Quick Info
| Profession | Cult leader, FLDS Church president |
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| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 03/12/1955 |
| Age | 70 years |
| Birthplace | Sacramento, California |
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Bio/Wiki
| Description | Warren Steed Jeffs is an American cult leader and convicted child sex offender serving a life sentence. He is the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamous cult based in Arizona and Utah. |
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| Current Status | Incarcerated at Louis C. Powledge Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice near Palestine, Texas |
Educational Qualification(s)
| Teaching | Taught in FLDS schools |
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| Administrative | Principal of Alta Academy |
Personal Life
| Marriages | At least 77-78 wives |
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| Children | More than 50 children |
| Religious Doctrine | Taught that faithful men must have at least three wives to attain exaltation in the afterlife |
Family
| Father | Rulon Jeffs (FLDS prophet) |
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| Mother | Marilyn Steed (fourth wife of Rulon Jeffs) |
| Birth | Born premature |
Career
| Rise to Power | Became FLDS leader in 2002 after father Rulon's death |
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| Key Actions | Established Yearning for Zion (YFZ) Ranch in West Texas; excommunicated 21 men in 2004 for disobedience; controlled nearly every aspect of followers' lives including clothing, marriages, and media access |
| FBI Status | Placed on FBI's Ten Most Wanted List in 2006 for arranging illegal child marriages |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Took over as his father's spokesperson after Rulon suffered a serious stroke | |
| 2. Married some of his father's wives early in his tenure as leader | |
| 3. Ordered followers to remove children from public schools in 2000, causing two-thirds of students to disappear from Colorado City Unified School District | |
| 4. Insisted on no television and no internet for FLDS members | |
| 5. Still controls the FLDS sect with approximately 10,000-15,000 followers from prison |