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Polygamist leader Samuel Bateman used prison phones for explicit talk with young girls

A judge has now limited communications for the self-proclaimed prophet who faces both state and federal charges, including for kidnapping and child abuse.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Girls huddle together before being removed from the home of Samuel Bateman by the Arizona Department of Child Safety, in Colorado City, Ariz., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The self-proclaimed leader of a new polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona border has used prison phones to talk sexually with underage girls.