Random Horrifying True Facts About Warren Jeffs (11 items)

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  (#12) He Preaches That He Is 'Christ Incarnate'

  When Jeffs’s father, Rulon, died, Warren took over the sect and began preaching he was “Jesus Christ incarnate,” according to a former FLDS member. He married several of Rulon’s wives, but not out of disrespect: he also preached that his father was God.

  Specifically, he explained Rulon Jeffs wasn’t dead but had been "renewed" or “reincarnated” into the form of Warren-Jesus. This, he claimed, made it okay for him to marry his father’s wives.
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  (#4) He Admits to 'Immoral Actions' With His Sister and Daughter

  In 2007, Jeffs had telephone conversations with various family members while temporarily in Utah jail for an accessory to rape conviction. There, Jeffs “renounced” his prophet title because, when he was 20, he engaged in “immoral actions with a sister and a daughter.”  

  In 2011, court documents revealed Jeffs allegedly kept a journal chronicling his history of sexual assault: "If the world knew what I was doing, they would hang me from the highest tree."
   
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  (#14) He Made a Custom Temple Bed for Consummating Marriages

  Court documents from his 2011 trial revealed Jeffs demanded a special temple bed be constructed at his Yearning for Zion ranch temple in Eldorado, TX, strictly for consummating marriages. Jeffs reportedly wanted the bed to be sturdy “so it wouldn't rattle,” and to have padded sides that could hold him in place as “the Lord does His work with [him].” Jeffs also wanted “a plastic cover to protect the mattress from what will happen on it.” 

  The world got to see the bed when the temple was seized in 2014. 
   
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  (#8) He Is Allegedly Creating A Miniature 'Master Race'

  In 2016, former FLDS members told Rolling Stone magazine how Jeffs decreed only men of a so-called “royal bloodline” could reproduce in the community. These chosen men were limited to intercourse with women selected to be a part of the “United Order,” an elite group within the faith - many of which were already married. The 15 alleged “seed bearers” hid their identities using a hood and a sheet during the act. 

  The Prophet instructed the husbands to watch the “breeding session.” If the impregnated United Order woman followed the required “special detox diet” and successfully gave birth, members whisked the baby away. Reportedly, Jeffs intention was to create a “master race” loyal only to him.

  Former FLDS members also alleged Jeffs rewarded the United Order members - the elites - while those who weren’t suffered from lack of food and psychological punishments. 
   
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  (#9) He Prayed So Much In Prison Wounds Festered On His Knees

  Jeffs has been serving a life sentence in a Texas prison since 2011. He reportedly prayed so much at one point “open wounds began to fester on his knees.” Rolling Stone magazine reports Jeffs never interacts with other inmates, choosing instead to sit alone and read letters from his followers. To keep him from doing too much harm to himself during his intense prayer sessions, officials have at least once had to chain him to a wall.

  Jeffs has allegedly been trying to continue FLDS church affairs, including adjustments to doctrine, while in prison.
   
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  (#6) He Allegedly Sexually Assaulted His Young Nephew and Niece

  During his trial in 2011, Jeffs’s 28-year-old nephew, Brent Jeffs, told jurors his uncle sexually assaulted him in a restroom following a “family meeting” when he was 5 years old. Jeffs allegedly asked Brent to kneel “like he was praying” before warning Brent “this is between me and you and God.” 

  Jeffs’s adult niece also told jurors he made her sit on his lap when she was 7 and did "inappropriate things” to her. She recounted the event:

  He said, 'You're a special girl' and that he would help me to go heaven. And he had a certain way of making me feel like I was special and he told me I'll go to heaven if I, for sure, just don't tell anybody.

  She was reportedly sobbing so hard in the courtroom the prosecutor stopped questioning her.
   

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