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Polygamous 'prophet' leader had child brides, documents say

The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, new court documents show.

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Arizona man accused of child abuse as leader of polygamous cult, FBI says

Self-styled prophet Samuel Bateman allegedly engaged in child sex trafficking and had at least 20 ‘wives’, most of them children

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The 10 best TV shows (and 3 best dance sequences) of 2022

This year was supposed to be the year that television nosedived into a creative slump. Worriers theorized that the darkest days of the pandemic had disrupted so many productions that there'd be nothing left worth watching by the time 2022 rolled around: Think of it as the entertainment equivalent of…

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FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minors

The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives and punished followers who didn't treat him as a prophet

The Independent UK

Sam Bateman: Who is the breakaway Mormon polygamist who married nine underage girls?

Mr Bateman filled a power vacuum in the secretive religious community, which allegedly led to the sex trafficking of minors and obstruction of justice charges

The Independent UK

Eight underage girls - alleged members of polygamist cult - found hiding in Airbnb after escape

Samuel Bateman has been accused by authorities of having more than 20 wives, with one as young as nine

The Independent UK

Scientology looms over actor Danny Masterson rape case. How much will come out at trial?

LOS ANGELES — The two sides agree on one thing: The Church of Scientology is not on trial.

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Arizona man charged after girls found in enclosed trailer

An Arizona man is facing federal charges that he tampered with evidence after he was arrested on a highway with young girls in an enclosed trailer

The Independent UK

Review: After Cult Leader Was Convicted, His Compound Was Raided by Child Protective Services

The Netflix docu-thriller Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey shows the downfall of Warren Jeffs and the unjustified taking of 450 children inside his religious community.

Reason

Keep Sweet: Fans of chilling Netflix Mormon sex cult series should try this documentary

The true crime documentary 'Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey' has proved a surprising hit on Netflix, but many fans horrified by the actions of "prophet" Warren Jeffs have been left wanting more

Daily Mirror

New Netflix true crime series Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey is 'disturbing as hell' but people can't stop watching

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey is its new four-part investigative documentary, looks into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a denomination of Mormonism.

Irish Mirror

A primer on the abusive FLDS church

What you need to know about the radical denomination of Mormonism as seen in Netflix's "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey"

Salon

Where is FLDS leader Warren Jeffs now?

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the subject of a new Netflix documentary

The Independent UK

Polygamy, underage ‘wives’, and women treated as ‘chattel’: Inside Warren Jeffs’s Fundamentalist Mormon sect

‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’, a new Netflix documentary, delves into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as a structure of coercive control and systemized abuse. Clémence Michallon reports

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Warren Jeffs and the horrific true story behind Netflix documentary Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

The horrifying story exposing the crimes of leader Warren Jeffs has been exposed by director Rachel Dretzin

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’: Engrossing series on Warren Jeffs cult plays out like a horror movie

Four-part Netflix documentary explains how FLDS leaders ran members’ lives, pushed polygamy and forced underage girls into marriage.

Bristol Post

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey - What happened to Warren Jeffs?

The true-crime documentary from Netflix will drop on Wednesday, June 8 and follows the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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