Name: Utah nonprofit helps those who leave polygamy
Uploaded: 2024-04-02T01:57:10-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — After the leader of a polygamist sect near the Utah-Arizona border pleaded guilty to bringing underage girls across state lines for sex, a local nonprofit said self-proclaimed prophet Samuel Bateman’s guilty plea is just a start. The local nonprofit, called Holding Out Help, works to help those who have left […]

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Utah nonprofit helps those who leave polygamy

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — After the leader of a polygamist sect near the Utah-Arizona border pleaded guilty to bringing underage girls across state lines for sex, a local nonprofit said self-proclaimed prophet Samuel Bateman’s guilty plea is just a start. The local nonprofit, called Holding Out Help, works to help those who have left […]

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