677: Vance Allred - Son of AUB Polygamist Prophet Rulon Allred Pt. 3

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 29 November 2016

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Rulon Clark Allred (March 29, 1906 – May 10, 1977) was a homeopath and chiropractor in Salt Lake City and the founder/leader of what is now the Apostolic United Brethren, a breakaway sect of polygamous Mormon fundamentalists in Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Arizona, United States. He was murdered on the orders of Ervil LeBaron, the head of a rival polygamous sect (Wikipedia).

Vance Allred is Rulon's Allred's son, and at one point was a chief apologist for Mormon fundamentalist polygamy, and was being groomed to succeed his father as prophet of the AUB. In this three part series, Vance Allred discusses:

Part 1: His father's rise to power, via the founding of the Apostolic United Brethren, and Vance's early years as the son of a polygamist prophet.
Part 2: The events leading up to Rulon Allred's assassination, and Vance's candid critique of his father's work, and
Part 3: The sexual abuse in the AUB that led Vance to leave the AUB, and the events that led Vance to join the LDS church (requiring an interview with two LDS apostles). Finally, Vance discusses the factors that led to him becoming inactive LDS.

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0:31.6	So what led to you leaving the other group?
0:34.6	Well, is that I was in Montana getting ready for the general
0:39.6	karmas up there.
0:40.6	Oh, so many things going on.
0:42.6	My uncle, my uncle wanted me to be his successor.
0:45.6	And I tell people in the other group, if you don't like it too bad, sad is the truth.
0:49.6	My uncle wanted me to be the next one to succeed him.
0:53.6	Or at least he told you that.
0:54.6	Maybe like Joseph, he told multiple people.
0:56.6	Oh, yeah, I've treated him.
0:58.6	But I only had one wife.
0:59.6	I only had one wife.
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