Self-proclaimed ‘prophet’ with underage ‘wives’ exposed after couple he trusted helped uncover abuse ring
Cult expert Christine Marie and her husband Tolga Kates documented Samuel Bateman's world, helping expose the alleged FLDS offshoot leader's abuse of underage girls.
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About time something like this got exposed, these fringe cult groups operate in the shadows for years before anyone does anything about it. Good on that couple for actually stepping in instead of looking the other way.
The fact that some random couple had to basically play detective while this guy was openly running around calling himself a prophet tells you everything about how incompetent local authorities are at this stuff.
Curious why it takes a couple of investigators to do what law enforcement should've handled months ago, but glad this guy's finally getting exposed.
the fact that it took undercover documentation to expose this instead of, you know, literally anyone in law enforcement doing their job is the real story here
Good riddance, these predators hide behind religion and people enable them for too long.
Absolute clown behavior that this guy got away with it this long, but of course he did because his followers treated him like he was untouchable.
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This is exactly why we need to be skeptical of ANYONE claiming special authority or divine connection, religious or otherwise. Good on that couple for actually doing something instead of just looking the other way like so many people do.
Absolute nonsense - this has nothing to do with Trump and you know it, just another setup to make conservatives look bad.