Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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Polygamist guilty in sex assault...to show that they were in danger of abuse. A Texas jury indicted Jessop of sexual assault of a minor along with other members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church -- a 10,000-member offshoot of the... In this article: Texas, U.S., Mormon church, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Attorney General, CNN, and Eldorado, Texas |
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USATODAY.com | November 05, 2009
Texas polygamist sect member guilty of sex assault
...marriage to an underage girl. He's the first group member to face a criminal trial since Texas authorities raided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' ranch in Eldorado last year. Prosecutors say the girl was...
In this article: Texas, All rights reserved, USA Today, Schleicher County, and Associated Press
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Seattle Times | November 05, 2009
Judge says Texas polygamist sect trial nearing end
...the girl in Texas. Assistant Attorney General Eric Nichols used the testimony of Texas Rangers and a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to introduce church marriage records, family photos...
In this article: Texas, Warren Jeffs, Arizona, Mormon church, and Texas Rangers
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Independent.ie | October 26, 2009
Polygamist faces child sex abuse trial
...child custody case in US history. Mr Jessop is one of a dozen men in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who face charges of child abuse, sexual assault and bigamy. Police raided the ranch in April 2008...
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The Oklahoman | November 04, 2009
Judge limits evidence in Texas polygamy trial
...of child sexual abuse. The judge also ordered prosecutors to hold back any dictations of Warren Jeffs, the jailed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a breakaway Mormon sect. Jeffs, convicted...
In this article: Texas, Warren Jeffs, Defendant, and Mormon
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Houston Chronicle | November 04, 2009
Member of sect testifies at Jessop's sex trial
...raided the group's ranch last year. Rebecca Musser left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 2002, before the church bought the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado. But she said Wednesday that jailed leader...
In this article: Warren Jeffs, God, Texas, and Houston Chronicle
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Kansas City Star | November 04, 2009
Ex-FLDS member takes stand in polygamist trial
...the group's ranch last year. </p><p>Rebecca Musser left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 2002, before the church bought the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado (el-doh-RAY'-doh). </p><p>But she testified...
In this article: Warren Jeffs, God, and Texas
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Slate Magazine - The XX Factor | November 05, 2009
Polygamists are Packrats
...Merril Jessop's trial in the sleepy west Texas ranching town of Eldorado? Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints save everything. And now, with the first criminal prosecution of an FLDS leader in Texas,...
In this article: Texas
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CBS | October 23, 2009
Polygamist leader's son goes on trial Monday
...within a polygamist Mormon sect goes to a sexual assault trial t Monday, a case in which Texas prosecutors will provide their first public evidence that Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints men engaged in sex with...
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The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church) is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations and one of America's largest practitioners of plural marriage. The FLDS Church emerged in the early 1900s when its founding members left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The split occurred largely because of the LDS Church's renunciation of polygamy and its decision to excommunicate practitioners of plural marriage.
The FLDS Church is estimated to have 10,000 members residing in the sister cities of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona; Eldorado, Texas; Mancos, Colorado; Creston and Bountiful, British Columbia; and Pringle, South Dakota.
The FLDS Church headquarters were originally located in what was then known as Short Creek, Arizona, on the southern border of Utah, which settlement eventually expanded into Utah and became incorporated as the twin municipalities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona. Since 2004, however, news reports have suggested a possible shift of the church's headquarters to Eldorado, Texas, where a temple has been built by FLDS Church members.
Prior to November 20, 2007 the church was being led by Warren Jeffs, who succeeded his father Rulon Jeffs in 2002. For nearly two years, Warren had been wanted on sex-crimes charges. From May 2006, until his arrest in August 2006, he was on the FBI's Ten Most-Wanted List. On September 25, 2007, Jeffs was found guilty of two counts of being an accomplice to rape and was sentenced to ten years to life in prison.
- Name:
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Headquarters:
- Hildale, Utah
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1932
- Head:
- Unknown
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