Texas authorities looking into possible sexual abuse of young boys

(CNN) - Investigators are looking into the possible sexual abuse of some of the young boys taken from a polygamist sect's ranch in Texas, and into how several children apparently sustained broken bones while there, the state child welfare department said Wednesday.

Child Protective Services said suspicions of sexual abuse are based on interviews with the children and journal entries found at the Yearning For Zion ranch, owned by the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon offshoot that practices polygamy.

But an FLDS spokesman blasted the department, saying it was unethical of CPS to leak information without any legitimate evidence.

"They don't have any evidence that there's abuse and neither do I," said Rod Parker at a news conference in Salt Lake City, Utah - home to the sect. "CPS is trying to grab headlines ... and insulate themselves from fair and justified criticism on the way they have treated this case."