SALT LAKE CITY — Charlene Jeffs smiles as she talks about finding her personal freedom since leaving the Fundamentalist LDS Church. "I've been free," she said in an interview Friday with FOX 13 News. "I don’t have to ask permission…[Continue Reading...]
A man has lifted the lid on what it was really like growing up in Warren Jeffs' polygamous Mormon cult - where girls could be married off as young as 14 and 'men were living in fear.' Popular YouTube creator Peter Santanello met…[Continue Reading...]
Those who choose to exit polygamous communities frequently rely upon the assistance of outsiders.“It is because of the kindness of some very good people … that my kids were able to escape,” said Jeff Black, one of the featured speakers…[Continue Reading...]
They chiseled out the brick letters one by one until the phrase that had long stood over their town and represented the old ways of their disgraced prophet was no more. Every part of the infamous “pray and obey” sign…[Continue Reading...]
A man has revealed how he escaped a polygamous Mormon cult before its former leader was sentenced to life behind bars for child sex offences. Ben, based in Utah, appeared on a recent episode of the Cults to Consciousness podcast to share what…[Continue Reading...]
Now a subject of multiple true-crime works, Warren Jeffs was once a cult leader of FLDS and admired by many followers. This continued until recently when the truths of his ghastly polygamy first surfaced. As the Churh’s head, he had…[Continue Reading...]
COLORADO CITY, Ariz. — Growing up, Briell Decker had 13 siblings, two mothers and a father who had more than 70 wives. Now, she's living life on her own. Decker was raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of…[Continue Reading...]
COLORADO CITY, Ariz — Surrounded by beautiful mountains and sweeping valleys, the "twin cities" of the Arizona Strip — Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah — are dealing with the same issues as any other city: Affordable housing, water, and…[Continue Reading...]
COLORADO CITY, Ariz. — Growing up, Briell Decker had 13 siblings, two mothers and a father who had more than 70 wives. Now, she's living life on her own. Decker was raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of…[Continue Reading...]
(CNN) — Here is a look at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), a religious sect that broke away from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, over the…[Continue Reading...]
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