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Polygamist leader with 20 ‘wives’ faces sentencing for child sex crimes

Bateman traveled extensively between Arizona, Utah, Colorado and Nebraska and regularly coerced girls into his criminal sexual activity

The Independent UK

‘Polyamory, cults and arms’: How a Colorado land dispute spiraled into wild misinformation

Reports linked a group who lay claim to a stretch of public land to the fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its convicted sex offender leader Warren Jeffs. This was not the case, writes Mike Bedigan

The Independent UK

Former Cult Decides It Owns Colorado Public Land, Erects Barbed-wire Fencing

Members of the Free Land Holders Committee cult have taken up residence in 1,400 acres of Colorado public lands, erecting barbed-wire fencing which has roiled locals and recreaters, as well as law enforcement.

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The 10 Best Documentaries About Cults

From 'The Vow' to 'Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God'

Marie Claire

Minnesota land linked to polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs for sale

Land was owned by brother of convicted sex offender who was sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for sexually abusing underage girls

The Guardian - US

Northern Minnesota land tied to polygamy sect, Warren Jeffs is for sale

DULUTH, Minn. — Forty wooded acres of Grand Marais land owned by a business connected to a controversial religious faction is for sale.

Tribune News Service

Members of polygamous group to appear in court on child sex abuse charges

Members of a small polygamous group accused of child sex abuse of underage girls who the group’s leader claimed as brides are expected to appear in federal court on Friday

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Ex-members of extremist Mormon sect plead for help to find missing children

The leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints issued a ‘revelation’ that has parents worried

The Guardian - US

Warren Jeffs’ nephew charged with kidnapping 10-year-old girl

Heber Jeffs arrested after he removed child from his Utah home allegedly on instructions from convicted child sex criminal

The Independent UK

Man accused of having multiple wives after one contacted another on social media

The man has been accused of making false claims on marriage documents after he didn't declare he was already married when he remarried a second woman and later a third in Perth, Australia

Daily Mirror

Girl whose dad married 12-year-old girls kept his 'family' of 132 women on leash

Sarah Thompson has spoken out against her dad after she grew up in Texas, US, under the rule of Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day Saints

Daily Mirror

Feds: Imprisoned polygamous leader helped plan kidnapping

Prosecutors allege that the leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border helped orchestrate the escape of eight girls he considered his wives from a group home where they were placed after authorities learned of what was happening

The Independent UK

Polygamous 'prophet' leader had child brides, documents say

The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, new court documents show.

WEKU

Arizona man accused of child abuse as leader of polygamous cult, FBI says

Self-styled prophet Samuel Bateman allegedly engaged in child sex trafficking and had at least 20 ‘wives’, most of them children

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The 10 best TV shows (and 3 best dance sequences) of 2022

This year was supposed to be the year that television nosedived into a creative slump. Worriers theorized that the darkest days of the pandemic had disrupted so many productions that there'd be nothing left worth watching by the time 2022 rolled around: Think of it as the entertainment equivalent of…

The Independent UK

FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minors

The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives and punished followers who didn't treat him as a prophet

The Independent UK

Sam Bateman: Who is the breakaway Mormon polygamist who married nine underage girls?

Mr Bateman filled a power vacuum in the secretive religious community, which allegedly led to the sex trafficking of minors and obstruction of justice charges

The Independent UK

Eight underage girls - alleged members of polygamist cult - found hiding in Airbnb after escape

Samuel Bateman has been accused by authorities of having more than 20 wives, with one as young as nine

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Scientology looms over actor Danny Masterson rape case. How much will come out at trial?

LOS ANGELES — The two sides agree on one thing: The Church of Scientology is not on trial.

The Independent UK

Arizona man charged after girls found in enclosed trailer

An Arizona man is facing federal charges that he tampered with evidence after he was arrested on a highway with young girls in an enclosed trailer

Reason

Review: After Cult Leader Was Convicted, His Compound Was Raided by Child Protective Services

The Netflix docu-thriller Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey shows the downfall of Warren Jeffs and the unjustified taking of 450 children inside his religious community.

Daily Mirror

Keep Sweet: Fans of chilling Netflix Mormon sex cult series should try this documentary

The true crime documentary 'Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey' has proved a surprising hit on Netflix, but many fans horrified by the actions of "prophet" Warren Jeffs have been left wanting more

Irish Mirror

New Netflix true crime series Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey is 'disturbing as hell' but people can't stop watching

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey is its new four-part investigative documentary, looks into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a denomination of Mormonism.

Salon

A primer on the abusive FLDS church

What you need to know about the radical denomination of Mormonism as seen in Netflix's "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey"

The Independent UK

Where is FLDS leader Warren Jeffs now?

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the subject of a new Netflix documentary

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