Leroy Steed Jeffs ek aisa naam hai jo FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) se juda hai. Wah FLDS ke purv guru, Rulon T. Jeffs, ke bade bete hain aur ek samay church aur iske arthik mamlon me sakriya bhumika nibhate the. Lekin aaj yeh sawal uthta hai ki Leroy Jeffs ab kahan hain? Kya woh FLDS ke sath jude hue hain ya alag ho chuke hain?

Leroy ka janm ek FLDS pariwar me hua tha, jahan unhone apne pita Rulon Jeffs ke netritva me dharmik shiksha aur vyavsayik samajh viksit ki. Wah ek accountant the aur FLDS ke United Effort Plan (UEP) trust ke sadasya bhi rahe, jo sampraday ki sampatti aur dhan ka prabandhan karta tha. Jab 2005 me Utah sarkar ne is trust ko apne kabze me le liya, tab Leroy ka bhi isme yogdan tha.

Leroy ke jeevan me ek bada mod tab aaya jab unke chhote bhai Warren Jeffs FLDS ke naya guru bane. Warren Jeffs ne apne vibhinna niyamon ke madhyam se FLDS ko aur adhik kathor banaya, jo kai logo ke liye asahniya ho gaya. Yeh bhi maana jata hai ki Warren ne Leroy ko church se nikal diya tha aur unki patniyon ka doosre logo se vivaah kara diya tha, jo FLDS ke andar ek aam baat thi.

2006 me, Arizona ki ek federal grand jury ne Leroy ko FLDS aur unke bhai Warren Jeffs ke khilaf gavahi dene ke liye bulaya. Lekin, Leroy ne gavahi dene se inkar kar diya, jiske karan unhe chaar mahine ki jail ka samna karna pada. Yeh spasht nahi hai ki yeh inkar unki bhakti ka praman tha ya kisi bhay ka nateeja.

Kuch reports ke anusaar, baad me Leroy ko FLDS me wapas bulaya gaya tha. Texas ke kanooni dastavezon ke anusaar, 1998 se 2004 ke beech unhone 14-16 varsh ki umr ki chaar ladkiyon se vivah kiya tha. Yeh vivaah FLDS ke niyamon ke anusaar tha, lekin kanooni drishti se vivadaspad tha.

Aaj Leroy Jeffs ki sthiti thodi rahasyamay hai. Aisa maana jata hai ki FLDS ka prabhav kam hone ke baad, unhone apna jeevan gupt tareeke se jeena shuru kar diya. Kuch log kehate hain ki wah ab FLDS ke mukhya samaj se alag ho chuke hain, jabki doosre mante hain ki wah ab bhi kisi na kisi roop me jude hue hain.

Leroy Jeffs ka jeevan ek aise vyakti ki kahani hai jo ek kathor dharmik samuday ka hissa rahe, jinhone apne bhai ke shasan me kathinaiyo ka samna kiya aur jo ab apni ek alag pahchan banane ki koshish me hain. Unka vartaman thik kaha hai yeh spasht nahi hai, lekin yeh nishchit hai ki unka itihas FLDS ki kahani ka ek mahatvapurn hissa hai