FLDS leader's life on the run is detailed in his dictations

As a fugitive sought by the FBI, Warren Jeffs traveled the country delivering the judgment of God.

In notes, dictations, revelations and lessons to followers, the Fundamentalist LDS Church leader meticulously details his life as a fugitive, as an inmate in jail awaiting trial and as a leader still trying to minister to his faithful flock.

The information comes from among 600 pages of exhibits attached to a Texas child custody case that were made public on Monday.

In the documents, the polygamous sect leader pronounces God's judgment on cities across the nation, believes Hurricane Katrina is the Almighty's wrath on a wicked city, visits a tanning salon and watches action movies with his wives.

Among the places Jeffs visited while on the run was New Orleans shortly before the hurricane hit. He later recalled watching the destruction on TV.

"I asked the Lord to particularly destroy the French Quarter of New Orleans, a center of wickedness that is glorified by this generation all over the nation," he wrote in an Aug. 30, 2005, dictation. "His will be done in His time and way."

Jeffs goes into detail about his trip to New Orleans.

"We left our motel room around 2 p.m. in the afternoon, from 2:30 p.m. til 3:30 p.m. on Monday we did as the Lord commanded in going into disguise by going into the suntanning salon," he said on Aug. 12, 2005. "The Lord has directed that I watch certain movies to see how this generation and nation delight in warfare, immorality, about the Crusades, a very bloody, violent show, and how the people of this nation are indoctrinated in fighting against religion."

Later, Jeffs was visited by some of his wives.

"They were dressed as the gentiles are in britches and short sleeve blouses. Their hair was patterned after the gentile hairdos, and had the makeup or paint on their faces. I had them change into Priesthood dresses, and I explained why they were there," he said. "The Lord had directed that I make sure they see the program 'Man on Fire' a very violent, immoral show about kidnapping, where the parents of a child kidnap their own child to get money. I explained to the ladies that this is what the Lord showed me would happen against some of our Priesthood people."

>'Dust off my feet'

While avoiding the FBI, the documents indicate that Jeffs also traveled to places like Oregon, Washington, Alabama, Massachusetts, Delaware, New York, New Hampshire, delivering them to God for judgment.

"Always in these ordinances I kick the dust off my feet against them as a witness and testimony on earth, binding you the law, sealing up the testimony against this wicked generation," he said in an Aug. 2, 2005, dictation in Massachusetts.