The trial date for a polygamous sect leader charged with kidnapping and tampering with evidence in a federal investigation into his community on the Utah-Arizona border has been pushed back.
Bateman and his followers practice polygamy, a legacy of the early teachings of the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The faith known widely as the Mormon church abandoned the practice in 1890 and now strictly prohibits it.A hearing was held in downtown Phoenix for Samuel Bateman, a 46-year-old self-proclaimed prophet who's accused of having at least 20 wives -- most of them being child brides.
Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers arrested Bateman in August after they say several underaged girls were found inside a trailer during a traffic stop near Flagstaff.The FBI is accusing a 46-year-old Arizona alleged polygamist cult leader of having 20 wives, many of whom were underage — as young as 9 years old — and of possibly marrying his own daughter.
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