Warren Jeffs
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GwenFormer FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Reportedly Tried to Renounce Prophet Status; Wendell Nielsen Seen as Possible Successor
Leadership in the Warren Jeffs polygamy group appears to be changing, and a power struggle may already be underway. Jeffs apparently lost faith in his own role as...
FLDS Members and Company Fined $1.96 Million Over Alleged Child Labor Violations
The brother of Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), is among several church members facing nearly $2 million in fines for alleged...
South Dakota lawmaker seeks study of polygamous FLDS church’s compound
A South Dakota lawmaker who says he is frustrated with what he sees as inaction over a secretive polygamous sect’s outpost in his district wants legislators to examine...
Polygamy Persists in FLDS Communities Despite Arrest of Leader Warren Jeffs
Ben Bistline, a former polygamist, local historian and author of two books, laughs when asked why the practice persists in the Utah-Arizona border area. The outside world, he...
Ex-FLDS Parents in Draper, Utah, Search for Missing Children They Believe Church Is Hiding
Parents who have left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a press conference in Draper, Utah, on Friday, April 19, 2024, to ask for...
Judge in San Angelo, Texas, hears FLDS parents’ challenge to custody service plans
The influence of Warren Jeffs, the Fundamentalist LDS Church prophet, was evident in a Texas courtroom even though he is held in an Arizona jail. The issue came...
Prosecutors Say Audio Tape Captures FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Assaulting 12-Year-Old as Trial Opens in San Angelo, Texas
Warren Jeffs left the custody of the Utah Department of Corrections before 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to department spokesman Stephen Gehrke. The Texas attorney general’s office said Jeffs...
Utah 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...
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...
