Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps dead
Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps Sr., founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, died late Wednesday, a daughter of Phelps confirmed Thursday morning.
Reached by phone in Topeka, Shirley Phelps-Roper confirmed her father had died at Midland Care Hospice.
Of the 13 adult children of Fred Phelps Sr., only four have split from the church.
The WBC is best known for anti-gay protests and picketing soldiers’ funerals.
Reached by phone in Topeka, Shirley Phelps-Roper confirmed her father had died at Midland Care Hospice.
Of the 13 adult children of Fred Phelps Sr., only four have split from the church.
The WBC is best known for anti-gay protests and picketing soldiers’ funerals.