helaman barlow , who was chief of the bordering towns of colorado city , arizona , and hildale , utah , says he is revealing the secrets after that his account comes amid reports that jeffs continues to direct fundamentalist church of latter-day saints despite being in prison for marrying and raping two 12-year-old girls .
other accounts say that some of its former adherents - are turning their backs on the church and changing the towns by setting up public schools and auctioning off property .