00:01In our minds, the police, even the president of the United States, had no authority over us.
00:08Warren Jeffs is our president. He was the prophet.
00:10And how could you place a human over God?
00:17Known as FLDS, it's a far offshoot of the Mormon church and supports the practice of polygamy.
00:23The more wives, the more children you have, the higher in heaven you'll be.
00:28When you're taught something from birth, from your mother and your father, you believe them because they're your parents.
00:34It was for our salvation. You did whatever it took, even if it was wrong.
00:39One day, my name was brought up and I was to be married. I was 14.
00:47Warren Jeffs took over this religion and turned it into money and power and sex.
00:53Young girls were like a commodity owned by the church.
00:58Warren had himself 78 wives. 24 of those wives were underage.
01:03We're going to go after the criminals and we're going to go after the child abusers.
01:06To stand up against a multi-million dollar church, you're going up against a lifetime of conditioning and fear.
01:14He took their families away, took their homes away.
01:17Might as well have just lined them up against the wall and shot them.
01:20You don't fight the priesthood, you don't fight the prophet.
01:23But it was so much bigger than just Warren and me.
01:27It happens to everybody eventually.
01:30You will come around and see the light.
01:35We love you.
01:37I love all of you.
01:38And go, what the f**k?
01:42Sweet spirit of prayer.
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