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Merril Jessop (December 27, 1935 – February 28, 2022) [1] [2] was a high-ranking bishop in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly referred to as the FLDS Church. He was briefly the de facto leader of the FLDS. [ 3 ]
Naomie Jessop Jeffs, daughter of Merril Jessop, and former wife of Rulon Jeffs details her early life, marriage to the then elderly Rulon, and her eventual marriage to his son Warren Jeffs upon him appointing himself prophet. [6]
When the LDS Church began excommunicating members who practiced polygamy after the Second Manifesto, Mormon fundamentalists began breaking away from the LDS Church.At first, there was one main Mormon fundamentalist group, the Council of Friends, also known as the "Woolley group" and the "Priesthood Council". [7]
It’s believed that Warren Jeffs had more than 70 wives—but one held a special place in his heart. Naomie Jeffs has been described as Warren’s “favorite” wife. She was his scribe, tasked ...
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Merril Jessop was 32 years her senior and already had three wives and more than 30 children, several of them older than his new wife. [11] Once married, Carolyn Jessop did get to attend college, but her husband decided that she would study elementary education, not medicine. [1] Just months into the marriage, the FLDS's new leader, Rulon Jeffs ...
On March 17, 2010, a Tom Green County, Texas jury found Merril Leroy Jessop guilty of sexual assault of a child after deliberating for one hour. [59] The court found that Jessop, 35, sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl while living at the FLDS Ranch in Schleicher County, Texas. [59]
Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955) is an American cult leader who is serving a life sentence in Texas for child sexual assault following two convictions in 2011. He is the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous cult based in Arizona. [8]