Community of Christ and Fundamentalist LDS
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GwenUtah Supreme Court Reverses Warren Jeffs’ Convictions, Orders New Trial
Court records and news reports describe a 2001 marriage in which a 14-year-old girl was married to her 19-year-old cousin. Prosecutors later argued that FLDS leader Warren Jeffs...
Prosecutors Say Audio Tape Captures FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Assaulting 12-Year-Old as Trial Opens in San Angelo, Texas
Utah’s Department of Corrections released Warren Jeffs to Texas authorities before 4 p.m. on a Tuesday, according to department spokesman Stephen Gehrke. The Texas attorney general’s office said...
Court Documents and Investigator Allege FLDS Required Husbands to Watch Designated Men Assault Their Wives
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamist group led by Warren Jeffs, is the subject of court documents and a private investigator’s account...
Judge in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, allows FLDS priesthood records as evidence in trial of three accused
Documents admitted into court in British Columbia allege that three accused people from a polygamous community in Bountiful, B.C., took two girls, aged 13 and 15, to the...
Roy Jeffs, Son of Imprisoned FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs, Dies by Suicide at 26
Roy Jeffs, the 26-year-old son of Fundamentalist LDS (FLDS) leader Warren Jeffs, died by suicide on May 29, 2019, according to his sister and brother. Rachel Jeffs announced...
Daughter of Imprisoned FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Describes Years of Sexual Abuse
Rachel Jeffs, daughter of Warren Jeffs, has spoken publicly about her father’s abuse. Warren Jeffs leads the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known...
Former FLDS Caretaker’s Wife Seeks Sole Custody of Son and $250 Monthly Support
A former key ally of polygamous-sect leader Warren Jeffs may be closer to finding his family, but a reconciliation appears unlikely. Wendell Musser has sued Jeffs to learn...
Ten former members sue alleged Utah polygamous sect leader Paul Elden Kingston in federal court
Ten women who say they left or escaped a group led by Paul Elden Kingston filed a federal complaint on Wednesday against Kingston, thirteen of his family members...
Legacy of 1953 Short Creek, Arizona, Raid Shaped State Dealings With Polygamous Communities
The Texas raid on the compound of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) near Eldorado recalled a similar operation more than half a century...
