SALT LAKE CITY

Associated Press

A POLYGAMOUS sect leader whose followers believe he is a prophet who speaks directly with God is likely to continue to lead his church from behind bars after being sentenced to life in prison on child sex assault charges.

Followers of Jeffs' Utah-based Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are likely not to be swayed from their belief in him, despite evidence that he had sex with girls from the isolated sect as young as 12, former church members and experts say.

Jeffs, 55, was sentenced by a Texas jury Tuesday and will not be eligible for parole until he is at least 100 years old.

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