I'm glad I escaped my cult leader husband

Briell Decker grew up in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

When she was 18, she married the FLDS leader Warren Jeffs. She was his 65th wife.

Decker escaped after multiple attempts in 2012. She now helps other survivors rebuild their lives.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Briell Decker, 40, a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and the 65th wife of its former leader, Warren Jeffs. She married Jeffs in 2004 at 18 in an arranged marriage. It has been edited for length and clarity.

I was born and raised in the FLDS faith .…