Court releases tapes of Jeffs instructing girls he took as wives

[XemaSab]

Audio recordings of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs giving sexual training to underage plural wives helped convince a Texas jury to convict Jeffs of child rape last week.

For juror Mary Harris, hearing the voices of the girls on several recordings played by prosecutors was the most striking piece of evidence.

"They sounded like they were 5 or 6," she said.

The recordings were among boxes of evidence prosecutors submitted at trial, much of which is now being released since jurors ordered the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints prophet to serve life in prison Tuesday. The Salt Lake Tribuneis releasing selected audio portions online which do not include any sexual assault in progress.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52370086-78/jeffs-wives-tells-audio.html.csp

[Brickbat]

1. What a perversion he is.

According to Jeffs, God was ready to strike his people, but ordered Jeffs to atone for their sins. These "atonement sessions," he said, "bring me right close to death." But rather than bringing in medical personnel who "would destroy me," Jeffs’ wives are told they have the power of the holy spirit to "revive" him with their touch.

"You have to know how to be excited sexually and to be excited to administer that comfort and strength," Jeffs is heard on the recording. "And you have to be able to assist each other. No one sits around, everyone assists each other."

Later in the recording, Jeffs says not all sex will happen during the atonement sessions. "The Lord showed me I don’t always have to be that close to death for my ladies to be with me," he says.

[HopeHoops]

2. He'll have a whole NEW set of "wives" in prison - or more accurately, "husbands".

:evilgrin:

[prole_for_peace]

3. Recently read "Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife"

And the author explained "The Principle" that rules the polygamist lifestyle. Sex was only for procreation and not for pleasure. The rules were no sex during her period, while she was pregnant and while she was breastfeeding. Her husband followed the rules so closely that he would only have sex with each wife once a week so he would not violate The Principle.

Jeffs and his followers are just sex crazed perverts who want to marry young girls so they can "train" them. He doesn't follow any of the FLDS rules or tenents.

Of course I don't agree with anything the FLDS do. They keep women subjugated,ignorant and poor. The children are usually raised in poverty and the boys are thrown out so they don't compete with the "elders" for wives. They want to live by their own rules and ignore the laws but are more than willing to abuse the welfare system to support their families.

[lillypaddle]

4. I'm reading "Church of Lies" right now

weirdos hiding behind religion. Gee, what else is new????