Her grandfather and an uncle were presidents of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Their orders dictated what Jeffs could eat, wear, watch and listen to, along with where she could go and whom she could see.
Her older brother had joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She saw how he and her sister-in-law, who was born into the mainstream faith, made mistakes and weren’t sent away to repent or worried that they would go to hell.
Jeffs is one of perhaps thousands of people who have left polygamous or fundamentalist Mormon churches through the years.