The leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-Day Saints, who is on the lam after slipping out of his court-ordered GPS tracking device a month ago, is claiming religious freedom as a defense against federal charges of food-stamp fraud. The Salt Lake Tribune reportsthat attorneys for Lyle Jeffs, who disappeared while out on bond, filed a motion in U.S. District Court Tuesday saying that in donating his food-stamp benefits to a church warehouse, he was exercising his faith.