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Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955) is an American cult leader who is serving a life sentence in Texas for child sexual assault following two convictions in 2011. He is the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous cult based in Arizona. [ 8]
Court Documents Reveal FLDS Sex Ritual. The rest of the world got another strange and fascinating glimpse into the secret lives of Warren Jeffs' sect of polygamist Mormons this week. The Salt Lake ...
Latter Day Saints portal. v. t. e. Possibly as early as the 1830s, followers of the Latter Day Saint movement (also known as Mormonism ), were practicing the doctrine of polygamy or "plural marriage". After the death of church founder Joseph Smith, the doctrine was officially announced in Utah Territory in 1852 by Mormon leader Brigham Young.
The daughter of the polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs spoke out on "Megyn Kelly Today" about her upbringing as a member of the FLDS Church and the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her ...
Polygamy is condemned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [2] Latter-day Saints believe that monogamy—the marriage of one man and one woman—is the Lord’s standing law of marriage. However, the LDS Church considers polygamy to have been a divinely inspired commandment that is supported by scripture; [3] today ...
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Warren Jeffs - Once President of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (a polygamist Mormon sect), convicted of rape as an accomplice (overturned in 2010). Jeffs was convicted in a Texas state court of child sex charges and sentenced to life plus 20 years. He is incarcerated at the Powledge state prison.
t. e. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (abbreviated to FLDS and not to be confused with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is a religious sect of the fundamentalist Mormon denominations [3] [4] whose members practice polygamy. [5] It is variously defined as a cult, a sect, or a new religious movement.