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The compound previously owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) has a new owner.

A southern Black Hills compound inhabited by members of a polygamous religious sect was sold Thursday. The Custer County Sheriff’s Office conducted the

Former FLDS members buy sect’s South Dakota compound (Jon Krakauer) The former compound of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints pictured in 2006. By The Associated Press   | Feb. 26, 2021, 7:12 p.m. Custer, S.D. • A compound in South Dakota’s Black Hills that was owned by a secretive polygamous cult has been sold at auction to three former members who broke with the sect years ago. Blue Mountain Ranch LLC, representing Patrick Pipkin, Seth Cooke and Andrew Chatwin...

Members who broke with polygamous cult buy former compound The Associated PressFebruary 26, 2021News Members who broke with polygamous cult buy former compound CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — A compound in South Dakota’s Black Hills that was owned by a secretive polygamous cult has been sold at auction to three former members who broke with the sect years ago. Blue Mountain Ranch LLC, representing Patrick Pipkin, Seth Cooke and Andrew Chatwin, paid $750,000 for the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day S...

February 26, 2021 - 11:32 AM CUSTER, S.D. - A compound in South Dakota’s Black Hills that was owned by a secretive polygamous sect has been sold at auction to three former members who broke with the sect years ago. Blue Mountain Ranch LLC, representing Patrick Pipkin, Seth Cooke and Andrew Chatwin, paid $750,000 for the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints 140-acre (57-hectare) compound at a Custer County sheriffs auction Thursday. The county had valued the nine-parce...

1:53 A series of faraway events is causing the sale of a cult compound in South Dakota. The polygamous cult is the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, known as FLDS. It broke away long ago from the Mormon Church. The FLDS is based in a community called Short Creek on the Arizona-Utah border. It has enclaves elsewhere, including a compound in South Dakota’s Black Hills. The cult’s leader, Warren Jeffs, is serving life in prison for sexually abusing girls he took as wi...