Note : Ousted members are not allowed to return to their wives or children , sources say . Jeffs is awaiting trial in Texas on charges of sexual misconduct and bigamy . He is running the affairs of the church from his jail cell , sources say . Also removed are Willie Jessup , Jeffs ' one-time bodyguard who served as the spokesman for the church after a raid on its Texas compound ; and David Zitting , the mayor of Hildale , Utah , a town in which the population consists almost entirely of members of the church . The church split from the Mormon church a decade ago over plural marriage .
Note : Ousted members are not allowed to return to their wives or children , sources say . Jeffs is awaiting trial in Texas on charges of sexual misconduct and bigamy . He is running the affairs of the church from his jail cell , sources say . The church split from the Mormon church a decade ago over plural marriage .