FLDS leader Samuel Bateman, 10 others indicted in AZ sex crimes case

A new 53 felony federal indictment against the Arizona-based polygamous fundamentalist cult and its leader Samuel Bateman has revealed puzzling new details. The Arizona Federal Attorney’s Office currently has Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet of the splinter group of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and 10 others sexually assault nine girls ages […]

Samuel Bateman used jail phone to inappropriately communicate with kids, court docs say

Arizona ‘self-proclaimed prophet’ with more than 20 wives, including minors, accused of blackmailing government witnesses and using prison phones to have ‘overtly sexual conversations’ with children has been indicted, federal court documents say. Prosecutors allege Samuel Rappery Bateman, leader of a Fundamental Church chapter of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, repeatedly abused […]

Sam Bateman had sexual chats with children from jail: Feds

Accused polygamy cult leader Sam Bateman (screenshot courtesy of Law&Crime Network) Polygamous cult leader Sam Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet awaiting trial on kidnapping and other charges, “brazenly” used the prison’s telephone system to “sexually abuse his children and We had a great discussion,” the federal prosecutor said. One of the girls, identified as “Jane Doe […]