A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual wives including 10 underage girls has been sentenced to 50 ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5/AP) — A polygamous religious leader who claimed more than 20 ... criminal sex acts with him and other adults. A judge sentenced Samuel Bateman on Monday to a maximum of ...

PHOENIX — A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual ''wives'' including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 ...

(CNN)-- Court proceedings will be held in September to determine whether a 14-year-old girl believed to have married polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs should permanently remain in state custody.

While FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life ... Members of the Order, a polygamous sect based in Utah, have been convicted of incest, fraud and assault, yet the group continues to thrive ...