LAS VEGAS (NV)
8 News Now
By Nathan Baca, Investigative Reporter
LAS VEGAS — Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is making what former members of his church call a “last ditch” effort to raise money as he serves time in prison.
An advertisement appeared in Friday’s Review-Journal which gives southern Nevadans the opportunity to buy church proclamations ranging in price from $3 to $10.
Leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, known as FLDS, did not return 8 News NOW calls.
Church membership is estimated to be between 10,000 and 15,000 members. The I-Team talked to a member of the Child Protection Project who was a child bride in the FLDS church before leaving.
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