Phoenix • She was 14 years old in 2021 when Samuel Bateman decided he wanted her as a wife — and the self-proclaimed prophet took her as one of 20 women and girls he “spiritually married.” ...

Moretta Johnson was a minor when Samuel Bateman took her as a “bride.” She pleaded guilty in connection with the kidnapping ...

Two years after his arrest, Samuel Rappylee Bateman, a polygamist sect leader who prosecutors said orchestrated the exploitation of girls, was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 50 years in ...

Moretta Johnson, 21, was among the 22 "wives," including 10 minors, of Samuel Bateman, a self-professed Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints prophet. In December, Bateman was ...

Moretta Johnson, 21, was among the 22 "wives," including 10 minors, of Samuel Bateman, a self-professed Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints prophet. In December, Bateman was ...