that swings the other way, Koresh would then be one of the most dispicable people to have ever walked the Earth.
A false Prophet who took sexual advantage of the underage children.
But here's the thing,
As bad as all of that was, it never saw the inside of a Courtroom, so we will never really know all of that will we?
My heart breaks for all of those kids.
All because of wanting to make some headlines and go back to Washington with a notch or two on their belts.