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Article: Shurtleff meets with FLDS Church members
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- December 19, 2008
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HILDALE, Washington County -- Utah Attorney General Mark
Shurtleff traveled here for a historic meeting with members of the
Fundamentalist LDS Church in an effort to help negotiate an end to
lawsuits over the polygamous sect's real-estate holdings arm.
"I couldn't be happier than to have the chance to talk with FLDS
members face-to-face," he told the Deseret News as he wrapped up the
tour on Thursday.
Shurtleff and members of his staff were escorted around Hildale
and neighboring Colorado City, Ariz., by FLDS member and church
spokesman Willie Jessop, who was accompanied by other members and
attorneys. They visited a farm, a medical clinic and a
manufacturing facility. Some of those sites ...