Prosecutors widen child sex abuse case in polygamous sect, adding child pornography charges
Family and followers of polygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman gather around as he calls from police custody following his arrest in Colorado City, Ariz., Sept. 13, 2022. Prosecutors have widened their case against the leader of a small polygamous group that resides near the Utah-Arizona border, adding child pornography charges and detailing Bateman's sexual encounters with children he took as wives in new charges filed earlier in May 2023. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)
SAM METZ, Associated Press
Originally Published: May 25, 2023 12:35 p.m.
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