The leader of the FLDS sect kept an extensive record of his movements, his plans for the Eldorado compound, and his days on the run. He was recently arrested there after being indicted in Utah as part of a massive food stamp fraud case filed by the federal government. Watch for an upcoming volume from Craig and his co-author, Marianne T. Watson, who are currently working on a book-length historical overview of Fundamentalist Mormonism. A room off to the other end contains a fold up bed. They have as much reason to do so as Catholics, Hindus, or atheists: they do not recognize our authority to operate temples in the name of God, and we do n. The diary, which was seized in the raid, offers a narrative of daily events from 2002 to 2006, when Jeffs was arrested. Copyright 2023 The Inquisitr. A few minutes later, the sound of zippers is heard as Jeffs tells the females with him to change into the white robes. Comment by Kris November 25, 2017 @ 5:46 pm, Nita Giles on Juanita Brooks Conference Schedule: Where do we meet Sat morning for the Juanita Brooks St George tour at 9;00 am? I dont see a practical distinction. and read it for himself (I will not lend him Carolyn Jessop, a former FLDS member, is one of its most vocal critics of the church. All the students' studies are working toward one goal, Tammy says"To become like God on Earth. I've met my match in this room. Those who dwell there and here must be full of the Holy Spirit to keep the hedge of protection around us. Locations and Schedules - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The FLDS is a polygamist, white supremacist, homophobic cult that Jeffs ruled with an iron fist, a splinter group that broke from the mainstream Mormon church when it abandoned the doctrine of polygamy in the late 19th century. Warren Jeffs And Life In The Fundamentalist Mormon Church Called FLDS "I did whatever it took to get back. If all the ladies in the community from 14 to grandma The primary room of the third floor is impressively spacious and no doubt was used as the Celestial Room. with these people. Briell has acquired the former FLDS estate in Colorado City, Arizona and has turned it into The Short Creek Dream Center - a refuge for women and children who have fled FLDS, plus other victims of sex trafficking.