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Ervil Morrell LeBaron (February 22, 1925 – August 15, 1981) was the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, both within his own sect and in rival polygamous groups, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders.
Prophet of Blood: The Untold Story of Ervil Lebaron and the Lambs of God (New York: Putnam) ISBN 0-399-12371-7 Brian C. Hales (2006). Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations After the Manifesto (Salt Lake City, Utah: Greg Kofford Books) ISBN 1-58958-035-4
They reached Murray on May 10 and entered Allred's office disguised in wigs and sunglasses. Chynoweth shot him seven times, fatally wounding him, before the pair fled. They hid out in Mexico but were soon apprehended and brought back to Utah. Chynoweth was tried for the murder of Allred in March 1979 in a Utah court.
While he was incarcerated in Utah, Ervil continued to write testaments for his followers. One of these, the Book of New Covenants, contained a list of fifty people that Ervil marked for blood atonement. [4] The book also contained a list of who should succeed Ervil as leader of the Church of the Lamb of God. [1] Ervil died in jail in August 15 ...
After Young's death, blood atonement continued to be taught as a necessary means to pay for the sin of adultery, [74] but blood atonement teachings largely ignored the penalty for apostates and lesser "covenant breakers", and focused primarily on the sin of murder, emphasizing that it was intended to be operative only within the context of ...
Daughters of the Cult is a documentary television series directed and produced by Sara Mast. It explores the life of Ervil LeBaron , the leader of a religious fundamental group who ordered the murders of his opponents, told through the eyes of former members, and children of LeBaron.
Rulon Clark Allred (March 29, 1906 – May 10, 1977) was an American homeopath and chiropractor in Salt Lake City and the leader of what is now the Apostolic United Brethren, a breakaway sect of polygamous Mormon fundamentalists in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona, United States.
The Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) is a Mormon fundamentalist group that practices polygamy.The AUB has had a temple in Mexico since at least the 1990s, an endowment house in Utah since the early 1980s, and several other locations of worship to accommodate their members in the US states of Wyoming, Arizona, and Montana.