Search results
Rulon Timpson Jeffs (December 6, 1909 – September 8, 2002), known to followers as Uncle Rulon, was an American polygamist and religious leader who served as the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church), a Mormon fundamentalist organization based in Colorado City, Arizona, United States, from ...
Apr 8, 2022 · At the age of 92, Rulon Jeffs passed away in 2002. In the wake of his death, many sources have pointed to the fact that many of Jeffs’ wives were teenagers who were often raped and subjected to other forms of sexual harassment. After his death, his son, Warren Jeffs, became the leader of the FLDS.
May 8, 2020 · Rulon Jeffs is the father of the current FLDS President, Warren Jeffs, who is in prison for multiple counts of child sexual assault. Source: NBC. Article continues below advertisement. Just seven years after marrying Rebecca Wall, Rulon Jeffs passed away in September of 2002 at the age of 92.
Sep 10, 2002 · The members of the Fundamentalist Church revered President Jeffs as their spiritual leader and prophet. He first became affiliated with the Fundamentalist Church in the late 1930s, when the religious association was known as the Priesthood Work.
Sep 9, 2002 · Rulon T. Jeffs, spiritual leader and president of the 10,000-member Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, died Sunday at Dixie Regional Medical Center. He was 92.
Feb 27, 2024 · Rulon Jeffs died in 2002, and Warren Jeffs succeeded him as prophet. FLDS members were used to taking direction from Warren Jeffs but, over time, his orders became more restrictive – and, to some, alarming. Jeffs banned television, movies, popular music, and fictional books. He also executed strict mandates on behavior, dress, and language.
Feb 20, 2024 · Netflix's true-crime docuseries 'Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey' tells the stories of Rulon Jeffs' wives who managed to escape the FLDS Church.
Aug 5, 2022 · The wives of Rulon Jeffs attend his funeral in this photo featured in the documentary "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey" on Netflix. He had the words "Keep sweet" affixed to the soles of his shoes.
Jun 20, 2022 · Today, FLDS survivor Rebecca Wall Musser is living a life away from the FLDS Church and the power of her former husband, Rulon Jeffs. Musser, 46, is a mother of two, working as an activist...
Sep 15, 2002 · President Rulon T. Jeffs, of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who died Sept. 8 after a long illness, was 93. He is survived by 19 or 20 wives -- no one could say...
