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Trial of cult leader Warren Jeffs scheduled to start on Monday

Warren Jeffs, the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a polygamy-sanctioning offshoot of Mormonism, is charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child.

The charges stem from an April 2008 raid on the church’s Yearning for Zion compound outside the town of Eldorado, south of San Angelo, where Jeffs is set to be tried.

Former polygamous sect leaders appear in Texas court

Frederick Merril Jessop, a former bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was told to stay in Texas until his trial unless he gets permission from the court to take medical trips out of state.

Two other FLDS leaders appeared in court as well.

Trial of cult leader Warren Jeffs scheduled for July 25

Jeffs is charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child — one of them aggravated sexual assault because the child was 14 years old — both at a time when Jeffs was about 50 years old.

The aggravated charge is a first-degree felony charge of five to 99 years in prison and the other is a second-degree felony charge of two to 20 years in prison.

Jailed FLDS member appeals conviction

A jailed member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is asking an appeals court to overturn his conviction.

Michael Emack is challenging the search warrant that led Texas authorities to place more than 400 children from the cult’s compound into protective custody — and to subsequently seize evidence later used to indict 12 FLDS followers on bigamy and sexual assualt charges.

Former FLDS bishop gets new attorney, trial date

What was to be a final pretrial turned in to what may be the first of several pretrials for Frederick Merril Jessop, 75, a bishop of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who now has a new attorney.

Jessop’s next pretrial hearing was scheduled for June 27 in Schleicher County, and a trial date was set for Oct. 31.

FLDS leadership dispute moves closer to court

Utah Division of Corporations officials said in a statement that neither jailed leader Warren S. Jeffs nor challenger William E. Jessop has presented “clear evidence” of a right to head the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ legal entity.

The two men have until Aug. 3 to either both sign a document agreeing on a leader or get a court order determining who is in authority, division officials stated.

Power struggle for control of FLDS cult appears headed for court

As suggested earlier the fight for control of jailed polygamous cult leader Warren Jeffs‘ Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) appears to be headed for court.

But George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley told the Associated Press that the “last thing a judge wants to do in a nation committed to the separation of church and state is to become the arbiter of questions of faith.”

Former Warren Jeffs supporter calls him ‘morally indefensible’

T he man who has been the public voice of the polygamous FLDS sect said Thursday he can no longer stand up for jailed leader Warren S. Jeffs.

“I came to the point where Mr. Jeffs’ conduct was indefensible and have chosen not to defend it publicly or privately,” said Willie R. Jessop.

FLDS sect’s property trust to remain with state, for now

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided to keep a polygamous sect’s property trust under government control Wednesday, siding, for now, with a state court judge in a heated judicial standoff.

The appellate judges blocked a federal court order that would have temporarily returned control to theFundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for the first time since the state of Utah took over the trust six years ago.

Warren Jeffs moved to jail closer to YFZ Ranch in Texas

Cult leader Warren S. Jeffs has been moved to a West Texas jail that is closer to his group’s Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado. The move allows him somewhat fewer opportunities to communicate with the outside world.

Dispute over church loyalty forces alleged eviction of woman in Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect

Two brothers of jailed polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs are being sought by Arizona police after allegedly evicting a leadership rival’s wife who refused to renounce her husband, authorities confirmed Thursday.

Ruth Steed, 26, is married to William E. Jessop, who last month sought to take legal control of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from Warren Jeffs. Court records show Steed sought the court protection after her loyalties to the church were challenged and she refused to leave her husband.

Utah Supreme Court to decide FLDS land battle

The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with the issue of who has the final say over state law as part of a long-running battle for control of a communal land trust tied to Warren Jeffs’ polygamous church. The question comes on the heels of a February federal court ruling, which found that the state of Utah violated the religious rights of members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints when it took over the church’s land trust in 2005.

Utah judge blocks order on FLDS property trust

Utah authorities looking into alleged FLDS child-bride marriages; Cult power struggle

More allegations of underage marriages are surfacing involving the Utah-based Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

It comes as a fight is brewing over leadership of the 10,000-member polygamous church and a dramatic turnabout of control of the church’s real-estate holdings arm.

Federal judge OKs deal giving FLDS control of trust

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