Polygamist Rape Victim Speaks Out

PlusPolygamist Rape Victim Speaks OutPolygamist Rape Victim Speaks OutThe Associated PressThe woman who helped convict polygamist Warren Jeffs is speaking out. The AP has an interview with former FLDS member Elissa Wall. (May 19)The woman who helped convict polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is speaking out.She was by forced by Jeffs --at the age of 14 ---to marry a 19-year-old man.... [Notes:Elissa Wall//Former FLDS Member] [Notes:SOT: "Warren was a sexist person. he viewed his women as property. and it has since become a very widespread reality for many women."]Elissa Wall --- has written a book---- Stolen Innocence.In it--she chronicles her life -before breaking free from the polygamist culture----and F-L-D-S church. [Notes:Elissa Wall//Former FLDS Member] [Notes:"from day one i was told i had a choice in everything i did. but followed up with that sentence....was your choice was to willingly place your life in the hands of the what they call the priesthood and the leaders. so my choice was to give my life to them...for them to decide what happened in it."]In the tell all book --she also writes about her time with cousin and former husband Allen Steed, whom she describes as having a violent temper and a "calculating and controlling" personality.Steed is charged with raping Wall during their marriage, which was arranged in 2001 by Jeffs and other church leaders. [Notes:Elissa Wall//Former FLDS Member] [Notes:Former FLDS Member "so when Allen and i were married. even though i was extremely resistant towards him., i couldn't stand being around him. i had a really hard time around him. he was a boy to me. something didn't feel right to me. so when it came time to consummate the marriage people don't clearly don't understand the mindset i was in. because i didn't have any concept of sex. i didn't understand or any inkling of what it took to have children. i didn't really know where babies came from. i didn't know about the sexual acts that had to happen between a husband and a wife to have the children i was supposed to have.] Wall was granted an FLDS divorce from Steed and left the church in 2004...She is now married and has two children with husband Lamont Barlow --also a former F-L-D-S member. [Notes:Lamont Barlow][Notes:in my opinion any man that would marry a 14 year old girl is a pedophile. in today's society and the laws we have today, a 14 year old is barely reaching maturity. she is a young child. there is no excuse for that. "] A Utah judge agreed ----- and in November Warren Jeffs was sentenced to two consecutive prison terms of five years to life for his conviction on two counts of being an accomplice to rape. Steed, still a member of the church, could spend his life in prison if convicted.The Associated Press does not generally identify people who say they were sexually assaulted, but Wall has spoken publicly and is on a promotional tour for her book. ___ ___, The Associated Press

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[Jubjub1878]

Elissa, Thank you for your book, it helped me find the strength to leave the Mormons as well. Thank you for your strength and courage you have shown to us that have escaped from the cult, and for those who are trying to escape now. Your story gave me the courage to move on with my life after escaping from the Mormons.

[hannahmahner]

This isn't like normal life, they are told from day one if you don't do what these people say, you are going to hell...read the book before you make idiotic comments that only highlight your stupidity. No one EVER deserves or brings on rape!

[computergeek836]

@RuskiHomie as crazy as that may sound I get your point, they can sometimes cry about it their whole life instead of just moving on

[Haruko95]

@RuskiHomie

wtf

[RuskiHomie]

rape victims are just big cry babies

[forsaken8181]

@Jubjub187 The FLDS church is not in any way shape or form the Mormon church you filthy insipid pedant!

[mastersam0071]

@devilsandqueens did you ever read the book? ._.

[devilsandqueens]

Dumb Blonde

[TheMrgoku1985]

Mormon Jesus!

[amyleoness]

Joseph Smith sure started a lot of pedophelia!