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Owen A. Allred

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By the late 1990s, the AUB had around 7,200 total members. As prophet of the community, he was one of the ten members of the priesthood council which had strong regulatory power over his followers. The priesthood authority The priesthood was tasked with authorizing marriages, approving "economic
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Owen Allred is perhaps best known for his outspoken criticism of child abuse and marriages of girls under the age of 18. He publicly denounced the child abuse that occurred in many polygamist groups and encouraged members of the AUB to report such activities to law enforcement officials.
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without regard to race or color. This effectively ended a century-long prohibition preventing black men from holding priesthood office in the LDS Church. Owen Allred stridently opposed this new practice. He immediately declared that the
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stewardships or policy changes", and conducting regular disciplinary actions. It also had financial authority over a number of properties, including ranches, a dairy, a construction company, and even a golf course.
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In 2003, a federal judge ordered Owen Allred to return money that the AUB had received from Virginia Hill. Hill had accused the group of misrepresentation in a business transaction.
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Additionally, he campaigned for the legal marriage age in Utah to be raised from 14 to 16, noting that AUB members are forbidden to engage in any courtship before the age of 17.
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of the LDS Church had been desecrated by the presence of black Latter-day Saints. In response, the AUB built its own Endowment House in Bluffdale and began performing
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In addition, Allred has said that polygamy was not a requirement to be a member of the AUB, and further claimed that only 10–15% of members ever do enter into it.
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Mormon leaders that made changes to church policies on plural marriage; recognition of legitimacy of leadership varies by fundamentalist group.
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Mormon leaders prior to the start of the fundamentalist movement and recognized by most fundamentalists as legitimate church leaders.
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Austin, Michael (2010). "Four Consenting Adults in the Privacy of Their Own Suburb". In Austin, Michael; Decker, Mark T. (eds.).
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Four Consenting Adults in the Privacy of Their Own Suburb: Big Love and the Cultural Significance of Mormon Polygamy
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dated to 20 October 1937 appears in the relevant presidency letterbooks.
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Mark Steyn, "The Marrying Kind: Owen Allred (1914–2005)"
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President of the Priesthood
Apostolic United Brethren
Rulon C. Allred
J. LaMoine Jenson
Blackfoot, Idaho
Bluffdale, Utah
40°40′12″N 111°56′13″W / 40.670°N 111.937°W / 40.670; -111.937 (Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery)
Biography portal
LDS movement portal
Apostolic United Brethren
Mormon fundamentalist
Bluffdale, Utah
Rulon Allred
Ervil LeBaron
Blackfoot, Idaho
Heber J. Grant
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
J. LaMoine Jensen
Spencer W. Kimball
president
announced in 1978
priesthood
temples
ordinances
"LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890-1904"
doi
10.2307/45225323
ISSN
0012-2157

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