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.” ...

A man who helped imprisoned polygamist religious leader Samuel Bateman obtain children to become his "wives" has been sentenced to life in prison, according to authorities. MORE DETAILS ...

A young woman who was a minor when she was taken as a wife by a cult leader in northern Arizona was sentenced to time served ...

Initially charged with over 50 felony counts, a self-proclaimed polygamist sect leader based near the Utah-Arizona border pled guilty to one count of transporting underage girls for sex and one ...

Within the sweeping valleys and beautiful mountains of Utah and Arizona lie neighbouring towns, Hildale and Colorado City. The picturesque towns harbour a dark past. For decades, an offshoot of ...