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Former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints community in Texas
The FLDS temple in the YFZ Ranch
The Yearning for Zion Ranch, or the YFZ Ranch,[1] was a 1,700-acre (690-hectare) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community of as many as 700 people, located near Eldorado in Schleicher County, Texas, United States. In April 2014, the State of Texas took physical and legal possession of the property.[2][3]
^"FLDS temple nearly complete". Provo Daily Herald. (AP). January 31, 2006. Archived from the original on October 14, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
^"Texas Seizes Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Ranch". NBC News. Associated Press. April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
^Carlisle, Nate (April 17, 2014). "Texas takes possession of polygamous ranch". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
The Yearning for Zion Ranch, or the YFZRanch, was a 1,700-acre (690-hectare) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community...
attended many of the child custody hearings resulting from the April 2008 YFZRanch raid at the Tom Green County Courthouse. During the custody trials, Seth...
disabled son, Harrison. Texas law enforcement officers began a raid of the YFZRanch on April 3, 2008, following a phone call with allegations of physical...
children, infants, and women incorrectly believed to be children from the YFZRanch polygamist community, with the assistance of heavily armed police with...
Texas authorities raided the YFZRanch, 45 miles (72 km) from San Angelo. The authorities began removing children from the ranch the next day, and relocated...
provided mental health workers to assist FLDS children and mothers from the YFZRanch recounted to the Texas governor's office that DFPS' Child Protective Services...
briefly the de facto leader of the FLDS. Jessop was also in charge of the YFZRanch during the 2008 raid. Jessop was born in Salt Lake City to Ida Johnson...
four-day period, troopers and child welfare officials searched the church's YFZRanch and removed 416 children into the temporary custody of the State of Texas...
Acting on her calls, authorities raided the ranch in Eldorado, about 40 miles south of San Angelo. The YFZRanch is owned by the Fundamentalist Church of...
officers raided a FLDS compound Jeffs had founded in Texas called the YFZRanch. As of 8 April, a total of 416 children had been removed from the compound...
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Saints announced it had purchased the temple. In 2005 construction on the YFZRanch Temple by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints...
involvement in polygamy. She strongly supported the actions of Texas during the YFZRanch raid.[unreliable source?] Interview with Susan Ray Schmidt, stated to...
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represent the spiritual headquarters' of these churches: For example, the YFZRanch in Eldorado, Texas at one time represented the Fundamentalist Church of...
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dedication ceremony of the foundation of a large FLDS temple on the YFZRanch. The ranch came into the public eye on April 7, 2008, when Texas authorities...
just a lot of hard labor". Jeffs was allowed to rejoin the family at the YFZRanch but stayed only three weeks because of a confession to his father that...
acting as a general personal assistant. During the April 2008 raid of YFZRanch in Eldorado, Texas, Nephi was listed in a federal search warrant. The...
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Church • Kingston Group • List of leaders • Lost boys • Short Creek raid • YFZRanch Antipolygamy laws Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act • Poland Act • Edmunds Act •...
Church • Kingston Group • List of leaders • Lost boys • Short Creek raid • YFZRanch Antipolygamy laws Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act • Poland Act • Edmunds Act •...
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