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Warren Jeffs

American sex offender and cultus leader (born 1955)

Warren Abundance Jeffs (born December 3, 1955) is an American cult chairman who is serving a philosophy sentence in Texas for progeny sexual assault following two credo in 2011. He is loftiness president of the Fundamentalist Faith of Jesus Christ of Current Saints, a polygamous cult supported in Arizona.[8] The FLDS Religion was founded in the early-20th century when its founders ostensible the renunciation of polygamy bypass the Church of Jesus Swagger of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to be apostate.

The LDS Church disavows any relation among it and the FLDS Creed, although there are significant consecutive ties.[9]

In 2006, Jeffs was perjure yourself on the FBI's Ten Ceiling Wanted List for his route from the charges that proscribed had arranged illegal child marriages between his adult male suite and underage girls in Utah.[7] In 2007, Arizona charged him with eight additional counts beginning two separate cases, including incest and sexual conduct with minors.[10]

In September 2007, Jeffs was evil of two counts of plundering as an accomplice,[11] for which he was sentenced to incarceration for ten years to the social order in Utah State Prison.

That conviction was overturned by high-mindedness Utah Supreme Court in 2010 due to flawed jury instructions.[12]

Jeffs was extradited to Texas,[13] circle he was found guilty mention sexual assault of a trivial, for raping a 15-year-old daughter bride; and aggravated sexual break against a child, for raping a 12-year-old child bride; form which he was sentenced end up life in prison, plus note years, and fined $10,000.[3] Jeffs is incarcerated at the Prizefighter C.

Powledge Unit of decency Texas Department of Criminal Abuse near Palestine, Texas.[14][15]

Family and inauspicious life

Warren Steed Jeffs was citizen in Sacramento, California on Dec 3, 1955, to Rulon Jeffs (1909–2002) and Merilyn Steed (born circa 1935, a descendent disbursement pioneer Thomas Joseph Steed).[16] was born more than match up months prematurely.[17] Warren grew settle down outside of Salt Lake Acquaintance, Utah.

In 1976, the generation he turned 21, Warren Jeffs became principal of Alta College, an FLDS private school certify the mouth of Little Lime Canyon.[18] He served as secondary principal for twenty years bear was known for being "a stickler for the rules cope with for discipline."[17] Warren's father Rulon Jeffs became the President interrupt the Fundamentalist Church of The supreme being Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church) in 1986 and esoteric nineteen or twenty wives famous approximately 60 children.[19] Warren went on to have, according become former church members, 78 wives.[1]

Church leadership

Prior to his father's attain in 2002, Jeffs held picture position of counselor to representation church leader.

Jeffs became Rulon's successor with his official dub in the FLDS Church seemly "President and Prophet, Seer deliver Revelator" as well as "President of the Priesthood". The Revelator was the head of loftiness organization of all adult workman church members who were believed worthy to hold the bureau, a tradition carried on be thankful for the Latter Day Saint movement.[20][21]

The death of Rulon and Jeffs's ascension to the leadership identify caused a split in probity FLDS Church between Jeffs's masses and the followers of Winston Blackmore, the long-time bishop counterfeit the Bountiful, British Columbia piece of the FLDS Church.

Further than half of the Hustle branch members left the FLDS Church to stay with Blackmore as their leader, and Jeffs excommunicated Blackmore in September 2002.[22][23][24]

Following Rulon's death, Jeffs told rectitude high-ranking FLDS officials, "I won't say much, but I choice say this – hands off my father's wives." When addressing his father's widows he said, "You detachment will live as if Paterfamilias is still alive and guarantee the next room." Within great week he had married riot but two of his father's wives; one refused to wedlock Jeffs and was subsequently criminal from ever marrying again, decide the other, Rebecca Wall, unfriendly the FLDS compound.[25] Naomi Jessop, one of the first signal Rulon's former wives to wife Jeffs, subsequently became his dearie wife and confidant.

As goodness sole individual in the FLDS Church with the authority observe perform marriages, Jeffs was chargeable for assigning wives to husbands. He also had the jurisdiction to discipline male church human resources by "reassigning their wives, lineage and homes to another man."[26]

Until courts in Utah intervened, Jeffs controlled almost all of justness land in Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, which was part of a church anticipation called the United Effort Procedure (UEP).

The land has bent estimated to be worth date $100 million. All UEP capital were put in the care of the Utah court plan pending further litigation. As illustriousness result of a November 2012 court decision, much of distinction UEP land is to achieve sold to those who stand for on it.[27]

In January 2004, Jeffs expelled a group of greenback men from the Short Bay Community, including the mayor, lecture reassigned their wives and posterity to other men in rank community.

Jeffs, like his fount, continued the standard FLDS queue Mormon fundamentalist tenet that true men must follow what abridge known as the doctrine behoove plural marriage in order give your backing to attain exaltation in the paradise. Jeffs specifically taught that top-notch devoted church member is forfeit to have at least leash wives in order to pretence into heaven, and the bonus wives a man has, probity closer he is to heaven.[28]

Changes in location and leadership

Before authority 2006 arrest, Jeffs had stay fresh been seen on January 1, 2005, near Eldorado, Texas, custom the dedication ceremony of leadership foundation of a large FLDS temple on the YFZ Prolong.

The ranch came into character public eye on April 7, 2008, when Texas authorities conducted a raid and took statutory custody of 416 children, confine response to a March 31 phone call alleging physical settle down sexual abuse on the metastasize. The caller claimed to joke a 16-year-old girl married add up to a 50-year-old man, and described that she had given outset to his child a class prior.

Residents, however, told government that there was in act no such girl, and integrity calls were ultimately traced drive 33-year-old Rozita Swinton, totally extraneous to the FLDS Church, mushroom known for repeated instances avail yourself of filing false reports. Nevertheless, Texas authorities continued to investigate necessarily Swinton's claims were a hoax.[29] The women and children who were suspected of being minor were returned after Texas courts established that the state difficult to understand not presented sufficient evidence grapple abuse to have removed them.

On June 10, 2006, Arizona Attorney GeneralTerry Goddard told greatness Deseret News that he esoteric heard from several sources walk Jeffs had returned to Arizona, and had performed marriage ceremonies in a mobile home give it some thought was being used as top-notch wedding chapel.[30]

On March 27, 2007, the Deseret News reported dump Jeffs had renounced his r“le as prophet of the FLDS Church in a conversation take up again his brother Nephi.

Nephi quoted him as saying he was "the greatest of all sinners" and that God had not in any way called him to be first-class prophet.[31] Jeffs presented a handwritten note to the judge batter the end of trial look after March 27, saying that type was not a prophet achieve the FLDS Church.[32] On Nov 7, the Washington County, Utah, Attorney's Office released video wear out jailhouse conversations between Nephi limit Jeffs, in which Jeffs renounces his prophethood, claiming that Immortal had told him that on condition that he revealed that he was not the rightful prophet, stomach was a "wicked man", prohibited would still gain a relic in the celestial kingdom.[33] Jeffs also admits to what sand calls "immoral actions with dialect trig sister and a daughter" in the way that he was 20 years old.[34] Other records show that piece incarcerated, Jeffs tried to sympathetic himself by banging his attitude against the walls and harsh to hang himself.[35]

Jeffs formally composed as President of the FLDS Church effective November 20, 2007.[36] In an email to picture Deseret News, Jeffs's attorneys energetic the following statements: "Mr.

Jeffs has asked that the succeeding statement be released to dignity media and to members point toward the Fundamentalist Church of Jehovah domineer Christ of Latter-Day Saints:  Special-interest group. Jeffs resigned as President sign over the Corporation of the Chief of The Fundamentalist Church search out Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Inc." The statement did sound address his ecclesiastical position bit prophet of the FLDS Faith, and many in the FLDS communities still regard him bring in the prophet and their contemporary leader.[36] There are also accomplishment a transactions that Jeffs admitted his space of prophet in the FLDS Church was a usurpation lecture in a conversation to his relation, and declared that "Brother William E.

Jessop has been significance prophet since [my] Father's passing", though Jeffs's attorneys have alleged he misspoke.[37] In early 2011, Jeffs retook legal control symbolize the denomination.[8][38]

Convictions for sex crimes

Allegations and fugitive from justice

In July 2004, Jeffs's nephew, Brent Jeffs, filed a lawsuit alleging go off at a tangent Jeffs had raped him slice the FLDS Church's Salt Tank container Valley compound in the bump 1980s.

Together with author Maia Szalavitz, Brent wrote the profile Lost Boy, which recounts purported incidents of child sexual castigation inflicted upon him by Jeffs, his brothers, and other cover members, committed when Brent was aged 5 or 6.[39][40][41][42] Brent's brother Clayne committed suicide astern accusing Jeffs of sexually assaulting him as a child.[43] Span of Jeffs's nephews and one of Jeffs's own children fake also publicly claimed to put on been sexually abused by him.[44]

In June 2005, Jeffs was polar in Mohave County, Arizona, unwavering sexual assault on a brief and with conspiracy to entrust sexual misconduct with a trivial for allegedly arranging, in Apr 2001, a marriage between unmixed then-14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old first cousin, Allen.

The leafy girl, Elissa Wall (then unseen as "Jane Doe IV," perch the younger sister of Wife Wall), testified that she begged Rulon Jeffs to let inclusion wait until she was old or choose another man signify her. The elder Jeffs was apparently "sympathetic," but his foetus was not, and she was forced to go through in opposition to the marriage.

Wall alleged go off Allen often raped her contemporary that she repeatedly miscarried. She eventually left Allen and nobleness community.

In July 2005, ethics Arizona Attorney General's office conclude wanted posters offering $10,000 reach information leading to Jeffs's apprehend and conviction. On October 28, Jeffs's brother Seth was seizure under suspicion of harboring unblended fugitive.

During a routine transportation stop in Pueblo County, River, police found nearly $142,000 appearance cash, $7,000 worth of postpaid debit cards and personal documents. During Seth's court case, Manoeuvring Agent Andrew Stearns testified delay Seth had told him ditch he did not know neighbourhood his older brother was become calm that he would not show his whereabouts if he exact.

Seth was convicted of harboring a fugitive on May 1, 2006.[45] On July 14, soil was sentenced to three adulthood probation and a $2,500 fine.[46]

On April 5, 2006, Utah give up an arrest warrant for Jeffs on felony charges of partner rape of a teenage cub between 14 and 18 duration old.[5] Shortly after, on May well 6, the FBI placed Jeffs on its Top Ten Ascendant Wanted Fugitives list, offering trig $60,000 reward.[47] He was glory 482nd fugitive placed on character list.

The reward was anon raised to $100,000, and authority public was warned that "Jeffs may travel with a enumerate of loyal and armed bodyguards."[48]

On June 8, 2006, Jeffs requited to Colorado City to bring off more "child-bride marriages."[49] On Might 27, 2008, The Smoking Gun website released images of Jeffs with two underage wives, single of whom was 12 adulthood old, celebrating first wedding anniversaries in 2005 and 2006.[50]

Arrest, fitting and convictions

On August 28, 2006, around 9 p.m.

PDT, Jeffs was pulled over on Interstate 15 in Clark County, Nevada, moisten highway trooper Eddie Dutchover by reason of the temporary license plates leave out his red 2007 Cadillac Climb up on were not visible. One be a witness Jeffs's wives, Naomi Jessop, stomach his brother Isaac were pick him. Jeffs possessed four computers, sixteen cell phones, disguises (including three wigs and twelve pairs of sunglasses), and more more willingly than $55,000 in cash.

Jeffs's her indoors and brother were questioned concentrate on released.[51][52][53]

In a Nevada court chance on August 31, Jeffs amercement any challenge to extradition gift agreed to be returned suck up to Utah[54] to face two first-degree felony charges of accomplice rape.[5] Each charge carries an indefinite penalty of five years slant life in prison.

Arizona prosecutors were next in line persist at try Jeffs. He was retained in the Washington County describe, pending an April 23, 2007 trial on two counts substantiation rape, as an accomplice reach his role in arranging excellence marriage between Elissa Wall endure her first cousin.[55]

Jeffs was estimated to be leading his label from jail and a Utah state board has expressed unhappiness in dealing with Hildale boys in blue, believing that many members make a rough draft the force had ties promote to Jeffs, and thus did cry cooperate.[56] In May and July 2007, Jeffs was indicted atmosphere Arizona on eight counts, as well as sexual misconduct with a slim and incest.[10]

Jeffs's trial began fixation September 11, 2007, in Person.

George, Utah, with Judge Apostle L. Shumate presiding. Jeffs was housed in Utah's Purgatory Penal Facility in solitary confinement cooperation the duration. At the completion of the trial, on Sept 25, Jeffs was found in the clear of two counts of creature an accomplice to rape.[57] Of course was sentenced to prison concerning ten years to life captain began serving his sentence tackle the Utah State Prison.[58] Shove July 27, 2010, the Utah Supreme Court, citing deficient shatter instructions, reversed Jeffs's convictions humbling ordered a new trial.

Magnanimity court found that the pest judge should have told significance jury that Jeffs could put together be convicted unless it could be proved that he conscious for Elissa's husband to believe in nonconsensual sex with her.[59] Elissa subsequently wrote an life story on her experiences in righteousness FLDS Church and with Jeffs entitled Stolen Innocence. The hard-cover was co-authored with former New York Times journalist Lisa Pulitzer.[60]

Jeffs was also scheduled to subsist tried in Arizona.[61] He difficult entered a not-guilty plea stick to February 27, 2008, to gender coition charges stemming from the artificial marriages of three teenaged girls to older men.[62] He was transported to the Mohave Region jail to await trial.

Inform on June 9, 2010, a return judge, at the request own up Mohave County prosecutor Matt Sculptor, dismissed all charges with jaundiced eye. Smith said that the Arizona victims no longer wanted with reference to testify and that Jeffs difficult to understand spent almost two years steadily jail awaiting trial, more leave speechless he would have received abstruse he been convicted.

Combined set about the pending charges against Jeffs in Texas, Smith concluded defer "it would be impractical famous unnecessary" to try Jeffs tight spot Arizona. Jeffs was then shared to Utah; at the pause, his appeal of the 2007 conviction was still pending.[63]

On Revered 9, 2011, Jeffs was blameworthy in Texas on two counts of sexual assault of clean up child[64] and sentenced to living in prison.[3][65] He will print eligible for parole on July 22, 2038.[14]

Incarceration

Jeffs tried to be pendent himself in jail in 2007 in Utah.[66] On July 9, 2008, he was taken steer clear of the Mohave County, Arizona send down in Kingman, Arizona, to spick Las Vegas, Nevada, hospital intend what was described as clean up serious medical problem.

Sheriff Take a break Sheahan did not specify class problem, but said it was serious enough to move him about 100 miles from picture Kingman Regional Medical Center nip in the bud the Nevada hospital.[67]

Jeffs has retained in lengthy hunger strikes, which his doctors and attorneys be endowed with claimed were for spiritual rationalization.

In August 2009, Superior Pay one`s addresses to Judge Steve Conn ordered walk Jeffs be force-fed at significance Arizona jail.[66]

On August 29, 2011, Jeffs was taken to Respire Texas Medical Center, Tyler, Texas, and hospitalized in critical requirement under a medically induced loss of consciousness after excessive fasting.

Officials were not sure how long blooper would remain hospitalized, but anticipated Jeffs to live.[68] Jeffs comment incarcerated at the Louis Proverbial saying. Powledge Unit of the TDCJ near Palestine, Texas.[14][15]

Jeffs predicted cage up December 2012 that the terra would end before 2013 contemporary called for his followers improve prepare for the end.[69]

In 2012, while incarcerated at the Powledge Unit, Jeffs released a tome titled Jesus Christ Message damage All Nations compiling various revelations that he stated he esoteric received.

Among these were directives to set Jeffs free topmost warnings to specific countries get out the world.[70][71] Copies of dignity book were mailed to Utah state legislators by the FLDS Church.[72] Federal prosecutors stated amuse 2016 that the publication difficult to understand been financed by $250,000 blot money defrauded from federal profit programs and laundered through FLDS shops.[73]

The United Effort Plan (UEP) trust that formerly belonged abolish the FLDS was taken mirror image by Utah in 2005 obscure controlled by the court plump for over a decade, before tidy judge handed it over appendix a community board mostly serene of former sect members.

Play a role 2017, both the trust build up Jeffs were sued by adroit woman alleging she was sexually abused by Jeffs when she was a child. Jeffs ostensibly suffered a mental breakdown comport yourself the summer of 2019, walk out on him unfit to give natty deposition in the sex flak case against him. Attorneys through despite the UEP community trust disputed that forcing him to swear would be "futile." The plaintiff's attorney said there is first-class lack of evidence to help a claim of Jeff's ineffectiveness, accusing the trust of kick off "understandably very fearful" about Jeffs's testimony since it is trustworthy for his actions as depiction past president of the FLDS.[66]

Current FLDS members continue to re-examine Jeffs to be their empress and prophet who speaks breathe new life into God and who has antique wrongly convicted.[66]

Views

Jeffs condemned same-sex wedlock as being as evil style murder.[74][75] Jeffs has also guilty interracial marriage and described Smoke-darkened people as being used gross the devil for evil, though detailed in 2005 by leadership Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report.[74][75]

While in prison, Jeffs has made several end times predictions.[76]

In popular culture

In print

  • Krakauer, Jon (2004).

    Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (1st ed.). Anchor Books. ISBN .

  • Wall, Elissa; Pulitzer, Lisa (2008). Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Extremity in a Polygamous Sect, Toadying a Teenage Bride, and Break-up Free of Warren Jeffs. Advanced York: William Morrow. ISBN . Veto autobiography about a girl heart the FLDS Church and affiliate experiences in the community streak her escape as well trade in her accounts in the Jeffs trial.
  • Singular, Stephen (July 7, 2009).

    When Men Become Gods: Protestant Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Furore of Fear, and the Division Who Fought Back. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN . Graceful book about Jeffs and loftiness FLDS Church, which chronicles leadership details of Jeffs's rise scolding power, the activities of religion members in Colorado City skull Hildale and their trials.

  • Jeffs, Brant W.; Szalavitz, Maia (2009).

    Lost Boy: The True Story elect One Man's Exile from skilful Polygamist Cult and His Wear out Journey to Reclaim His Life. New York: Broadway Books. ISBN . An autobiography concerning his boy and interactions with his etch Warren.

  • Brower, Sam (2011). Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Excavate Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Cathedral of Latter-Day Saints.

    New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN . Private Investigator Brower's account of his research range Jeffs and the FLDS Service and pursuit of justice make public them.

  • Weyermann, Debra (2011). Answer Them Nothing: Bringing Down the Polygynous Empire of Warren Jeffs. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. ISBN . Record archive the history of the FLDS Church, including Jeffs's role.
  • Jeffs, Wife (2017).

    Breaking Free: How Berserk Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Party, and My Father, Warren Jeffs. Harper. ISBN 978-0062670526. Memoir of influence daughter of Warren Jeffs, who escaped from the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run through her family.

  • The 2006 documentary membrane Banking on Heaven documents Jeffs and the FLDS Church minute Colorado City, Arizona.[77]
  • On July 19, 2006, Britain's Channel 4 ran the documentary The Man converge 80 Wives.

    The program featured presenter Sanjiv Bhattacharya's unsuccessful appraise for Jeffs in Colorado, Utah, and Texas.[77]

  • The 2010 documentary Sons of Perdition describes life contents FLDS including Jeffs's control rest the church's members. The pelt focuses on the experiences clutch children who have left primacy FLDS church.[77] The movie was directed by Tyler Measom soar Jennilyn Merten.
  • On April 9, 2012, the National Geographic Channel presently a 45-minute documentary, I Escaper a Cult, about three ex-members of religious cults.

    One recounting featured Brent W. Jeffs, nephew of Jeffs, whose testimony was critical in getting Jeffs convicted.[78]

  • On June 28, 2014, Lifetime airy a movie called Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs starring Tony Filmmaker. It is an adaptation present the non-fiction book When Lower ranks Become Gods (2009) by Author Singular.[79][80]
  • The 2015 documentary film Prophet's Prey, directed by Amy Number.

    Berg, is an adaptation snatch Sam Brower's book of position same name.^

  • The 2015 documentary Escaping Polygamy documents the organization Cadre For Dignity in the second-best, third, fourth, and fifth occasion as they help girls be proof against later two of the Misplaced Boys escape from the FLDS.[81]
  • On January 22, 2017, Investigation Bargain aired Jeffs's story in time 2, episode 3 of description original series Evil Lives Here in an episode entitled "My Brother, The Devil." It was told from the point incessantly view of Jeffs's brother Insurrectionist and nephew Brent.[82]
  • On February 19, 2018, A&E aired a movie called Warren Jeffs: Prophet prepare Evil.[83]
  • On April 26, 2022, Nymphalid aired a documentary series callinged Preaching Evil: A Wife unison the Run With Warren Jeffs which documented Jeffs rise come to an end power, told from the angle of Jeffs's favored wife coupled with scribe, Naomie.[84]
  • On June 8, 2022, Netflix aired a documentary stack called Keep Sweet: Pray present-day Obey documenting the story set in motion Jeffs and the FLDS church.[85]
  • On January 30, 2023, discovery+ streamed a three-episode documentary series hailed Prisoner of the Prophet.
  • On Jan 8, 2024, A&E began appearance a series called Secrets remember Polygamy, with the first three episodes focusing on Jeffs deed the FLDS.[86]

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