Warren Jeffs
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GwenImprisoned 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...
Park City, Utah, fundraiser supports former FLDS members leaving polygamist community
A fundraising event in Park City, Utah, drew roughly 100 people on a Friday night during the Sundance Film Festival. The gathering was held to raise money for...
FLDS leader Warren Jeffs faces Arizona charges and federal flight count after Utah conviction
Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist LDS Church, apparently gave up his position as president of the church in a handwritten note he wanted to give to the...
Imprisoned FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Reportedly Still Holds Sway Over Diminished Group
Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), was sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for sexually abusing underage girls he...
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...
FLDS Church Gives Up Arizona Worship Center in Government-Ordered Eviction
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or FLDS, is giving up its large meetinghouse in Colorado City, Arizona, leaving the group without a place...
Nine Facts About the FLDS Church, Including Followers’ Belief in Imprisoned Leader Warren Jeffs
The Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, known as the FLDS, is a polygamist group that split from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints more than...
