CANADA
CBC Radio- The Current
November 16, 2017
By Anna Maria Tremonti
Produced by Julian Uzielli
Warning: Some of the content may be disturbing
Story transcript
Rachel Jeffs was her father’s third child. He would go on to have 50 more.
Her father, Warren Jeffs, is the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known as FLDS — a man believed by his followers to be a prophet.
“We were taught that the world was different than us,” Rachel Jeffs told The Current’s Anna Maria Tremonti.
The highly insular sect is a polygamist offshoot of the mainstream Mormon church. Outsiders aren’t welcome in FLDS communities, where women wear pioneer-style dresses and men commonly take at least three wives.
‘It was just going totally against what he had taught me.’
– Rachel Jeffs
Obedience to her parents was paramount, followed by prayer and modest dress, according to Jeffs.
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