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Former president of polygamous FLDS sect convicted of bigamy
A jury today declared Wendell Loy Nielsen, the 71-year-old former president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, guilty on the three counts of felony bigamy brought against him by the state of Texas.
Last October Nielsen was sentenced to 10 years probation, but he revoked his plea because he [...]
Former FLDS spokesman sues jailed cult leader Warren Jeffs
The former spokesman for the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs says in a new lawsuit that sect leaders arranged a nighttime burglary that gutted his business after he was excommunicated for refusing to falsify sect records on Jeffs’ marriages to underage girls.
Willie Jessop, a onetime Jeffs bodyguard and sect spokesman, is seeking [...]
Former Aum fugitive says cult leader should hang; cult victim says he should not
Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police late Saturday believes guru Shoko Asahara should hang for his crimes.
But one of the cult’s victims has called on the Japanese government to abandon the looming execution of the group’s leaders.
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Former FLDS bishop goes on trial over Warren Jeffs wedding to minor
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
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Former FLDS President avoids prison
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 [...]
Former pastor gets life behind bars for murder of disabled man
A former pastor was sentenced on Monday to life in prison for ordering the murder of a blind, developmentally disabled man in Baltimore so he could collect $ 1.4 million in life insurance policies.
In addition to the life sentence, Kevin Jerome Pushia was sentenced to 45 years in prison for charges [...]
Warren Jeffs’ Former Accuser Says Evidence In Polygamy Trial Will ‘Shock The World’
Ten women and two men were selected to sit on the jury in the sexual assault trial of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs late Tuesday, after more than 100 potential jurors were excused for admitting they’d previously heard enough about his background to no longer presume him innocent, the Associated Press reports.
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