Tag: Polygamists

Utah high court says polygamous father is allowed to share his beliefs with his children

Published January 1, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged court ruling, Kingston, Polygamists, polygamy, The Order, Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah father and member of the Kingston polygamous clan fought a Salt Lake district court’s decision to prohibit him from encouraging his children to adopt his religion’s teachings. The Utah Supreme Court ruled in his…[Continue Reading...]

New Warren Jeffs ‘revelations’ tied to child kidnapping case of FLDS leader’s nephew

Published December 21, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged convicted sex offender, FLDS, pedophile, Polygamists, Warren Jeffs

KINGSTON, Piute County — A nephew of imprisoned cult leader Warren Jeffs is accused of taking his sister's young daughter and not allowing her to be returned to her biological parents. Heber Pearson Jeffs, 54, of Kingston, Piute County, was…[Continue Reading...]

How 8 girls in Arizona protective care ended up back with a polygamous cult over 1,000 miles away

Published December 10, 2022 By admin with Comments 2

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Polygamists, sexual exploitation, underage girls

Samuel Bateman, the self-anointed "prophet" of a polygamous FLDS cult, was arrested in August after three young girls were found hidden in a cargo trailer that law enforcement said he was towing on a highway in Flagstaff, Arizona — over…[Continue Reading...]

cult, sex cult, FLDS, Arizona, polygamy

Published December 9, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, criminal charges, FLDS, Polygamists, Samuel Bateman

Watch this video featuring former cult victim Flora Jessop, an activist helping polygamist children that are sex trafficking victims.[Continue Reading...]

Son of infamous cult leader Warren Jeffs said new FLDS leader ‘took a page out of my dad’s playbook’

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, FLDS, Polygamists, sexual abuse

Wendell Jeffson, the 22-year-old son of the infamous cult leader Warren Jeffs, told Insider that the up-and-coming FLDS leader being accused of keeping 20 wives — most of them under 15 — "took a page out of my dad's playbook."…[Continue Reading...]

‘It’s all fear based’: Arizona woman opens up about FLDS community

Published December 7, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged FLDS, Polygamists, victims

PHOENIX — Going through old photos, Flora Jessop remembers what it was like growing up in a polygamist cult. "I have 28 brothers and sisters," Jessop said. "My dad was married to my mom and her little sister." From 1969…[Continue Reading...]

Girls rescued from polygamist cult found hiding out in Spokane

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, Polygamists, Samuel Bateman

SPOKANE, Wash – Eight girls who ran away from group homes in Arizona in the midst of a federal investigation were found hiding out in an Airbnb in Spokane. The girls were found with a woman named Moretta Rose Johnson,…[Continue Reading...]

Former TLC Reality Star Writes, Sings About Surviving Abuse in Fundamentalist Family of 14

Published December 6, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged former members, polygamist groups, Polygamists

In a new book, singer-songwriter Jessica Willis Fisher reveals what viewers of TLC’s wholesome “The Willis Family” reality show didn’t see: a household run by a strict and abusive father. Her memoir, “Unspeakable: Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice,”…[Continue Reading...]