WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? THE ANSWER IS COMPLICATED. AND THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE COMPLEX. BUT AT THE HEART OF THIS MYSTERIOUS GROUP IS THE JEFFS FAMILY, INCLUDING WEATHER, WARREN, AND HIS FAVORITE DAUGHTER, RACHEL. * THE IMAGES LOOK LIKE SOMETHING FROM A HOLLYWOOD FILM. WOMEN IN PRAIRIE DRESSES. HOMES THAT SHUN CONTEMPORARY LIFE, INCLUDING TELEVISION, POPULAR MUSIC, THE INTERNET. NO PUBLIC SCHOOLING. NO MINGLING WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. FOR RACHEL JIF JEFFS, THIS WAS NO MOVIE. THIS WAS HER LIFE. >> WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THE WORLD WAS WICKED. >> Reporter: THE FLDS, THE RADIC RADICAL OFFSHOOT OF MORMONISM IS BEST-KNOWN FOR ITS PRACTICE OF POLYGAMY. AND FOR ITS LEADER, RACHEL'S FATHER, WARREN JEFFERS. WH HOW MANY WIVES DID YOUR DAD HAVE AT THAT TIME? >> UNTIL I WAS 7, FATHER ONLY HAD TWO WIVES. AFTER THAT, HE GOT THEM EVERY FEW YEARS. BY THE TIME I WAS 18, HE HAD AT LEAST 30 WIVES. >> Reporter: THEY CALL HIM THE PROPHET. AND WHAT HE SAYS, GOES. BUT RACHEL SAYS HER FATHER'S RULES GOT INCREASINGLY BIZARRE. HE BEGAN BANNING CERTAIN FOODS, TOYS, EVEN FUN. THAT HE FORBADE HUGGING AND BROKE UP FAMILIES ON A WHIM. AND HIS MANY BRIDES WERE GETTING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER. HIS FOLLOWERS, INCLUDING RACHEL, WERE NOT ALLOWED TO QUESTION HIM. BUT QUESTION, SHE DID. STARTING AT AGE 8, WHEN RACHEL SAYS THINGS WITH WARREN TOOK A VERY DARK TURN. ONE SHE WAS UNEQUIPPED TO HANDLE. ONE NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO FACE. RACHEL JEFFS' NEW BOOK IS CALLED "BREAKING FREE, HOW I ESCAPED POLYGAMY, THE FLDS CULT AND MY FATHER, WARREN JEFFS." SHE JOINS ME NOW FOR HER FIRST LIVE TELEVISION INTERVIEW. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS YOU HAD, IN MANY CASES, A HAPPY CHILDHOOD. >> YEAH. >> HOW CAN THAT BE? WHAT WAS HAPPY ABOUT IT? >> WE DID A LOT OF BASIC THINGS THAT OTHER KIDS DID. WE HAD BIKES. PLAYED TOGETHER. HAVING LOTS OF SIBLINGS WAS FUN BECAUSE YOU HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS. IN THAT WAY, IT WAS REALLY ENJOYABLE. WE DID PROGRAMS. WE SING TOGETHER. WE WENT TO THE PARKS. WE PLAYED, YOU KNOW? WE HAD LOTS OF FUN TIMES. >> YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE OUT WORLD, RIGHT? >> NOPE. NO. WE WERE TAUGHT, THEY WERE VERY WICKED. >> WICKED. IF YOU HAD -- IF YOU BROKE A LEG, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? COULD YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL? >> IF ALL THERE IS SAID. I BROKE A BONE. BUT IF WE GOT SICK, WE DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> NO MUSIC. NO MADONNA. NONE OF THAT. >> NO. MUSIC WE MADE OURSELVES. THAT'S ALL THAT WAS ALLOWED. >> TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO, QUOTE, KEEP SWEET. >> WE WERE HOLD WE HAD TO KEEP SWEET. THAT'S HOW WE KEPT HEAVENLY FATHER'S SPIRIT. WE COULDN'T GET ANGRY OR MAD OR JEALOUS OF ANYBODY. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMISSIVE AND SWEET. >> IT'S NOT THAT YOU COULDN'T EXPRESS ANGER. THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED. YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO FEEL ANGER. >> EXACTLY. >> OR WHAT? OR ELSE YOU GET PUNISHED. YOU WOULD BE GONE AFTER, BY THE PISTE, YOUR FATHER OR THE PROPHET. IT WASN'T ALLOWED. YOU HAVE TO BE SWEET ALL THE TIME. >> HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL? >> UNTIL I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE. >> WHO TAUGHT YOU? >> FATHER WAS THE PRINCIPAL. WE WENT TO A CHURCH SCHOOL. LEARNED THE BASIC SUBJECTS. ESPECIALLY PRIESTED SUBJECTS. THE CHURCH TEACHINGS WERE PARAMOUNT IN THAT SCHOOL. >> THERE CAME A TIME WHEN YOU WERE 8 YEARS OLD, WHEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM CHANGED. HE CALLED YOU INTO HIS OFFICE. WHAT HAPPENED? >> VERY SHOCKINGLY, FATHER STARTED ABUSING ME SEXUALLY. FIRST, PRESENTING WHAT A MAN LOOKED LIKE. AND THEN, TO ME, AS A CHILD. AND THEN, HE STARTED SEXUALLY ABUSING ME, AS A YOUNG CHILD. IT WAS SO AGAINST HIS TEACHINGS, SO AGAINST WHAT HE HAD TAUGHT US, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. AND I FELT TERRIBLE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHY HE WAS DOING IT. >> HOW MANY TIMES DID HE ABUSE YOU? >> WAY MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT. >> DID YOU EVER TELL ANYONE? >> I TOLD MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10, AFTER IT WAS JUST GETTING SO BAD. AN I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE. I REMEMBER THINKING, IF MY FATHER IS DOING THIS AND THE WORLD IS WICKEDER, ARE THE WORLD'S FATHERS WORSE THAN THIS? I REMEMBER THINKING, I SHOULD JUST BE GRATEFUL IT'S ONLY THIS BAD. I TOLD MY MOM. AND SHE CONFRONTED HIM. BUT IT KEPT HAPPENING. >> SHE WAS UNDER ORDERS TO KEEP SWEET, TOO. >> AND OBEY HIM. >> AFTER YOUR FATHER CONFRONTED HIM, THE ABUSE CONTINUED. >> YEAH. DIDN'T STOP. >> I UNDERSTAND HE WOULD TAKE YOU INTO BOOKSTORES AND SHOW YOU PORNOGRAPHY? >> YES. YES. YEAH. AS A VERY YOUNG CHILD, HE WOULD TAKE ME IN THERE AND EITHER SIT ME IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION AND BRING A BOOK OVER AND FORCE ME TO LOOK AT PICTURES OF, YEAH, PORNOGRAPHY. >> ULTIMATELY, YOU GOT THE COURAGE TO CONFRONT HIM IN A LETTER AND TOLD HIM HE HAD HURT YOU. DID IT CONTINUE AFTER THAT? YOU WERE 16. >> NO. AFTER I CONFRONTED HIM AND LET HIM KNOW HOW I FELT ABOUT IT, I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE THE REACTION WAS ONE OF DEFEAT. I'M SORRY, YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. >> YOU WEREN'T USED TO HEARING THAT FROM HIM. >> NO. IT WAS A DIFFERENT FATHER THAN I EVER KNEW. >> AND THEN, WITHIN TWO YEARS, YOU GOT NEWS YOU WERE BEING MARRIED OFF. >> YES. >> WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? >> I EXPECTED -- I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I KNEW I HAD NO CHOICE. I KNEW IT WOULD BE HIS CHOICE. >> ONE DAY, HE SITS YOU DOWN. WHAT DOES HE SAY? >> HE COMES HOME AND SAYS, RACHEL, YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED TO THIS MAN. RICHARD ALL JUSTICE EALLRED. AND MY FIRST THOUGHT IS, I'M GLAD IT WAS A YOUNG MAN. I WAS AFRAID WE WERE GOING TO MARRY AN OLD GUY. WE HAD NO CHOICE. I WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE A YOUNG MAN. >> DID HE HAVE OTHER WIVES? >> HE HAD TWO WIVES BEFORE ME. >> DID YOU GET TO MEET HIM BEFORE YOU MARRIED HIM? >> I GOT TO MEET HIM THE DAY BEFORE, YEAH. >> WERE YOU SCARED? >> I WAS VERY, VERY SCARED. I WAS SHAKING. I WAS VERY SCARED. >> YOU GO, IT'S YOUR WEDDING DAY, THE NEXT DAY. YOU WALK DOWN THE AISLE. YOUR DAD GIAVE YOU SOME ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO ON THE WEDDING NIGHT. THE MORNING OF THE WEDDING, HE SAID, RACHEL, COME TALK TO ME. AND HE SAID, I WANT YOU TO ASK FOR A BABY TONIGHT. I WANT YOU TO ASK YOUR HUSBAND FOR A BABY TONIGHT. I WANT YOU TO GET CLOSE FAST. I HAD A HARD TIME. I SAID, DO I HAVE TO? HE SAID, YES. I WANT YOU TO DO THIS. PROMISE ME. AND I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T ASK HIM. I WASN'T READY. BUT WHEN I DID ASK HIM, I SAID, FATHER TOLD ME TO ASK YOU BECAUSE I WASN'T READY. AND HE WAS -- HE WAS KIND. HE WAS, LIKE, HE WASN'T IN A RUSH. HE WAS NICE TO ME. HE WAS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN MY FATHER. >> BUT LIFE AS A SISTER WIFE WOULD BE FULL OF OTHER COMPLICATIONS FOR RACHEL. AND FOR THE SISTER WIVES, AS WELL. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PICK IT UP AFTER THIS BREAK, W * * In this home we make breakfast. Sometimes messes! But always masterpieces ...together. What matters most is made at home. 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