DECLARA lrlON OF

ALVIN S. BAR:LOW, SR,

ALtlN S. BARLOW, SR., upon penalty of~erjury, declare and attestthatl the

foll(")wing 1$true and accurate to the best of my knowle~ge:

am a membcr of the Fundamental ChUfph of Jesus Christ of Latter Dry Saints

am familiarlwith its history. doctrines, and religioLlS ptactices

origins of the FLDS reachesback tolthe establishment of the Chutch of Jesus

Christ of I..at~er Day Saints, founded and lead by th,~ Prfphet Joseph Smith in the 18~Os.

The faith and doctrines of the FLD'$ are lembodied in the sacred texts ~evealed by
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to the P~ophet Joseph Smith, including the Book of Mormon. Doctrine and Cov1nants and

Peorl ~fGre~ll Price. Other sacred writings central to t~e FLDS are the Prophet Jos4ph Smith's

/nxpired Ver.ti(m (Jfthe Bible and Lectures on Fait/I. an~ the Journal of Disc our,res. rhich

comprises o[lsermons of Prophets and Apostles along 1ith the teaching of other earlt leaders of

are the same writings common 10 t~e non~fundamentalist Churc~ of Jesus

the: (~hurch

Christof i,a~er Day Saints.which is headquarter~~ci

in ~alt Lake City ("LOS"; Ad~itiona!ly

the Fl.DS ho'ds sacred the tcachingandwriting ofthcProphet5 Leroy S. Johnson, R~lon To

Jetfs, and W~rren S. Jeffs

4 FLDS strictly adhere to the at.ove ~riting and teachings of the Prpphet

jo~eph Smjt~ and his ordained successors. In 18'.3, th~ Prophet Smith revealed the ~octrine of

plural marri~gt. which is set forth in Section 132 of th, Doctrine and Covenants, H,s

successors. ~righam Young and John Tayfor alsc, taug't and adhered to the doctrine 1of plural

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marriage. In 11890,Wilford Woodruff, the then lead'~r o(the Church, Idisavowed Secti~n)32 in

response to pollilical pressure. To this date, however, S~ction t 32 rerlnainsa part oft~e Doctrine

and ('(IVenanl.t Following the renunciation of the cloctrline of plural marriage. a divi~ion

occurred withir the Church with the FLDS continuing tol adhere to the doctrine of plu~al

marriage and t~e LOS which accepted the renunciation. IThe more recent spirituallea~ers of the

f'LDS have beFnthe Prophets Leroy S. Johnson and Rul~n T. Jeffs. The current Presi~ent and

Pr()phet is W~rren S. Jeffs, who has been the spiritual leader of the FLDS since 2002

5 According to FLDS doctrine, the power a,d authority of God to act in ~is name

on eanh is bes10\\'cd upon one man (Prophet) at a t!nle aqcording to details in DQctrjn~ and

('VVt'nanf,\', 13*: 7, and other verses enumcrated therein. The authority of the priesthoo1 which

governs the FI.~DS Church includes two levels of pri~~sthqod, the Melchizedek and Aar~nic

Priesthood, w~o are authorized by God through the F'rop~et The priesthood is organi~ed into

various officesl with differing levels of authority to pl~rfo~m sacred rites and ordinance~ to help

rollQ\vers prepfre fl)r the Second Coming of the Lord Jes~s Christ and qualify for Cele~1ial

Kingdom ofG~d. The FLD$ has an established prif~sthqod order which is similar to t~e LOS'

hierarchy: Th~ Prophet/President is the spiritualleacier of the FLDS. The General Authorities

are the FirSL Pr~sidency, the Quorum of the Twelve I,postles, Presiding Bishops, and ~irst and

Sccond QuorllrS of the Seventy. The area and local authorities and quorums include *atriarchs,

bishops.eldersfpriests.teachers,deacons.and counsl~lor~.

(i. 1Members of the FLDS practice sacred cerel11onie.~and ordinances. eng~ge in

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 and provide f~r a members advancementtowards qllalifring for the Celestial Kingdo~ of God.

Ordinances in91ude baptism, conferring and receiving oflpriesthood authority, marrjag~, healing,

and numerous pther ordinances. Many ordinances aI'e dgemed strictI)' confidential. P~rsuant to

church doctrinr, if record of certain ordinances must be rfcorded in the presence ofwi~nes$es and

remain confid9ntial. One of the sources tor recordinig ordinances is found in the Journ~f of

Discourses. vql. 16,p. 259, Orson Pratt, October 7, 18731.

Additionally. FLDS followers are go',em~d by the law of accountabjlit~ to

legitimate Aut*ority. which requires them to engage in c~nfidential communications ~ith

legitimate prie~thood leaders to attest to their faith arid c9nfess any wrongdoing. Thesf

confidential communications may be in writing or verbalj The priesthood hierarchy prpvides

sacred and confidential spiritual guidance to the member~ under their respective autho~ities. The

President. as th~ leader of the entire Fl~DS, provides spiri~uaJ guidance. which is deem~d

confidential, tol individual and groups of individuals '.vithin the Church The d isclosur~ of

cl)mmunicatio~5 made pursuant to the taw of accountabilIty to non-members significa~tly

interferes \\'ith ~ Fl,DS members' spiritual path towards $od's Kingdom. In other wo¥s, this

unauthorized dIsclosure is a violation of confidence and ~estructive to the faith of tho sf seeking

[(I qualify for ar exultation in the Celestial Kingdom ofqod. The law ofaccountabili~y to

legitimate AlIt~ority is derived from ;r~velat[on from IGodland expressed in many sacre~

religious writinlgs, including D&C 10I :78, 104:13; Journfl Of Discourses, Vol. 2, p. 2~9, Orson

Pratt,Sept. 10,11858;
Vol. 2, p. 299,BrighamYoung.Ju~e3,1855; Vol. 17,p. 76, Eraru5

Snow, May 8. '874

R jrhe teachings aItd revelations given t<,thel Prophet are strictly confiden~ial and are

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 related only tol those who God, through the Prophet, designates to receive such sacred ~nd

confidential r~velati()ns The unauthorized disclosure olf a teaching or revelation to alperson

outside of the fl.-OS is deemed a sinful breach of God's ~onfidence and may be groun~s for

excommunicatlion. The divine revelations and teachings lare the core of the FLDS reli$iouS

belief, Kno\vledge and possession of teachings and rev~lations by non-members viol~tes the

sanctity and saFredness of instruction from Our Fathc~rinl Heaven. [t strikes at the very ]heart of

the FLDS doctrine, Only those selected by God, throug~ the Prophet, may receive th~ divine

messages. revelations, FI..;DS members are guided in their preparation for thel Celestial

Kingdom. As fimply stated in Mormon, Section 6:1:!: Make no' 'hygifi kno}\'n unto a,ysave

,hore who are ?/lhY,faith. Trifle not with sacred thing,S'. lne sacredness
and con.fi~entialjty

principle of H~ave"l)' revelations and instructions to the rrophet.~ are based on several!church

writings. incJu~ing but not limited to, Mormon 6:6; I~att.he'v 7:6, Alma 37: 15,44:5, Sp:37;

llelaman 4:12;13 Nephi 14:6,4 Nephi DC 9:9, '~1:6j 63:64,104:54-66; TPJS, Se~tion Four

1839-42.p. 191;1.5.11: 177, May 10; 1970 Colorado City!- Arizona ("CCA "); JYB 151!January

JO. 1941 Salt L~akeCity; LSJ 4: 1262-1263, August 15, I ~76 CCA; LSJ 6:350, June 8,11969

Canada; LSJ 7:1152,May 10, 1970 CCA; RTJ 3:257 June 12,1974CCA; RTJ 4:215 Notember

3. 1977Sand~.Utah.

9. In addition to the: confidentiality ofthf:Pr9phet's revelations and writin~s, other

records of the ~LDS are deemed most sacred and confideptial, including but not limite~ to

membership, o~dination, family, and tithe records. 1111ar~epart, the need to protect tht such

records from d~sclosure stems from the long history of pe~secution, ridicule, haraS$me~t. and

physical a5~aul~ of the faithful b)' non.members and Bpos~ates. This history of persecu~ion has

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 persisted sinct the Prophet Joseph Smith founded th,~ Chlurch and continues today in great force

against the folllo\vers of the FLDS.

10 I:LDS does not engage in missiol)ary:work to proselyte our doctrin~s upon

non-believers.1 Instead, the FLDS seeks to provide ertco~ragement and support, both t~mporal

and spiritual, tp its current members and to all faithfill in~ividuals, as well as to provid~ strength

to all who are Farnestly seeking the Truth of the Gos]~el qfSalvation

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OATEDthis

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1~lhday of April, 2007.

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 persisted sin~e the Prophet Joseph Smith founded ttle Church and continues today in great force

against the fo'iowers of the FLDS

10. FLDS does not engage in missionary work to proselyte our doctrinFs upon

non-believersf Instead, the FLDS seeks to provide encouragement and support, both temporal

and spiritual, to its current members and to all faithf~1 individuals, as well as to provid~ strength

to all who arclearnestly seeking the Truth of the Gospel of Salvation.

DATE:O this ~61"day of April. 2007

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