FLDS is an organized religion, albeit one with 10,000 misguided members. Its “Lost Boys” are a classic example of religion run amuck. Young boys were cast out of their community because they represented competition for the scarce resource of young brides. The inside story was far worse, sexual abuse, incest, physical abuse, and rape. All in the name of religion.
Warren Jeffs used church tenets to satisfy his own perverse sexual appetites and to control every aspect of members' lives, Brent claims. As prophet — the title the sect gave its leader — he banned almost all music and all literature except the Book of Mormon and the Bible. He even banned dogs and, most infamously, ejected many young boys from FLDS families.
What bothers me most is that it will not end. FLDS will continue to thrive in its little niche for decades to come. The abuse will take a different form, but it will continue. We are too polite to force its end.
