A cult leader in Arizona has been accused of ‘marrying’ up to 20 women and girls as young as nine, including his own daughter, according to FBI documents.
Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 46, was the leader of a small group of polygamist Mormons known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS).
In 2019, Bateman allegedly ‘began to proclaim he was a prophet’ and declared his purpose was to marry his own teenage daughter, according to an FBI affidavit seen by the Salt Lake Tribune. In one shocking detail that was listed in the document, Bateman allegedly ordered three male followers to have sex with his daughters, one of whom was just 12, while he watched.
Bateman allegedly claimed the girls had ‘sacrificed their virtue for the Lord,’ and went on to say: ‘God will fix their bodies and put the membrane back in their body. ‘I’ve never had more confidence in doing his will. It’s all out of love.’
Bateman’s motives finally began to come to an end in September of this year, when he was taken into custody by local authorities while hauling underage girls across state lines in a squalid, unsecured trailer furnished with a couch and a bucket for a toilet, according to Yahoo News.
He was originally stopped after a state trooper saw ‘children’s small fingers moving in the gap of the rear trailer door’ as he pulled up behind the vehicle.’
According to local media, his SUV contained two women and two girls under the age of 15. In the trailer were three girls, all between the ages of 11 and 14 years old. Following the incident, Bateman was arrested and charged locally with three counts of child abuse, although he later posted bail and was released.
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However, he was soon arrested once again by federal agents who charged him with three counts of destroying records after he instructed followers to delete communications sent through an encrypted private messaging system and demanded
all women and girls obtain passports. The FBI has since performed several raids on Bateman’s two homes and placed nine girls into protective custody, although their current whereabouts are unclear.
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