By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Fredrick Merril Jessop, a veteran bishop for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was found guilty Monday of illegally marrying his 12-year-old daughter to convicted cult leader Warren Jeffs.

It took the West Texas jury about an hour and 20 minutes Monday to find Jessop, 75, guilty of the third-degree felony, which can be punished with two to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

"Fredrick Merril Jessop married a freckled, 12-year-old girl to a 50-year-old man," prosecutor Angela Goodwin told jurors in the trial regarding the illegal ceremony, which she said occurred July 27, 2006 at the Yearning For Zion Ranch near Eldorado, Texas.

In August, Jeffs was found guilty on two felony counts of child sexual assault, involving Jessop's 12-year-old daughter and another 15-year-old girl.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Jeffs represented himself throughout the emotionally charged trial and called only one witness for his defense, church