Warren Jeffs

Minnesota forest land linked to polygamous leader Warren Jeffs is up for sale

By Associated Press — July 7, 2023
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) — A 40-acre plot of Minnesota forest land connected to a polygamous sect once led by Warren Jeffs is up for sale.

How fundamentalist Mormons recovered after the trauma of Warren Jeffs

By Jana Riess — September 16, 2020
(RNS) — As the polygamist sect’s members and ex-members recover from the trauma inflicted by Warren Jeffs, an excellent new podcast goes behind the scenes to document the FLDS community’s transformation.

Ex-polygamist details flight from the FLDS and his half brother, Warren Jeffs

By Jana Riess — May 29, 2018
(RNS) — Wallace Jeffs lost almost everything when he spoke out against polygamous FLDS leaders and his half brother, Warren Jeffs. Now remarried and baptized into the mainstream LDS church, Wallace opens up in a chilling new memoir.

Polygamous group slowly loses influence in longtime hometown

By Brady McCombs — November 3, 2017
HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Elections here have long been decided behind the scenes by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a Mormon offshoot that has made its home among the rocks for more than a century and hand-picked men to run unopposed.

Religious sect and townspeople square off over discrimination

By USA Today Network — January 21, 2016
The government charges that a polygamous sect controls housing and police services in two western towns and discriminates against non-believers.
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