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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

FLDS cult’s presidency fight appears headed to court

Utah state officials are blocking any further attempts by rival church leaders to seize control of Warren Jeffs’ polygamous FLDS sect, which likely means a judge will decide who is in charge.

While in jail awaiting trial on sexual assault and bigamy charges Jeffs recently re-assumed control of the sect’s presidency. Last week an ousted leader filed a challenge to Jeffs’ leadership, leading to a tug-of-war with the cult leader’s loyalists.

FLDS cult leaders move to keep Warren Jeffs as president

A fight for control of a polygamous sect intensified Thursday as leaders filed documents to keep jailed leader Warren Jeffs in charge of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Boyd L. Knudson, the registered agent of the church’s Corporation of the President, sought to cancel out papers filed Monday seeking to replace Jeffs with church elder William E. Jessop as president and presiding bishop.

New allegations surface of FLDS underage marriages

A list of additional crimes prosecutors may use against cult leader Warren Jeffs was entered in a Texas court under seal Wednesday, along with the witness list for Jeffs’ sexual assault and bigamy trial.

At a hearing Wednesday the court set dates for the final pretrial, deadlines for submitting motions, and sustained the trial dates of July 25 for the count of sexual assault of a child and Oct. 3 for felony bigamy.

Rumors in FLDS community: A challenge to Warren Jeffs?

To about 10,000 followers in the twin border communities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, Warren Jeffs — though in jail awaiting trial on sexual assault and bigamy charges — remains their spiritual leader; a feared prophet who channels divine revelations.

But there are rumors that several men recently ousted from the polygamous FLDS sect are either planning a coup against jailed leader Warren Jeffs, or intend to set up a rival group.

‘The Primer’ helps decipher the world of polygamy

Do you know what an “other mother” is? Or what it means to “keep sweet?”

These terms and more are explained in “The Primer,” a book on fundamentalist Mormonism that basically is “everything you ever wanted to know about polygamy, but were afraid to ask,” reports Utah’s FOX 13.

B.C. polygamists win support of civil rights group

Canada’s ban on polygamy invites the state into the bedrooms of consenting adults, says a B.C. civil rights group that is siding with a controversial religious sect in a landmark court case on the federal law barring multiple marriage.

While it, too, is concerned about allegations of child abuse and sexual interference, it argues the government should stay out of the bedroom — but investigate and prosecute criminal activity.

Federal judge says his ruling stands in FLDS land trust case

Cult leader Warren Jeffs to Obama: let me go or else…

Utah’s takeover of polygamous sect’s land trust ruled unconstitutional

In a decision that could have major implications for a long-running court battle between the state of Utah and the polygamous FLDS sect, a federal judge ruled Thursday that a state takeover of the sect’s property trust six years ago was unconstitutional.

Utah’s state courts seized control of the trust in 2005 amid allegations of mismanagement by church leaders, including Warren Jeffs, the newly reinstated head of the church who is currently in jail in Texas pending trial on charges of bigamy, aggravated sexual assault and assault.

Utah Attorney ready to move in Warren Jeffs case

Cult leader Warren Jeffs ousts leaders; retakes control of FLDS

Polygamous cult leader Warren S. Jeffs has retaken his post as president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, according to documents filed with the Utah Department of Commerce.

Sources say that Jeffs has also kicked dozens of prominent men out of the FLDS church.

Polygamous Muslims carefully watching B.C. polygamy case

The women of the FLDS sect in Bountiful, British Columbia, are not the only ones watching for the outcome of the landmark court case challenging Canada’s polygamy law.

Leaders in the Canada’s Muslim community say the decision will have wide implications.

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