UNITED STATES
Business Insider
November 11, 2017
By Michelle Mark
Rachel Jeffs, the daughter of polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs, spoke out on “Megyn Kelly Today” about the sexual abuse she endured at her father’s hands when she was a child.
Warren Jeffs is the self-described “prophet” of the FLDS Church, a Mormon fundamentalist cult that has been disavowed by mainstream Mormons.
He was convicted in 2011 of child sexual assault and is serving a life sentence, though he continues to control the church to this day.
Rachel Jeffs, who escaped the church in 2015, said her father began sexually abusing her when she was eight years old.
The daughter of the polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs spoke out on “Megyn Kelly Today” about her upbringing as a member of the FLDS Church and the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father when she was a child.
Rachel Jeffs, who also details the abuse in an upcoming book titled “Breaking Free,” told Kelly in an interview that aired Friday that her father abused her “way more times than I can count,” starting with an incident that occurred when she was eight years old.
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