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The cult of Jeffrey Lundgren is a cult within a cult within Christianity. Lundgren was the leader of a small group of about two dozen members that broke away from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) in Independence, Missouri. Lundgren split from the RLDS in 1987 because of its liberal tendencies which allowed women to be ordained as priests. Members prepared for an expected war in which they would attack the original Temple in Kirtland which is now preserved as a historical site by the RLDS. They engaged in strange sex rituals, and para-military training. One family, the Averys, opposed some of Lundgren's rulings, were executed and buried on the group's ranch. Lundgren was sentenced to death for his crimes while his wife and son were sentenced to long prison sentences. |
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