Editing Mormon abuse cases (section)

==Fundamentalist abuse cases==
{{See also|Warren Jeffs#Convictions for sex crimes}}
In 2011, fundamentalist church leader [[Warren Jeffs]] was convicted of sexual assault of a child and sentenced to life in prison after facing several prior criminal cases for similar conduct. A 2017 lawsuit alleged that Jeffs, along with two of his brothers and over 20 other defendants, mostly unnamed, sexually assaulted underage female members of their religious denomination in the presence of other members and kept records about the abuse.  

In September 2022, [[Colorado City, Arizona]]-based FLDS leader Samuel Bateman was arrested on charges of destroying evidence related to a federal investigation which alleged he sexually abused 10 underage girls who he took as his wives in "atonement" ceremonies.<ref name=batemanarrests>{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/12/08/fbi-releases-details-of-samuel-bateman-case-polygamist-leader/69706306007/|title=FBI releases details of alleged sexual abuse of 10 minors in Arizona polygamist case|first=Miguel|last=Torres|publisher=Arizona Republic|date=December 8, 2022|accessdate=December 8, 2022}}</ref> Three reported accomplices of Bateman were also arrested and charged with one count of obstructing a federal prosecution and on a second count of abducting eight girls.<ref name=batemanarrests /> Bateman was later found to have 20 wives, which included underage girls, and, according to his family, also sought to marry his teenage daughter.<ref name=takeadvantagely>{{cite news|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/12/03/polygamous-leader-samuel-bateman/|title=Polygamous leader Samuel Bateman had 20 wives, according to FBI|first1=Shelia|last1=McCann|first2=Trent|last2=Nelson|publisher=Salt Lake Tribune|date=December 3, 2022|accessdate=December 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2018/01/03/kss-lawsuit-accuses-flds-church-leaders-of-ritualistic-sex-abuse/|title=Lawsuit accuses FLDS church leaders of ritualistic sex abuse|date=3 January 2018 }}</ref>