Samuel Bateman: 50-year sentence in child-marriage and sexual-abuse conspiracy
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
self-proclaimed prophet
Organization
Bateman fundamentalist Mormon group
Archive classification
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The cited record identifies prophetic authority, child-marriage doctrine, isolation, and follower assistance as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is self-proclaimed prophet.
- Prophecy or divine command
- Institutional obedience or isolation
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2024-09-30 · sentence
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after guilty pleas.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- prophetic authority
- child-marriage doctrine
- isolation
- follower assistance
Research clusters
Cited record
Sources
- prosecuting authority disposition U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, “Leader of Child Sexual Abuse Ring Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison” (Sept. 30, 2024).
The Justice Department describes Bateman as a self-proclaimed prophet who used religious authority to take minor girls as plural wives and directed followers who transported and concealed children. He pleaded guilty and received a 50-year sentence.
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- Source and tier basis
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/leader-child-sexual-abuse-ring-sentenced-50-years-prison Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: disposition. SHA-256 326608d5129d2ad8d51ab10204db90c9bfb29ba207f1b2c3fe487e98bdfaed02
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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