Word: warrens
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...Saints (FLDS), a radical offshoot of the Mormon Church. But Jessop's own experience in the cult was so disturbing that she ran away with her eight children four years ago. Last month, the FLDS was in the news when its leader, Warren Jeffs, was found guilty of being an accessory to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl in the group to marry her 19-year-old cousin. Jessop, 38, tells her extraordinary story in a riveting new book, Escape (Broadway). TIME's Andrea...
...adamantly opposed to a lot of the things he did, and I didn't feel they were right and I didn't feel they were even justifiable with my religious beliefs. And then as the religion became more extreme and Warren [Jeffs] started taking over, that's when I couldn't go there...
...Nearly three years. I tried to get some help, to get some protection from Merril. I saw Warren. And Warren told me that Merril was a good man and I was an immoral woman for criticizing my husband. [But] I had a right to complain about that kind of abuse. It just got to the point where I wasn't going to do it. I was sick of it. My dad warned Warren and said, 'my daughter has taken as much abuse as she's going to take.' He said...
...talking about moving people to what he called "The Center Place." I knew Warren well enough to know what he had up his sleeve, and I knew he was going to move us into compounds and separate us from family, friends and relatives. The main thing that held me to the life was my family and the fear of being alone and not being able to see them. Because once you leave, they won't ever speak to you again. When I realized we were going into compounds, which I could see being prison camps, I knew...
...that you're out of the FLDS, what do you think of Warren Jeffs...