The disturbing docuseries reveals how the FLDS' attempts to conceal its practices make it possible for horrific abuses to be committed against women and girls. Meanwhile, conversations with attorneys and journalists address the reasons why the activities of the FLDS church went unchecked over the years, and how the victims that came forward made it possible to arrest and convict Warren Jeffs for rape. With the help of archived footage and reenactments, former FLDS members like Rebecca Wall Musser, Elisse Wall, and Wallace Jeffs share their traumatic experiences before and after leaving the church. It also reveals how former leader (aka Prophet) Warren Jeffs rose to power and succeeded his father Rulon, and how his authoritarian rule created an extremely repressive system in which corruption and abuse, including the sexual abuse of minors, escalated. It discusses some of the church's culture and practices, including establishing patriarchally defined gender roles within the community, and separating themselves from the secular world to practice polygamy, which is illegal in the United States. KEEP SWEET: PRAY AND OBEY is a true crime series that delves into the culture, practices, and abuses committed by an extremist offshoot of the Mormon church known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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