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Wednesday November 16, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Wendell Nielsen A former leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saintssentenced to probation on bigamy charges may yet take back his plea and go to trial.

Wendell Nielsen says a judge departed from the bargain he had struck with prosecutors and imposed stricter probation conditions.

Tuesday November 15, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
cult leader Warren Jeffs Imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has released a series of so-called revelations in which he says a succession of natural disasters will strike the U.S.

In one of the five separate “revelations,” Jeffs writes that Jesus Christ will make his coming known with a “great tsunami of the sea” on the East Coast; earthquakes and volcanoes in “populated places” in Utah and Arizona; a tidal wave in Seattle; and melting in Idaho “to cleanse my land of all evil.”

Wednesday November 9, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Warren Jeffs Utah prosecutors dropped charges Wednesday against FLDS sect leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence in Texas in a separate case.

“As a result of the conviction in Texas, we decided not to bring him back to Utah for a re-trial,” said Brian Filter, senior deputy attorney for Washington County.

FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Fredrick Merrill Jessop The former bishop of a polygamy-sanctioning sect received the maximum sentence of 10 years and a $10,000 fine late Tuesday afternoon for conducting a marriage ceremony between a 12-year-old girl and the then-50-year-old sect leader, Warren Jeffs.

jurors took just under an hour to deliberate on the sentence of Fredrick Merril Jessop

Tuesday November 1, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Fedrick Merril Jessop Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Fredrick Merril Jessop, a former bishop of a polygamist FLDS sect. Jessop is accused of officiating at the marriage of an underage girl to the sect’s leader, Warren Jeffs, who has since been sentenced to life in prison

Friday October 28, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Wendell Nielsen The former president of a polygamous sect pleaded no contest to three counts of third-degree bigamy this week and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

Wendell Loy Nielsen, who was once president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, had been indicted after a raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch in April 2008.

Sunday October 16, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
FLDS A former polygamous sect leader facing bigamy charges in Texas is challenging that state’s bigamy law as unconstitutional.

In newly filed court documents in Schleicher County, Nielsen’s attorneys argue that the law unfairly targets groups with a religious belief in plural marriage.

Saturday October 15, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Warren Jeffs Warren Jeffs, the leader of the polygamist FLDS, sect has recovered from illnesses that sent him hopping to prison units and hospitals around Texas.

Because of fasts and other unspecified medical conditions, Jeffs needed medical treatment shortly after he was sentenced in early August to life plus 20 years in prison.

Friday October 14, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Michael Emack A polygamous sect man convicted of sexual assault isn’t giving up his fight against the search warrant that led to a massive raid on the sect’s remote Texas ranch.

Attorneys for Michael Emack filed a motion for rehearing in the Texas Third Court of Appeals this week.

Wednesday October 12, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Warren Jeffs One of the wives of imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has left him and the FLDS Church and is being sheltered by law enforcement

The Washington County, Utah Attorney is looking into allegations that the 25-year-old woman was held against her will and even drugged.

Thursday September 29, 2011
FLDSPolygamy:
Colorado City Now that the polygamist FLDS sect’s leader and prophet Warren Jeffs has been jailed for life plus 20 years, cracks may be showing in the group’s armor.

But life in the polygamist town of Colorado City hasn’t become any easier.

FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
FLDS Polygamist sect members accused of child sexual assault and bigamy are looking at resolutions to their cases outside jury trials.

The resolutions could include plea deals.

FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
William R. Jessop A 5th District Court judge authorized a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of William R. Jessop, who once worked as bodyguard for jailed cult leader Warren Jeffs.

Jessops is believed to be in Switzerland.

Monday September 26, 2011
BountifulFLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Bountiful A polygamous sect in Bountiful, B.C. under scrutiny for its treatment of women has used its young men and women as a cheap source of labour, according to court documents and a former church member.

Dozens of young people – some from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sect in Bountiful but others from the United States – were sent to Sundre, Alta. to work for a post, timber and logging operation.

Wednesday September 21, 2011
FLDSPolygamyRNB's Religion News Blog:
Warren Jeffs Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was en route to a Texas state prison Tuesday night following his discharge from a hospital at another prison where he was treated after becoming sick while fasting, a state official said.

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