Eldorado, USA - The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been led by its reclusive prophet, Warren Jeffs, since his father's death in 2002.
The Mormon splinter group is one of several that split from the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the decades since it renounced polygamy in 1890.
The F-L-D-S began migrating 77 years ago to a remote area along the Utah-Arizona state line. Its members live in almost complete seclusion in the twin cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona. Members aren't allowed newspapers, radio, T-V or the Internet and are forbidden to speak with outsiders.
The sect may have as many as ten-thousand members and has a history of polygamy that's long been an open secret in Utah. Lawsuits filed recently by former members accuse Jeffs of sexual misconduct and assigning young girls as wives to older men.
But authorities say the accusations aren't sufficient to produce criminal charges because they can't get anyone to talk about Jeffs.