19 Things You Probably Don’t Know About FLDS Polygamists

Hot tip: FLDS stands for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and they're currently led by Warren Jeffs. Did I mention Warren's in prison?

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There are a lot of misconceptions about the FLDS community. A lot of people mistakenly lump FLDS polygamists in with the LDS Mormon faith. The "F" in FLDS stands for fundamentalist, in that they strictly adhere to what was originally a tenant of Mormon faith (being polygamy), while the LDS church has since disowned the practice.

Unlike the mainstream polygamists you may have seen on the TLC show Sister Wives or in the HBO show Big Love, FLDS polygamists mostly live in isolation in Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona. They also have communities in Eldorado, Texas, Bountiful in British Columbia, and Pringle, South Dakota, among others. This isolation may due be in large part to the incarceration of the church's current leader and prophet, Warren Jeffs, who's serving a life sentence for being an accomplice in two rapes.

All that being said, here are some things you may not have known about the FLDS community before.

57-year-old Warren Jeffs remains the leader of the FLDS church, even though he's behind bars for two felony counts of child sexual assault.*

57-year-old Warren Jeffs remains the leader of the FLDS church, even though he's behind bars for two felony counts of child sexual assault.*

How it came to be: Upon his father's death in 2002, Warren succeeded him as the leader and prophet of the church.

*He's serving life in prison as a result of being an accomplice in the rapes of a 12 year old and 15-year-old girl. He was also charged, though not convicted, on counts of incest and rape himself.

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Warren Jeffs allegedly has something like 80 wives.

Warren Jeffs allegedly has something like 80 wives.

This is a photo of some of Warren's wives, in their Easter best*!

*Just kidding, they wear pastel all the damn time.

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