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Warren Jeffs orders rebaptisms, appoints different brother as bishop of polygamous church, govt says
Warren Jeffs orders rebaptisms, appoints different brother as bishop of polygamous church, government saysA new court filing describes changes in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints in recent weeks.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for Utah says imprisoned FLDS President Warren Jeffs has kicked everyone out of the United Order, the elite echelon of the FLDS. Anyone who had achieved that status must be reinterviewed so his or her worthiness can be judged again and then must be baptized again, the filing says.
The man who will conduct the interviews, according to the filing, is Nephi Jeffs, one of Warren's full brothers. Warren has made him the new bishop of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., the traditional home base of the church.
That job had belonged to Lyle Jeffs, who fled home confinement in mid-June. He remains on the run.
Read more: http://www.sltrib.com/blogs/polygamy/4208974-155/warren-jeffs-orders-rebaptisms-appoints-different