FLDS
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GwenFormer FLDS Member Brent Jeffs Alleges Abuse by Uncle Warren Jeffs in Memoir, Urges Support for Those Leaving
Brent Jeffs, the author of the memoir *Lost Boy*, grew up in the inner circles of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), also...
Imprisoned FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Reportedly Had Mental Breakdown, Trust’s Lawyers Say
A lawyer for a community trust says imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has suffered a mental breakdown and is not fit to give a deposition in a sex...
FLDS Church Files New President Named as Wendell Loy Nielsen
Documents filed with Utah’s Department of Commerce officially establish a new president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamous church led...
Elissa Wall Says Warren Jeffs Trial Is About Child Abuse, Not Religion or Vendetta, at St. George, Utah, Press Conference
Elissa Wall spoke Tuesday at a press conference in St. George following the trial of Warren Jeffs, the FLDS leader. Deseret.com reported that Wall, the prosecution’s star witness,...
Photo Essay Shows Life Inside the FLDS Community in Hildale, Utah
Known collectively as Short Creek, the towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, sit on the border of their respective states and have a total population of...
Idaho police issue Amber Alert for two teens possibly headed to FLDS group in Mendon, Utah
Idaho police have issued an Amber Alert for two missing teenagers who may be traveling to a Fundamentalist LDS group in Cache County, Utah. The alert was issued...
Texas Seizes FLDS Ranch in West Texas Six Years After Child Removal
Texas state and local authorities seized the 1,700-acre Yearning For Zion Ranch outside Eldorado this week, six years after Texas officials removed hundreds of children from their polygamist...
Utah Supreme Court Reverses Warren Jeffs’ Felony Rape Convictions, Opening Way for Texas Prosecution
The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the felony rape convictions of Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist LDS movement (FLDS). The ruling opened the way for prosecution...
Arizona Police Begin Daily Patrols in Colorado City, Arizona, After Justice Department Civil Rights Complaint
Police in Arizona have begun daily patrols in Colorado City, a polygamist community that was once home to Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ...
