Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Difference between revisions

The '''Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints''' (abbreviated to '''FLDS''' and not to be confused with the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]) is a religious sect of the [[Mormon fundamentalism|fundamentalist Mormon]] denominations<ref name="Krakauer">{{cite book |last1=Krakauer |first1=Jon |author-link1=Jon Krakauer |title=[[Under the Banner of Heaven]]: A Story of Violent Faith |date=2004|orig-date= 2003 |publisher=[[Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group]] |location=New York |isbn=9781400078998 |page={{page needed|date=June 2019}} |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Winslow |first1=Ben |title=37,000 'fundamentalists' counted in and near Utah |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/695199793/37000-fundamentalists-counted-in-and-near-Utah.html |access-date=10 June 2019 |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=11 August 2007 |language=en |quote=The FLDS are now believed to have only 8,000 members.}}</ref> whose members practice [[polygamy]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Brooke |title=LDS splinter groups growing |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/utah/ci_2925222 |access-date=10 June 2019 |work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=9 August 2005}}</ref> It is variously defined as a [[cult]], a [[sect]], or a [[new religious movement]]. The organization has been involved in various illegal activities, including [[child marriage]]s, [[child abandonment]], [[sexual assault]], and [[human trafficking]] including [[child sexual abuse]].