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Imprisoned cult leader Warren Jeffs loses prison phone privileges for 90 days

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has had his phone privileges revoked for 90 days after prison authorities concluded he broke rules concerning prison phone use.

“It was apparent in reviewing the phone calls that he was speaking to more than one person,” an official said — a violation of a rule that says inmates can talk only to people on a 10-person approved visitor list.

Warren Jeffs issues revelations amid new allegations of girls being ‘held’ by FLDS

As a torrent of purported revelations flows from imprisoned FLDS cult leader Warren Jeffs, there are new allegations that underage girls are being secretly held by his followers, possibly for sexual purposes.

Meanwhile, in one of his latest ‘prophecies’ the false prophet says Cincinnati will soon be destroyed.

More details emerge of FLDS cult purge

More details have emerged about the most recent purge that took place within the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — the polygamous sect of the Mormon Church that is under the iron-fisted rule of jailed cult leader Warren Jeffs.

It now appears that up to 1,500 members were barred from the group’s church after being told over the weekend they were “unworthy” to attend.

FLDS cult leader exiles as many as 1,000 people

As many as a thousand people may have been exiled by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints under an edict by imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.

Private investigator Sam Brower says that in some cases, entire families were split apart.

Much uncertainly about FLDS cult purge; some followers said to have ‘vanished’

Observers say that some of the FLDS members who have been re-baptized into the faith as a sign of loyalty to jailed cult leader Warren Jeffs have vanished.

“Parents that have dropped off their girls for interviews, they go to pick them up and the girls have been sent off to a ‘safe place of refuge’ is what they’re being told.”

Follower says he was expelled from FLDS for violating Warren Jeffs’ sex ban

As the year comes to an end and the followers of Warren Jeffs await the apocalypse he has predicted, they’re living under a challenging edict: they’re forbidden to have sex until Jeffs is sprung from a Texas prison.

“He has predicted that the walls in the prison where he’s at will fall and crumble,” said Joni Holm, who has many relatives in the polygamous FLDS faith.

Officials probe whether cult leader Warren Jeffs broke prison phone rules

Texas prison officials are investigating whether jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs preached to his followers from behind bars on Christmas Day in violation of prison rules, officials said on Thursday.

The cult leader reportedly addressed his followers on Christmas day.

FLDS must be ‘chosen’ by year’s end or be destroyed, cult leader says

Concern is rising over a new burst of activity by followers Warren Jeffs — the imprisoned leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS).

According to outside observers, there has been a flurry of church meetings almost daily, a set of mysterious construction projects and widespread re-baptism as thousands of followers react to apparent prophesies of doom from their imprisoned leader.

Judge: Utah could evict FLDS residents over back taxes

The FLDS sect’s property trust, since 2005 controlled by the state of Utah, owes more than $2.2 million in back taxes.

Under a Utah judge’s new ruling, people could be evicted from their homes along the Utah-Arizona border if they don’t pay their bills.

Rules for Warren Jeffs’ followers grow more restrictive

As his followers mail out thousands of copies of apocalyptic “revelations from God” purportedly authored by imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, former members say he is setting out increasingly extreme rules for his people.

Several former FLDS members say the new requirements implemented by leaders loyal to Jeffs reach deep into followers’ personal lives.

Cult leader Warren Jeffs prophecies famine by mob rule

It appears that imprisoned cult leader Warren Jeffs is using his life sentence to sharpen his creative writing skills.

For the fourth time this year he has issued a set of revelations which he represents as coming directly from Jesus Christ.

Warren Jeffs demands polygamists’ support from prison

Cult leader Warren Jeffs is tightening his grip on the polygamist group he leads as “prophet” while he is in prison.

He demands people abandon amenities such as toys, pets and recreational vehicles to give more money to their church, possibly to support the sect’s massive ranch in Texas, a sect member said.

Judge again rules Utah should pay $5M in polygamous trust costs

A judge has rebuffed the Utah attorney general and affirmed a ruling ordering the state to pay more than $5 million to the court-appointed administrator of the FLDS sect’s property trust to cover outstanding debt.

Ex-members claim cult leader Warren Jeffs used the trust to exert control over members of the sect.

More ‘consuming fire’ from Warren Jeffs

Ex-FLDS leader rescinds plea deal to stand trial

A former president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has renounced a plea deal he had entered and is now set to go to trial for three charges of felony bigamy.

Conditions Wendell Loy Nielsen found objectionable included staying away from playgrounds, not having contact with people under 17 and participating in a cognitive behavioral therapy program.

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