Who is flora jessop

But some people call me a hero, and Id like to think theyre right too. If I am a hero, maybe its because every time I can play a part in saving a child or a woman from a life of servitude and degradation, Im saving a little piece of me, too. I was one of twenty-eight children born to my dad and his three wives. Indoctrinated to believe that the outside world was evil, and that I resided among the righteous, I was destined to marry a man chosen for me by the Prophet.

I would then live in harmony with my sister-wives, bear many children, and obey and serve my future husband in this life and throughout eternity. But my innocence didnt last long. While still a child, I understood that the church of the righteous was nothing but a church of lies.

When I was eight years old my father sexually molested me for the first time, raping me when I was twelve. I tried to kill myself. Beaten, molested, taunted, and abused by family members alleging they only wanted to save my soul became a daily routine, I ran from this abuse more than once in my early teenseven attempting to cross the desert on foot. My family hunted me down. I thought government agencies would provide me safety if I reported my father. Jessop says that Jeffs immediately began making plans to relocate some, if not all, of his followers.

Allred comes into the picture. Jessop also claims that David S. Jessop says that the fact that David S. That means she has set her sights here, too. This has all the signs and it people need to be aware.

Jessop cites the plight of her own sister, Ruby Jessop, as the only reason she needs to come here, or anywhere, in order to continue her fight with the FLDS. She says that Ruby was forced to marry her stepbrother at age She escaped once, but was tricked into returning and now has two children of her own. Flora says that because of her previous escape, Ruby is never seen unattended. As for the awareness angle, there is the national media that is following her to Eldorado. He said the town utilities don't discriminate against anyone.

Flora Jessop left the "complete and utter suffering" of the FLDS community in and wants to help others who wish to break free from the controlling community. For now, she says she is enjoying catching up on lost years with her sister.

I never thought I would see the day that I would be reunited with her either," she said. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories.