![]() ![]() ![]() “They were not going to abandon their loyalty to him overnight because he was in the hands of the wicked.” (Jeffs resigned as president of the FLDS in late 2007. Still, “Warren’s arrest was not the end of his power,” Carolyn says. Eventually, he was arrested-while in a car that was red, the color he forbade his followers to wear-and convicted. ![]() : Jeffs himself went underground to hide from the authorities after being accused of arranging the marriage of an underage girl to her cousin. … We heard they were being sent away to be raised the way Warren wanted them to be raised.” : Jessop heard “rumors that children were being taken from their mothers and sent to the FLDS compound in Texas. ![]() Against this background, Carolyn Jessops flight takes on an extraordinary, inspiring power. ‘He wants your soul and he wants ours.’ ” Two days after her 18 th birthday, Betty returned to the FLDS fold. Escape exposes a world tantamount to a prison camp, created by religious fanatics who, in the name of God, deprive their followers the right to make choices, force women to be totally subservient to men, and brainwash children in church-run schools. Carolyn Jessop has become a familiar face on many a news channel and the talk show circuit, with the eerily timely release of her memoir Escape in fall 2007, which chronicles her life. ” ‘You’re an apostate, owned by the devil!’ Betty said. After a visit with her father in FLDS-controlled Colorado City, Betty snapped. Escape by Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer: 9780767927574 : Books. : The transition to life outside the FLDS was toughest on Betty, Jessop’s oldest daughter. ![]()
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