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In 1987, the Church of the Lamb of God ostensibly split into two. Heber took Ervil's wives and teenaged children with him to the U.S., where they established a large auto theft ring. The younger children stayed in Mexico with Heber's younger brother Aaron, the son of Lorna Chynoweth.
Heber LeBaron was 20 years old when he assumed leadership of the cult after his elder half-brother's death. Under his leadership, the cult fully embraced criminal enterprises. [2] He was convicted in Arizona of operating a large auto theft ring. He was also charged with attempted murder of a guard during a bank robbery in Texas. [3]
In August 1972, Ervil LeBaron and his followers established the rival Church of the Lamb of God. (The designation Church of the Lamb alludes to the Book of Mormon prophesy holding there to eventually be only two groups in the end times , the Church of the Lamb of God and the church of the devil; see, e.g. 1 Ne. 14: 12.)
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.
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[1] [3] Heber was the successor as church leader to Ervil LeBaron (nicknamed the "Mormon Manson" after Charles Manson) [3]: 4 of the similarly named Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God. Ervil had previously orchestrated the murder of several others he perceived as apostates.
Explores the life of Ervil LeBaron, the leader of Church of the First Born Lamb of God, who ordered the murders of his opponents, practicing blood atonement, including Rulon C. Allred, [2] and a hit-list carried out by followers of LeBaron, years after his death, told through the eyes of his children, Anna and Celia LeBaron. [3] [4]
Soon, Carlson would be known as “Mother God,” the leader of the cult Love Has Won. As a 19 billion year-old deity, Carlson claimed that she could cure cancer while also drinking herself into ...