Cult 'prophet' Samuel Bateman was 'disgusted' over his child bride's bedwetting, the FBI says
Samuel Bateman demanded that a man hand over his youngest daughter to be his child bride and then complained when the girl wet the bed, the FBI says.
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An up-and-coming "prophet" in the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints demanded that a follower turn over his youngest daughter to be his wife and then complained to his other young wives that the girl — no older than 10 — was wetting the bed, according to a recently filed FBI affidavit in a related kidnapping case.
In 2019, Samuel Bateman, who for years tried to advance his position within the sect, declared himself "prophet" of the FLDS. The radical group has long been led by the infamous cult leader Warren Jeffs, who now reigns over many FLDS followers from prison.
A law enforcement informant close to the child brides told the FBI that Bateman was "disgusted" over the youngest girl's bedwetting.
While Moroni "expressed great anguish and was under extreme stress over having to give his youngest daughter to Bateman," the FBI affidavit said, he remained a faithful follower. Bateman has since taken all of Moroni's daughters and at least one of his wives as his own.
Bateman's underage wives — several of them Moroni's own daughters — were made to watch in November 2020 as he had sex with Moroni in a Nebraska hotel room, according to the court document.
The women and girls were told it was the "binding of brothers" and were forced to have sex with other men in the cult, the FBI said.
In August, Bateman was arrested in Arizona on charges of child endangerment after three underage girls were found in his cargo trailer. Nine underage girls were then taken from homes he used and put in Arizona group homes for children, according to the Spokesman-Review.
In 2019, Samuel Bateman, who for years tried to advance his position within the sect, declared himself "prophet" of the FLDS. The radical group has long been led by the infamous cult leader Warren Jeffs, who now reigns over many FLDS followers from prison.
A law enforcement informant close to the child brides told the FBI that Bateman was "disgusted" over the youngest girl's bedwetting.
While Moroni "expressed great anguish and was under extreme stress over having to give his youngest daughter to Bateman," the FBI affidavit said, he remained a faithful follower. Bateman has since taken all of Moroni's daughters and at least one of his wives as his own.
Bateman's underage wives — several of them Moroni's own daughters — were made to watch in November 2020 as he had sex with Moroni in a Nebraska hotel room, according to the court document.
The women and girls were told it was the "binding of brothers" and were forced to have sex with other men in the cult, the FBI said.
In August, Bateman was arrested in Arizona on charges of child endangerment after three underage girls were found in his cargo trailer. Nine underage girls were then taken from homes he used and put in Arizona group homes for children, according to the Spokesman-Review.
