FLDS polygamy
Guilty plea by leader of polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out
By Associated Press — April 15, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say Bateman created a sprawling network spanning at least four states as he tried to start an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Woman tied to Arizona polygamous leader accused of threats
By Jacques Billeaud — April 14, 2023
PHOENIX (AP) — The indictment of Josephine Barlow Bistline marks the fourth woman associated with self-declared prophet Samuel Bateman to face federal charges.
Faithful Mormons won’t be happy with Hulu’s ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’
By Jana Riess — April 25, 2022
(RNS) — Despite excellent performances and production values, Hulu's 'Banner' left me with the same wary bewilderment I felt after reading Jon Krakauer’s book.
How fundamentalist Mormons recovered after the trauma of Warren Jeffs
By Jana Riess — September 16, 2020
(RNS) — As the polygamist sect’s members and ex-members recover from the trauma inflicted by Warren Jeffs, an excellent new podcast goes behind the scenes to document the FLDS community’s transformation.
Ex-polygamist details flight from the FLDS and his half brother, Warren Jeffs
By Jana Riess — May 29, 2018
(RNS) — Wallace Jeffs lost almost everything when he spoke out against polygamous FLDS leaders and his half brother, Warren Jeffs. Now remarried and baptized into the mainstream LDS church, Wallace opens up in a chilling new memoir.
Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town
By Brady McCombs — March 10, 2018
(AP) — Mayor Jessop said all of (those resigning) are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or FLDS, an offshoot of mainstream Mormonism that practices polygamy.
Did Joseph Smith practice polygamy? Denver Snuffer says no
By Jana Riess — February 9, 2016
Denver Snuffer claims Joseph Smith never practiced polygamy, but later Mormon leaders attributed the practice to him to sanction their own plural marriages.
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