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Anti-polygamy activist pens book on FLDS

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Really?
Source: Deseret News
Flora Jessop’s “Church of Lies: The True Story of Escaping Slavery and Polygamy, and Rescuing Women and Children from the Notorious Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints” will hit bookstore shelves in February 2009. It’s being published by Jossey-Bass, a division of Wiley Publishing.
“It’s a book about my life, [...]

Escape From Flora Jessop: The Story of Val and Laurene Jessop

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Interesting, read the full story
Escape From Flora Jessop: The Story of Val and Laurene Jessop
…A day or two later, Laurene’s brother in Phoenix, whom she had not seen in over twenty-five years, came to see her. He had called beforehand, saying that he had someone he was going to bring with him, but would not [...]

Is the case against Warren Jeffs unraveling?

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Why are anti-polygamist activists “demoralized” now when the accusations against the FLDS in Eldorado were centered around child abuse. As far as I can recall, no one mentioned crimes of polygamy.
I have noticed that Flora Jessop has been a bit quieter, ever since the name Rosita Swinton appeared in headlines.
Via: azcentral.com
The list of charges [...]

The Truth About Flora Jessop

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Read the entire letter at: Truth Will Prevail
To whom it may concern:
My name is Martha Barlow Jessop, wife of the late Fred M. Jessop, whom Flora referred to as “Grandpa.” I am an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and a Certified Nurse Midwife. I was very closely associated with Flora from her birth until she was [...]

Bill against child bigamy puts focus on polygamy in Arizona

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Arizona has become a haven for sects that practice polygamy and child bigamy because it lacks the laws needed to protect victims, an activist who left a polygamous marriage told state lawmakers Thursday.”We’re destroying generation after generation of children by allowing this molestation of children to continue,” said Flora Jessop, executive director of the Child [...]