Article: Shurtleff meets with FLDS Church members

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

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