Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect
Almost all details about the religious group to which Lisa Webb's family belonged were hidden from the outside world. Its believers met in homes rather than churches. Its leadership system was difficult to understand, and its finances were opaque. It didn't even have an official name. But for decades, no secret has been more closely […]
Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children
PHOENIX (AP) – The leader of a splinter polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport underage girls across state lines. Authorities say the scheme was a years-long scheme to orchestrate sex acts involving children. Samuel Bateman also pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix to conspiring to […]