Arizona polygamist cult leader had 20 wives, most under the age of 15

A polygamist cult leader in Arizona is accused of marrying more than 20 women, most of them under 15 years of age – including his daughter. According to an FBI affidavit obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 46, has been accused of incest, group sex acts involving adults and children-some as young as 9-and child sex trafficking. Bateman leads an offshoot group of the Mormon Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ …

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