How Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt represent LDS teachings — and where they go wildly astray

Mainstream Latter-day Saints would view their behaviors as “totally beyond the pale,” scholar says, but some of the phrasing Franke uses in her journal is found in the faith’s culture.

(Sheldon Demke | Pool) Jodi Hildebrandt, left, and Ruby Franke appear during their respective sentencing hearings in St. George in February. A recently released investigative report concludes that religious extremism motivated their crimes of child abuse.