An attorney for boys removed from the Idaho home of a follower of imprisoned polyamorous sect leader Warren Jeffs said on Friday that he was concerned for the well-being of six of the children released to their parents, Reuters reported on Friday.

Two of the eight boys, who were between 13 and 17 years old, were put into foster care after they were removed from the home, Idaho authorities stated. The other six teenagers were returned to their families, who strictly adhere to the polyamorous Mormon breakaway group founded by Jeffs.

Nathan Jessop, 47, a follower of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was charged with misdemeanor child injury offenses after authorities raided his home on the outskirts of Pocatello in July and took away the eight teens.

Jessop, who was cited rather than arrested for the misdemeanor charges, has requested that his case be heard by a jury trial. Jessop's case is tied to his presence as the sect's assigned caretaker of children banished to his supposed "repentance home" as punishment for breaking church rules.

Jessop is accused of confining one of the boys to a tiny furnace room for many days, and failed to report two underage children who ran away from the home, Reuters reported.

Bradley Willis, an attorney appointed by an Idaho court to represent the boys, was opposed to the state's handoff of the six boys.

"I had concerns about the influence of the church on the children and concerns about the ability of the parents to protect those children," Willis told Reuters. "I'm disappointed by the outcome of the case."

His concerns about the parents were based on the fact that they had not moved to protect or attend to their children while they were with Jessop.

Jeffs, 58, is serving a life term in prison after being convicted on sexual assault charges for the rape of underage girls at the sect's Yearning for Zion Ranch in West Texas.