{"id":51896,"date":"2017-11-12T02:16:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T02:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=51896"},"modified":"2017-11-12T02:16:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T02:16:57","slug":"daughter-polygamous-sect-leader-says-sexually-abused-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=51896","title":{"rendered":"Daughter of Polygamous Sect Leader Says He Sexually Abused Her for Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">Other former members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, including son Roy Jeffs, have also accused him of sexually abusing them as children. Rachel Jeffs has penned a book about her experiences titled \u201cBreaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\"><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">Warren Jeffs is serving a life prison sentence in Texas for assaulting girls he considered wives. He does not have a lawyer and did not respond to NBC\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">At age 18, Rachel Jeffs was informed she would become the third wife of a man in the group, a breakaway sect based along the Utah-Arizona border. The prospect left her shaken and afraid, as did her father\u2019s suggestion that she try to become pregnant with her new husband\u2019s child on the day of the wedding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">She left the group after her father sent her away from her children for months at a time over perceived wrongs she denied committing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">\u201cI felt that he was punishing me for what he did to me. Like he was trying to break me and make me feel like I was worse than him,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I wouldn\u2019t let myself go there. 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