Standing strong: Rebecca Musser said she testified for the federal government 20 times as a way of winning justice for the women left on the FLDS compound
Hello Friends!
Indeed all these men who are actually devils but disguising as "men of God", should be wiped off the face of this earth for real human beings to live!
Somehow, I am hoping that what is currently happening to Clifford Orji in a Nigerian prison, should happen to Warren Jeffs. Don't blame me!
At age 19, Rebecca Musser was 'given away' by her father and married to Rulon Jeffs, the 85-year-old leader of an extremist polygamist Mormon sect later led by his notorious son Warren.
For seven years, she was 'sexually violated' by the elderly man, who had 64 other wives - terrified to resist his physical advances.
When he died in 2002, age 92, she escaped the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and began helping authorities prosecute members of the church. She testified 20 times and helped federal prosecutors win 11 convictions.
Among those sent to prison with the help of her testimony was Warren Jeffs, who took over leadership of the FLDS church after his father's death.
But before she broke free, her husband owned her -- 'body and soul.'
Miss Musser, now 36, opened up publicly for the first time about her 26-year ordeal inside the close-knit extremist organization.
'My father sold my innocence,' she told an audience, the Deseret News reported.
'My life there was a constant state of fear, unknown... silence.'
Miss Musser said she is speaking out now to offer inspiration to women everywhere. However, she spent nearly a decade working with authorities to help the women she grew up with in the tightly-controlled FLDS church.
'She asked for assistance in leaving the community, and a deputy responded and facilitated that request,' he said.
During her marriage to Rulon Jeffs she was terrified of disobeying him. The church taught that followers they could enter heaven only by following their leader, whom they taught was a divinely-inspired prophet.
She couldn't cut her hair and couldn't choose what clothes to wear.
'After seven years of continual sexual violations, I'd had enough,' Miss Musser said, according to the News.
'Give me hell because I don't want that heaven.'
Culled from The Daily Mail UK.
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Simply Cheska...
At age 19, Rebecca Musser was 'given away' by her father and married to Rulon Jeffs, the 85-year-old leader of an extremist polygamist Mormon sect later led by his notorious son Warren.
For seven years, she was 'sexually violated' by the elderly man, who had 64 other wives - terrified to resist his physical advances.
When he died in 2002, age 92, she escaped the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and began helping authorities prosecute members of the church. She testified 20 times and helped federal prosecutors win 11 convictions.
'Sexual violations': Miss Musser (left) was the 19th wife of Rulon Jeffs (right), who taught that women were not allowed to refuse sex to her husband, who was 85 when he married her at age 19
But before she broke free, her husband owned her -- 'body and soul.'
Miss Musser, now 36, opened up publicly for the first time about her 26-year ordeal inside the close-knit extremist organization.
'My father sold my innocence,' she told an audience, the Deseret News reported.
'My life there was a constant state of fear, unknown... silence.'
Miss Musser said she is speaking out now to offer inspiration to women everywhere. However, she spent nearly a decade working with authorities to help the women she grew up with in the tightly-controlled FLDS church.
Family portrait: The picture shows dozens of Warren Jeffs's brides, lined up together as if they are posing for a school photograph
Jailed for life: Warren Jeffs, shaven and dishevelled in his booking photograph, was in a coma after starving himself in prison where he is serving a life sentence.
'She asked for assistance in leaving the community, and a deputy responded and facilitated that request,' he said.
During her marriage to Rulon Jeffs she was terrified of disobeying him. The church taught that followers they could enter heaven only by following their leader, whom they taught was a divinely-inspired prophet.
She couldn't cut her hair and couldn't choose what clothes to wear.
'After seven years of continual sexual violations, I'd had enough,' Miss Musser said, according to the News.
'Give me hell because I don't want that heaven.'
Free woman: When her husband died, age 92, she slipped out of the FLDS compound under cover of darkness and fled -- deciding she no longer wanted to live under the strictures of the extremist church
In the cover of darkness, she slipped past the armed guards and fled, knowing that leaders of the sect would drag her back to the compound if she was caught.
On the outside, Miss Musser said she found herself. Helping the federal government prosecute 11 members of the church allowed her to cope with the pain of adjusting to life outside the compound.
On the outside, Miss Musser said she found herself. Helping the federal government prosecute 11 members of the church allowed her to cope with the pain of adjusting to life outside the compound.
She showed up to to testify against Warren Jeffs and other FLDS members in a striking red dress. It was a show of defiance to a religious leader who banned followers from wearing the color.
Warren Jeffs was convicted in August 2011 of raping two girls, age 15 and 12, who were his 'spiritual wives.'
The first time Miss Musser testified against him was in 2007, when he was convicted of accessory to rape after he married off Alyssa Wall, Miss Musser's 14-year-old sister, to an older man.
Warren Jeffs, who reportedly had as many as 80 wives, is serving life plus ten years in a Texas prison.
Warren Jeffs was convicted in August 2011 of raping two girls, age 15 and 12, who were his 'spiritual wives.'
The first time Miss Musser testified against him was in 2007, when he was convicted of accessory to rape after he married off Alyssa Wall, Miss Musser's 14-year-old sister, to an older man.
Warren Jeffs, who reportedly had as many as 80 wives, is serving life plus ten years in a Texas prison.
Culled from The Daily Mail UK.
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Simply Cheska...
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