A plastic sheet, padded sides and mounted on wheels: The 'rape bed' pervert polygamist Warren Jeffs

Published: 13:06 EST, 30 November 2012 | Updated: 07:04 EST, 1 December 2012

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Disturbing details of the bed polygamist Warren Jeffs ordered to be specially made for the purpose of sexually assaulting hundreds of young girls were outlined in pages of a diary he referred to as 'priesthood records'.

He told his followers the bed must be made of hardwood, sturdy so it wouldn't rattle, long enough to hold his frame and covered with a plastic sheet to 'protect the mattress from what will happen on it'.

Prosecutors read out excerpts from the diaries on Wednesday as part of an attempt by the State of Texas to seize the multimillion dollar ranch owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Texas wants to take ownership of the polygamist ranch where the convicted sect leader Warren Jeffs and his followers sexually assaulted children. The Texas attorney general's office filed a seizure warrant in rural Schleicher County on Wednesday

Seizure warrant: The state of Texas wants to take ownership of the polygamist ranch where the convicted sect leader Warren Jeffs and his followers sexually assaulted children

Warren Jeffs gave specific instructions on the bed: That it should be padded and long enough to hold him and there should be a plastic cover on the mattress to 'protect from what will happen'

Warren Jeffs gave specific instructions on his bed, saying that it should be padded and long enough to hold him and there should be a plastic cover on the mattress to 'protect from what will happen'

Locked up: The temple of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in El Dorado, Texas

Among the thousands of pages of journal entries, Jeffs gave detailed instructions to his followers on how they were to relocate and build a secret compound in West Texas, where he said God had led him to.

Initial descriptions of the bed Jeffs ordered to be made were first heard shortly after the raid on the 1,600-acre compound. Investigators found the altar-like bed on the top all-white floor of the towering limestone temple.

More details were available in the journals, in which he said the bed should have padding on either side to hold him in place as 'the Lord does His work with me' but can easily be disguised as a table.

'It should be made so the table top can come off. It will be on wheels. When the mattress is in place, this bench will be to the right side the bed. This will be made so that it can be taken apart and stored in a closet where no one can see it.

'When I need it, I will pull it out and set it up. The bed will be a size big enough for me to lay on. ... It will be covered with a sheet, but it will have a plastic cover to protect the mattress from what will happen on it.'

Seizure: Law enforcement officials and their vehicles are seen parked around the perimeter of the temple on the Yearning for Zion Ranch, home of the FLDS, near Eldorado, Texas

A truck enters the Yearning for Zion Ranch: The state of Texas wants ownership of Warren Jeffs' massive polygamist ranch where prosecutors say the convicted sect leader and his followers sexually assaulted dozens of children

Jurors at his trial were moved to tears when hearing how the children were restrained to this bed while he sexually assaulted them.

Texas has spent more than $4.5 million in prosecuting the cases against Jeffs and ten of his followers.

Jerry Strickland, a spokesman for the attorney general's office, said the seizure warrant begins the final chapter in the state's five-year-old case against Jeffs.

'This is simply the next step,' Strickland said.

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The cult leader has spent the past six years behind bars after being arrested and convicted of sexual abuse of young girls after law enforcement officials raided the compound in April 2008 and removed 438 children to state custody.

According to the Houston Chronicle, the diary offers a narrative of daily events from 2002 to 2006, where he meticulously documented the events as his followers in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints were being driven from their home base in Utah.

Sickening: Jeffs is seen embracing one of his child brides as he smiles at the camera

Innocent victims: Children living in Warren Jeffs' compound are taught that the self-proclaimed prophet convicted of child sex abuse is the U.S. president

According to Jeffs' writings, it was the Lord who sent him to the ranch in Eldorado.

'Three times the Lord sent me here, not knowing where I was going, but naming the place,' he wrote. 'The second time, we drove right to this place and didn't realize it was for sale, as the Lord said, "Go to Sonora and then Eldorado". Sonora is south of here.

'We need to keep this particular property so private and sacred and secret that not even the faithful who are driven will know of this place, because this is where the sacred records are.'

He would refer to the site as 'R17' because of its location 17 hours away from FLDS communities on the border between Utah and Arizona, known as Short Creek.

The attorney general's office argued that the documents prove Jeffs deliberately chose the remote location to shield widespread child sexual abuse and money laundering from the scrutiny of law enforcement authorities.

More than a year after his conviction of child sex abuse, it appears that little has changed in the remote compound in Colorado City as Jeffs continues to decide where people live, whom they marry and even what they eat and how they dress.

Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint women are not allowed to cut their hair because it is believed that they will need it to wash men's feet in heaven

Styling tips: Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint women are not allowed to cut their hair because it is believed that they will need it to wash men's feet in heaven

Children of cult members receive little more than a grade school education where science and history are ignored in favour of religious studies with an emphasis on Jeffs’ proverbs, and where every school book must be personally approved by the leader.

Totalitarian leader: Jeffs was convicted last year of molesting two teenage girls and sentenced to life in prison, but he continues to have complete control over his sect

Totalitarian leader: Jeffs was convicted last year of molesting two teenage girls and sentenced to life in prison, but he continues to have control over his sect

One proverb reads: 'When you disobey there must and will always be a punishment.'

Children in the local schoolhouse are also taught that Jeffs was the president of the United States and that God led Neil Armstrong away from the moon during the Apollo 11.

When questioned by an ABC reporter about their general level of knowledge, a trio of girls who escaped the cult several months earlier along with their mother said that they had never heard of Ronald Reagan, Santa Claus or AIDS.

The women are always covered from neck to ankle because they believe their bodies are sacred.

Town dressmaker Lizzie Jeffs said: 'We believe in being modest.

'The Lord teaches us that if we can dress properly, it is easier to see each other as a whole person inside and out.'

Women must never cut their hair because it is believed that they will need it to wash men's feet in heaven.

They all live in polygamous marriages where each man has at least three sister wives.

The FLDS organization is protected by Utah’s homeschooling law, which means that state officials have no say about the content of the curriculum taught on the grounds of the secured compound.

In August 2011, Jeffs, 56, was found guilty of molesting two girls ages 12 and 15 whom he took as brides in 'spiritual marriages’.

Eleven other FLDS men were charged with crimes including sexual assault and bigamy. So far, all seven, who have been prosecuted, have been convicted - receiving prison sentences of between six and 75 years.

FLDS children bath in a river in their clothes for modesty in the cult where 15 men have been handpicked by Jeffs to father all the children. Married couples are banned from having sex

Handpicked fathers: FLDS children bath in a river in their clothes for modesty in the cult where 15 men have been handpicked by Jeffs to father all the children. Married couples are banned from having sex

The women are always covered from neck to ankle because they believe their bodies are sacred. Town dressmaker Lizzie Jeffs (pictured) said the dresses 'make it easier to see each other as a whole person inside and out'

Modesty is sacred: The women are always covered from neck to ankle because they believe their bodies are sacred. Town dressmaker Lizzie Jeffs (pictured) said the dresses 'make it easier to see each other as a whole person inside and out'

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A plastic sheet, padded sides and mounted on wheels: The 'rape bed' pervert polygamist Warren Jeffs

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