Polygamist ‘Prophet’ Caught With At Least 20 Child Brides
A leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border took at least 20 wives, most of them minors. He was a self-proclaimed prophet of his religious group. Newly filed federal court documents show that he punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet The FBI affidavit filed in the women’s case centers on Samuel Bateman, who proclaimed himself a prophet in 2019. He has pleaded not guilty to state child abuse …