(dramatic music) My father is
Warren Jeffs's older brother.
My father was the head patriarch at the church
with a very esteemed title.
My dad was in Warren Jeffs's inner circle
and they were very close.
When I was in the FLDS, they went to extreme lengths
to brainwash me.
Warren told me that I was never good enough
and if I didn't follow what he said,
I would burn in eternal misery without my family.
I felt like Warren saw younger men as a threat
and potential competition for wives.
In my mind, I felt absolutely disposable.
Boys are used for child labor.
We tend the farms, build houses,
pretty much any physical labor they would use the boys.
I ended up having to get surgery
to repair a hernia.
When I was 15 years old,
I got kicked out of the community
because I was talking with girls
and sneaking out of the house
to hang out with unapproved friends.
At that point, my dad drove me up to Salt Lake
and signed power of attorney rights over to a host family
and said goodbye, and that was it.
Essentially, my dad threw me away.
It was devastating for me.
I have not seen or heard from my dad,
my mom, and my sisters in nine years.
Ian, thank you for being here.
I really appreciate it, I really do,
and you've not heard from them for nine years.
Do you want to talk to them?
Have you tried to talk to them?
So the last conversation I had with my mother.
Sorry.
It's okay, take your time
and just through the tears.
It's okay.
I called her on a number she didn't recognize.
When she realized it was me,
she says, I can't talk to you anymore.
I was told that I couldn't talk to you anymore
and she hung up.
(sobbing)
Those were the last words I ever heard from her
and I was just 13 years old
and growing up 'cause I was the only son from her,
so I'd been bullied by my other brothers.
I was really close with her
and I had been torn away from her so many times.
I was in these houses hiding.
They wouldn't allow me to talk to her.
And how many siblings did you have?
From my dad's side, probably up to 50.
My mother only had four kids and then I have
an older sister and a younger sister
who are still apart of the church to my knowledge.
50 from your father's side
and how many wives did he have?
He had up to 21 wives that I know of.
And who do you think is commanding your mother
that she can't, not allowed to talk to you anymore?
At the time it was probably a directive of Warren.
And now that you're out and you're married.
Jade is here, right?
Hi Jade, how are you?
And you have a child.
I do.
How insane does that look to you
looking back on it now?
Well as a father with a daughter,
I just could never imagine just turning her back on her
and walking away.
So what kind of father and husband is Ian?
Words can't describe it.
He is the best father and the most amazing husband ever.
Like he has never once yelled at me,
he's never once cursed at me, he's not violent.
The best father I've ever seen.
Like I cry tears of joy when I watch him with our daughter
because he's so gentle with her.
So how'd you figure this out?
(laughing)
I just figured I would never treat somebody
the way that I was treated
or I saw other people treated.
And holding out help which Tanya, she helped me,
she put me in a host home.
They were a great example to me
of how family should be.
You bet.
These host homes are nothing short of absolute miracles.