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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,...

Investigation Links Phaze Construction to FLDS Church Funding in Colorado City, Arizona
A construction company operating across the Southwest, including in Nevada, is a major backer of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to a new...

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...

LDS Church Urges Accurate Reporting on Polygamist Groups in Warren Jeffs Coverage
A week of intense attention on the search for Warren Jeffs, the fugitive leader of a southern Utah-based polygamist sect, has prompted The Church of Jesus Christ of...

FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Loses Phone Privileges for 90 Days Over Calls Broadcast to Followers
Texas prison officials suspended the phone privileges of Warren Jeffs, the imprisoned leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), after calls he...

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...

Community of Christ and BYU Hold Interfaith Dialogue on Shared Heritage, Differences
Brigham Young University assistant professor Casey Griffiths laughed as he recalled that he and Andrew Bolton, a former apostle of the Community of Christ, had stopped speaking to...