Former members of fundamentalist Mormon cult detail the horrific abuse they faced at the hands of pedophile 'prophet' Warren Jeffs - who had 78 WIVES and raped multiple children, while telling them it was the only way they could be 'saved'
Jeffs, now 66, has served as the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) since 2002
A new Netflix documentary, Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, is set to expose the heinous crimes that Jeffs committed throughout his ruling over the church
FLDS was created in the early 20th century by a group of Mormons got ostracized from the community because they refused to give up polygamy
Jeffs, who became its prophet in 2002, brainwashed, imprisoned, and abused multiple women and children, earning him a spot on the FBI's Most Wanted List
He had 78 wives, 24 of which were children, when he was arrested in 2008. He was convicted of two felony counts of child sexual assault in 2011
He is currently serving a life sentence for the charges, however, it's been reported that he has continued to run the cult from behind bars
A new documentary is set to expose the horrific sexual and physical abuse that took place inside an extremist Mormon cult run by a pedophile who had 78 wives and raped multiple underage girls.
Warren Jeffs, now 66 - who has served as the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) since 2002 - had more than 70 wives, 24 of whom were underage children, when he was arrested in 2008.
Now, a new Netflix documentary, Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, will lift a lid on the heinous crimes that Jeffs - who is reportedly still running the cult from behind bars - committed while serving as the self-appointed leader of the fundamentalist arm of the church.
FLDS was created in the early 20th century by a group of Mormons who got ostracized from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because they refused to give up polygamy - the act of marrying multiple women.
Polygamy was renounced from the Mormon religion in 1904, when the then-president of the church said it would no longer be allowed in a declaration known as the Second Manifesto.
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