An appeal filed with the Utah Supreme Court says a district judge went too far when she stripped a polygamous sect’s charitable trust of its religious purpose and denied church members “an effective voice” in court proceedings.

In rulings in the United Effort Plan Trust case, 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg has sanctioned “continued violations” of constitutional rights of thousands who belong to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the appeal claims.

The appeal was filed Aug. 26 by attorneys representing five FLDS members, including sect bishops Lyle Jeffs and James Oler. Lindberg refused to allow the men to participate in the case.
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It says those decisions include: Funding a “war chest against the FLDS,” endorsing a religious test for distribution of property deeds, rejecting settlement proposals aimed at ending the trust dispute and approving the sale of Berry Knoll Farm, a key trust asset.

On Aug. 24 Lindberg ordered that the farm be auctioned to the highest bidder to pay $3 million owed to fiduciary Bruce R. Wisan, who manages the trust, and his attorneys.
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Source/Full Story @:  Salt Lake Tribune
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