DV DYNAMICS POLYGAMY IN UTAH

1. DV DYNAMICS& POLYGAMY IN UTAH AN OVERVIEW

2. THE LDS CHURCH Taught polygamy in Missouri and Illinois In 1847 moved west to get out of the United States Mexican War 1850 Utah became a U.S. Territory

3. Congress HasConstitutional Authority To Enact Laws Governing Territories The Morrill Act (1862) made bigamy in a territory a crime punishable by a fine and five years in prison. (Few were prosecuted for bigamy because the government had difficulty obtaining testimony about plural wedding ceremonies.) The Poland Act (1874) revoked Utah county probate courts' jurisdiction in criminal and civil affairs with the exception of divorce cases.

4. REYNOLDS v US98 US 145 1878 Laws are made for the government of actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious belief and opinions, they may with practices

5. The Edmunds Act (1882), barred persons living in polygamy from jury service, public office, and voting. It also made bigamous cohabitation, a misdemeanor, which made prosecution much simpler since proving cohabitation was easy, and over 1,300 Latter-day Saints were jailed as "cohabs" in the 1880s. The Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887) disincorporated both the Church and the Perpetual Emigration Fund on the ground that they fostered polygamy. revoked the probate courts' jurisdiction over divorces. authorized seizure of Church real estate not directly used for religious purposes, and acquired in excess of a $50,000 limitation imposed by the Morrill Act.

6. THE MANIFESTO September 24, 1890, President Wilford Woodruff, issued the Manifesto discontinuing the practice of plural marriage and formally stating his counsel to Latter-day Saints to abide by antibigamy laws (see D&C Official Declaration�1).

7. Congress passed a final federal antibigamy provision in 1892, which excluded polygamists from immigration into the United States. This exclusion remains part of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Code. Utah added the antibigamy provisions into its state constitution as required by Congress for admission to the Union.

8. Utah Constitution Article III, Section 1 First:�Perfect toleration of religious sentiment is guaranteed. No inhabitant of this State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship; but polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited.

9. THE FUNDAMENTALIST POLYGAMOUS CULTURE IS A HIGHLY PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY

10. TO A LARGE DEGREE POLYGAMY IS DRIVEN BY: SEX CONTROL FEAR DOMINATION POWER MONEY

11. AND REMEMBER - POWER, CONTROL, DOMINATION & FEAR ARE MAJOR FACTORS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

12. IT CAN LEGITMATELY BE ARGUED THAT THE POLYGAMOUS LIFESTYLE VICTIMIZES SOCIETY IN GENERAL THROUGH A WEAKENING OF THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE, WELFARE FRAUD, TAX FRAUD, AND OTHER ABUSES OF GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS��

13. POLYGAMY ALSO VICTIMIZES INDIVIDUALS

14. DV dynamics similar to Polygamy dynamics Abuser�s control analysis (different tactics and violence used to reinforce power and control) Physical and sexual violence; isolation; emotional abuse; intimidation, threats and coercion; economic deprivation; lesser status; manipulation using kids; blame, denial, minimization of abuse

15. Entitlement of religious leaders Religious coercion Male privilege Limiting educational opportunities for girls and boys

17. Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS)

19. SHORT CREEK 1953 RAID

21. JEFFS� COMPOUND IN HILDALE, UTAH

22. SHORT CREEK TODAY

23. FLDS COMPOUND IN ELDORADO, TEXAS

24. FLDS COMPOUND IN ELDORADO, TEXAS

25. COMPOUNDS ALSO FOUND IN Mancos, CO Pringle, SD Mexico Canada

27. STATE V RODNEY HOLM 2002 Ruth Stubbs was born 7/21/82 Father � David Stubbs; mother Sally Stubbs � both fundamentalists and legally married to each other; David had 2 additional plural wives but one left and one died. David Stubbs part of first lawsuit against FLDS Church successfully suing for property rights and now considered an apostate by FLDS Ruth�s education level � 6 th grade Has 18 full-blood siblings

28. When Ruth was 3 years old, 20 year old sister Susie legally married 19 year old Rodney Holm

29. Rodney Holm was born 7/29/66 (twice the age of Ruth) His father, Carl, was one of the founders of the FLDS group Raised in polygamy Became a police officer in Arizona and cross-designated in Utah (so worked as police officer in Hildale and Colorado City)

30. On 12/11/98, Ruth and Rod were wed (Ruth was 16; Rod Holm was 32) after Rulon Jeffs told her she should marry him. Her sister, Susie, pressured Ruth against her mother�s as well as another sibling�s wishes. Ruth immediately becomes pregnant. Ruth has 2 kids and pregnant with her 3rd when she decides to flee in 2001.

31. Holm charged with Bigamy and with Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a 16 or 17 year old

32. JURY FINDS HIM GUILTY IN 2003

33. Utah Supreme Court upheld conviction, 2006 Court held that Holm�s behavior falls squarely w/in the realm of the State�s bigamy statute and that the protections enshrined in the federal constitution, as well as the state constitution, guaranteeing the free exercise of religion and conscience, due process, and the freedom of association do not shield Holm�s polygamous practices from state prosecution. The Court also found that the trial court appropriately exercised jurisdiction over the unlawful sexual conduct charges and that the state�s unlawful sexual conduct statute is constitutional.

34. Why people stay and obey �the prophet� in the FLDS The prophet decides who gets married as well as who gets more than one wife (need 3 to get to celestial kingdom) The prophet receives all tithing and can order extra payments whenever he needs the money The trust, which he �headed� until the court recently removed him as trustee, owned all the property in Hildale and Colorado City as well as most of the businesses

35. The prophet is deemed to be the mouthpiece of God. Therefore, it is necessary to obey him for eternal salvation, no questions asked If a man �falls out of favor� with the prophet or questions or disobeys the prophet, the prophet can take away his wives and children and reassign them to another man. The man will lose his job because the FLDS controls all the jobs; and he will lose his house because he doesn�t own it. He loses EVERYTHING POWER, CONTROL, DOMINATION & FEAR REIGN SUPREME

36. CENTENNIAL PARK,ARIZONAThe �Second Warders�

37. Broke away from the �First Warders�, the FLDS Believe and practice The Principle but this group not so strict. Dispute over �tyrannical one man rule in 1984, which is why they broke away from the FLDS Hammon/Timpson Group split from FLDS 1985 Right next to Colorado City in Arizona

38. CENTENNIAL PARK,ARIZONAThe �Second Warders�

39. LINDA EARL

40. CRESTON BRITISH COLUMBIA

41. CRESTON BRITISH COLUMBIA FLDS group headed by Jimmy Oler who was appointed by Warren Jeffs after Blackmore �exed�

42. CRESTON BRITISH COLUMBIA

43. THE KINGSTON GROUPakaLATTER-DAY CHURCH OF CHRISTTHE ORDERDAVIS COUNTY COOPERATIVE THE CO-OP SOCIETY

44. THE KINGSTON GROUP

45. THE KINGSTON GROUP Members located in: Greater Salt Lake Valley Davis County Ibapah, Utah Portage, Utah Emery County, Utah Members and businesses located in 11 Western States

46. Believe they carry the pure blood of Jesus and in order to continue, they intermarry (including incest) in order to keep the bloodline �pure� Vast holdings (real property, businesses, etc) nationally and internationally Working family members receive �credits� instead of money wages; credits can be used at Kingston family businesses; need permission to get money for outside purchases �Fathers not financially responsible for children, mothers are Publicly the women claim to not be �wives� (and if acknowledge situation at all) claim to be merely �ladies� in a family unit headed by the father of their children thus claiming that they are not violating the bigamy laws

47. State v David Kingston case no 981915218 John Daniel Kingston encouraged his daughter, Mary Ann, to marry her uncle, David,(becoming his 15th wife) which is why she ran away and later received the beating from her father David charged in Salt Lake County with incest and unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old

48. Jury found guilty

49. After spending some time in prison, David Kingston appeared before the Board of Pardons at his parole hearing and told them he�d learned his lesson; Board of Pardons later released him from prison and terminated their jurisdiction of his case�he was not ever placed on parole to ensure that he would not engage in similar behavior

50. STATE V JOHN DANIEL KINGSTON Case No 981100400 John Daniel Kingston charged with 2nd degree felony child abuse for beating his then minor daughter, Mary Ann, on or about 5/22/98 in Box Elder County, UT. Kingston plead No Contest to 3rd degree felony and was sentenced to 0-5 years USP suspended, 196 days jail some of �which may be suspended if Kingston makes a true apology to victim�, restitution, probation to APP & anger mgt course

51. STATE V JEREMY KINGSTON - 2003 LuAnn Kingston (DOB 10/22/79) was Jeremy�s aunt as well as his first cousin (Jeremy�s mother and LuAnn�s mother are sisters; Jeremy�s grandfather is LuAnn�s father) LuAnn was counseled by her religious leader to marry Jeremy; married in �religious� ceremony on June 16, 1995 when LuAnn was 15 years old and Jeremy had just turned 24; she became his 4th �wife� LuAnn fled with her 2 children in May, 2000 LuAnn had only 9th grade education

53. JOHN DANIEL KINGSTON AND HEIDI MATTINGLY

54. JUVENILE COURT CASE John Daniel Kingston: DOB 5/13/55 Heidi Mattingly (DOB 7/ 7/ 71) �married� JDK when she was about 16 years old Heidi was raised in the Kingston social and religious order even though her parents, themselves, were not polygamists. They have 11 children Two of their children, teenagers, S.K. and A.K., were on the receiving end of JDK�s wrath for getting their ears pierced in February, 2004. Fearing she would be physically injured, S.K. fled to a corner gas station and an employee called the police Another relative sought a protective order on the girls� behalf and that launched an investigation by DCFS.

55. Guardian ad Litem�s office filed petition for abuse and neglect in Juvenile Court on behalf of the Kingston kids Court found : JDK & Heidi abused and neglected their children and that Heidi appears to be a victim of domestic violence from JDK Both later relinquished parental rights to oldest 2 children who have been adopted; court returned 8 kids to them (1 never removed)

56. MaryAnn Kingston v. Kingstons, et al civil #030917113 PI The suit, filed Aug. 1, 2003, in 3rd District Court, names more than 240 people and nearly 100 businesses run by family members who make up the Latter-Day Church of Christ as defendants

57. The suit's claims include intentional sexual abuse of a child; intentional infliction of emotional distress on the part of Mary Ann�s father, uncle, immediate family members and the 1,200-member clan itself; and assault, battery and false imprisonment. Among other things, it seeks punitive damages of $100 million and compensatory damages of $10 million, along with payment for Mary Ann Kingston's medical and psychological treatment and legal fees

58. Case recently dismissed by stipulation of the parties (2009)

59. APOSTOLIC UNITED BRETHERNTHE ALLRED GROUPor the AUB

60. Owen had assumed the leadership of the AUB after his brother, Dr. Rulon Allred, was murdered in 1997, by members of the LeBaron group on orders of Ervil LeBaron

61. APOSTOLIC UNITED BRETHERN

62. APOSTOLIC UNITED BRETHERN Members located in: Salt Lake Valley Rocky Ridge, Utah Granite Ranch, Utah Cedar City, Utah Pinesdale, Montana

63. Owen Allred and the The AUB have been sued civilly In 1997, Virginia Hill filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Allred, et al, claiming that the AUB conspired to steal money from her and that the church laundered thousands of dollars that belonged to her ($1.54 million in cash). In 2003, the AUB was found liable but the case is not yet resolved, even today.

64. THE TRUE AND LIVING CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF SAINTS OF THE LATTER DAYS�TLC�

65. THE TRUE AND LIVING CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF SAINTS OF THE LATTER DAYS Located in: Manti, Utah Throughout the Sanpete Valley

66. THE TRUE AND LIVING CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF SAINTS OF THE LATTER DAYS

67. THE TRUE AND LIVING CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF SAINTS OF THE LATTER DAYS

68. Harmston believes he is the reincarnation of several notable persons or entities. For example, Joseph Smith, the prophet Isaiah, King Arthur and William Wallace A couple of �wives� of Arvin Shreeve (Ogden case) went to Manti and became Harmston�s wives after Shreeve was sent to prison All members are required to consecrate all earthly possessions to Harmston He has been successfully sued civilly for BREACH OF CONTRACT by Cindy Stewart who lost $10,000 and Utah artist, Kaziah Hancock, who lost $250,000.

69. CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN

70. CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN Located in: Hanna, Utah & South America Collier claims to have taught the priesthood side of Mormonism to the Kingston group, Owen Allred and Jim Harmston He worked with Tom Green to smuggle microfilm of esoteric information out of the LDS Church archives

71. Church of the Firstborn of the Fullness of Times The LeBaron group aka the church of the lamb of God Ervil LeBaron fought with his brothers over who was the �One Mighty and Strong� Used violence and revenge against those Ervil felt had �wronged� him, including ordering the murder of his own brother Ervil died in USP prison after conviction for ordering the murder of Rulon Allred. He had 2 of his �wives� carry out the murder; one of them was acquitted and later wrote a book acknowledging her role in the murder Group still violent though loosely organized..some members recently put on MOST WANTED list

72. INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTALISTS TOM GREEN � CLAIMS TO BE THE HEIR TO THE PRIESTHOOD HELD BY ROSS LEBARON ROBERT FOSTER � SMALL GROUP NEAR CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK THE ORDER OF AARON � SMALL GROUP IN WESTERN JUAB COUNTY

73. INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTALISTS NUMEROUS OTHER INDEPENDENT FAMILIES OR SMALL GROUPS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT UTAH, ARIZONA, COLORADO, IDAHO, AND NEVADA

74. Marry your wives young so you can train them the way you want them Advice given by Tom Green to Jeremy Aldrich Polygamy Under Attack by John Llewellyn

75. Green was convicted by jury of 4 counts of bigamy and 1 count of criminal non-support and appealed and UT Supreme Court affirmed conviction. The Rape of a Child count was tried separately before the judge and he was convicted.