Chris Moneymaker
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Warren Jeffs
American religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
Warren Jeffs is an American cult leader serving a life sentence in Texas for child sexual assault. He is the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous cult based in Arizona. Jeffs has been convicted of raping multiple underage girls and sentenced to life in prison.
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Warren Steed Jeffsis an American cult leader who is serving a life sentence in Texas for child sexual assault following two convictions in 2011. He is the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous cult based in Arizona. The FLDS Church was founded in the early-20th century when its founders deemed the renunciation of polygamy by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsto be apostate. The LDS Church disavows any relation between it and the FLDS Church, although there are significant historical ties .
In 2006, Jeffs was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List for his flight from the charges that he had arranged illegal child marriages between his adult male followers and underage girls in Utah. In 2007, Arizona charged him with eight additional counts in two separate cases, including incest and sexual conduct with minors.
In September 2007, Jeffs was convicted of two counts of rape as an accomplice, for which he was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years to life in Utah State Prison. This conviction was overturned by the Utah Supreme Court in 2010 due to flawed jury instructions.
Jeffs was extradited to Texas, where he was found guilty of sexual assault of a minor, for raping a 15-year-old child bride; and aggravated sexual assault against a child, for raping a 12-year-old child bride; for which he was sentenced to life in prison, plus twenty years, and fined $10,000. Jeffs is incarcerated at the Louis C. Powledge Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice near Palestine, Texas.
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Warren Jeffs is an American cult leader who is serving a life sentence in Texas for child sexual assault following two convictions in 2011. He is the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous cult based in Arizona.
Warren Jeffs was convicted of sexual assault of a minor, for raping a 15-year-old child bride, and aggravated sexual assault against a child, for raping a 12-year-old child bride. He was sentenced to life in prison, plus twenty years, and fined $10,000.
In 2006, Warren Jeffs was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List for his flight from the charges that he had arranged illegal child marriages between his adult male followers and underage girls in Utah.
Warren Jeffs is incarcerated at the Louis C. Powledge Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice near Palestine, Texas.
In 2007, Warren Jeffs was convicted of two counts of rape as an accomplice in Utah. However, this conviction was overturned by the Utah Supreme Court in 2010 due to flawed jury instructions.
The FLDS Church was founded in the early-20th century when its founders deemed the renunciation of polygamy by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to be apostate. The LDS Church disavows any relation between it and the FLDS Church.
In 2007, Arizona charged Warren Jeffs with eight additional counts in two separate cases, including incest and sexual conduct with minors.
7 Quotes by Warren Jeffs
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And it is to rock the soul and lead the person to immorality, corruption – to forget their prayers, to forget their God. And thus the world has partaken of the spirit of the Negro race, accepting their ways.
Warren JeffsAmerican religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
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So when you enjoy the beats, the rock music – maybe even toned down with an orchestra – you are enjoying the spirit of the black race. And that’s what I emphasize to the students.
Warren JeffsAmerican religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
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And ladies, build up your husband by being submissive. That’s how you will give your children success; you will want your children to be obedient, to be submissive to righteous living.
Warren JeffsAmerican religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
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So Ham’s wife that was preserved on the Ark was a Negro of the seed of Cain and there was a priestly purpose in it, that the Devil would have a representation as well as God.
Warren JeffsAmerican religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
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You women will live as if father is still alive and in the next room.
Warren JeffsAmerican religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
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So the Negro race has continued, and today is the day of the Negro as far as the world is concerned. They have influenced the generations of time; they have mixed their blood with many peoples, until there are many peoples not able to hold the priesthood.
Warren JeffsAmerican religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
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It was necessary that the Devil should have a representation upon the earth as well as God.
Warren JeffsAmerican religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)