![]() ![]() Jessop arrived on-site Sunday, April 6, in hopes of reuniting two of her daughters with their half-siblings. ![]() I spent four years, and there is nothing there for me.” I just couldn’t deny what was in my heart - my belief in my religion and my love for my father and my family. ![]() Since returning to the FLDS, Betty has openly disputed the claims in Carolyn’s book, particularly those alleging that Merril Jessop was abusive, saying “it just makes me want to laugh.” She describes her years outside of the sect as traumatic, explaining that public school was a shock and that the task of caring for her siblings fell to her due to her mother’s health problems: “With the responsibility landing on me so hard every morning, I was an emotional wreck, and after a while, I hardened into a frazzled bundle of nerves.” She added, “I was such a representation of everything hated so much. As was acknowledged by both parties, Carolyn had to physically force her to leave the FLDS when she was thirteen. Carolyn’s second child, Betty Jessop, turned eighteen in 2007 and returned to the FLDS. ![]()
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