Source: Deseret News

Shurtleff said he plans to continue his office’s investigations of crimes within polygamous sects and indicated he would like to see more prosecutions. In the interview, he hinted about going into mediation over the United Effort Plan Trust — the real-estate holdings arm of the Fundamentalist LDS Church.

The UEP Trust, which controls land in the polygamous communities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., was taken over by the courts in 2005 amid allegations that FLDS leaders mismanaged it. Lately, FLDS members have challenged the court reforms. On Friday, a judge announced that lawyers would be entering into settlement talks over the future of the trust.

“I’d like to see it resolved before I leave office and put that whole thing back in the hands of a board of trustees that is fair, and it would include both members of the FLDS and prior members of the FLDS that can hopefully get along and do their job,” Shurtleff said.

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