Difference between revisions of "Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"
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The church claims that the revelation to the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|mainline church]] to stop practicing [[polygamy]] was false. | The church claims that the revelation to the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|mainline church]] to stop practicing [[polygamy]] was false. | ||
| − | They still practice polygamy today, but | + | They still practice polygamy today, but prosecution is very difficult because the wives won't testify. A notable exception was the arrest of conviction in 2007 of president Warren Jeffs (b. 1955), a former fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted list. |
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| + | They locate in remote small towns where they escape surveillance. They resemble groups of Mormons that left the U.S. for Canada and Mexico about 1900. (The Canadian colony is still active.) | ||
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[[Category:LDS Church]] | [[Category:LDS Church]] | ||
Revision as of 03:18, November 29, 2009
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is an offshoot from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church claims that the revelation to the mainline church to stop practicing polygamy was false.
They still practice polygamy today, but prosecution is very difficult because the wives won't testify. A notable exception was the arrest of conviction in 2007 of president Warren Jeffs (b. 1955), a former fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
They locate in remote small towns where they escape surveillance. They resemble groups of Mormons that left the U.S. for Canada and Mexico about 1900. (The Canadian colony is still active.)