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“Prophet’s Prey” - Fundamentalist Mormon Sect Leader & Child Abuser, Now Convicted, Featured in Film

 

"Prophet's Prey"

 

Article by Laura Berger | Women and Hollywood - July 17, 2015

 

Filmmaker and Academy Award nominee Amy Berg’s latest feature, Prophet's Prey," focuses on Warren Jeffs, the former president of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) and current convict. The one-time leader of the most prominent polygamous Mormon sect in North America was charged and found guilty of sexually assaulting underage girls.

In 2010, Warren Jeffs landed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List when he tried to flee from prosecution in the State of Utah.

 

"Prophet's Prey" opens in the fall of 2015 in US theaters and will also air on Showtime, TV and online.