FLDS Faithful Are Erecting Statue of Warren Jeffs

The Daily Beast reported last week that followers of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs are planning to erect a 38-foot tall statue of Jeffs at the activity center of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints' compound in Short Creek, on the Utah-Arizona border. The statue is being constructed in seven pieces in a hidden warehouse in San Angelo, Texas where Jeffs criminal trial on sexual assault charges has recently ended. (See prior posting.)  Plans are for the statue to go up next month as a way of showing that authorities cannot take Jeffs away from his followers, despite his recent conviction.