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...Carolyn Jessop, a former member of Jeffs' sect, points out that there are two high-powered, charismatic men who could possibly move back to Colorado City and take Jeffs' place: one is her ex-husband, Merrell Jessop, who oversees the sect's compound in Texas; the other is Wendell Neilson, who likely oversees another compound. But she considers this unlikely. "I don't think Warren would give away any of his power - he's too controlling and hungry for it and these men would be threats to his leadership. Plus they would never go against Jeffs' wishes." Jessop predicts that...
...Reported by Carolyn Sayre/New York
...bulk of the meeting was dominated by Deputy Superintendent Carolyn Turk, who presented the findings of the “Report Card Taskforce.” Fowler-Finn had commissioned the taskforce to reduce the number of report card formats used in the system. Currently, the Cambridge schools employ 64 different formats in 13 schools...
...Carolyn Jessop has a different view. "Nothing in this community is viewed as a crime if it is being directed by the prophet," she says. Three years ago, Jessop took her eight children and fled the home she shared with her husband and his six wives in the middle of the night. "You are culturally adapted to the abuse and if you come forward you will never fit into this society again - which is all you know." Jessop says she hopes that Fischer's conviction and others will empower women in the FLDS communities. "It sends a message that...
LOST AND FOUND CAROLYN PARKHURST SEVEN COUPLES on a high-stakes global treasure hunt--it's the stuff of which crappy reality TV is made. But Parkhurst (The Dogs of Babel) has fashioned an entertaining, unexpectedly wise novel about contestants on an Amazing Race--esque show: a pair of devout Christians struggling with temptation, an estranged mom and daughter, high school sweethearts and two grownup, washed-up child stars. Her tender, witty prose catches things no camera could...