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The pervert Mormon cult leader Samuel Bateman is accused of using a jailhouse phone to have explicit conversations with children while being held on child trafficking charges.
Bateman allegedly called a 13-year-old girl his 'sexy darling' as he 'brazenly' used the jailhouse phone system while in custody in November, according to federal filings.
The 46-year-old cult leader also asked the girl, dubbed Jane Doe 4 in the documents, about 'all the sacred times' they shared, despite being barred from contacting her as she is a named victim in the child abuse case against him.
Bateman reportedly made similarly vulgar remarks to two other 16-year-olds during the same call which included his adult wives.
Samuel Bateman (pictured) allegedly used a jailhouse phone to have explicit conversations with children while being held on child trafficking charges
Bateman was the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), an offshoot of Mormonism that practices polygamy
The self-proclaimed prophet led the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), an offshoot of Mormonism that practices polygamy, until he left to start his own religion.
He was arrested last year by the FBI, which said he had more than 20 wives, many of whom were younger than 15, during his reign of terror.
On the same day as his alleged depraved conversations from inside the jailhouse, Bateman instructed his wives to send 'intimidating messages to a government witness from outside the community,' according to authorities.
'Tell her that she picked the wrong religion to hate. K? Bateman reportedly ordered the women.
Bateman is facing numerous charges, including destroying records and obstructing justice in an investigation into whether children were being transported across state lines for sexual activity.
His arrest came after authorities found three underage girls locked inside a trailer he was towing near Flagstaff, Arizona.
Cops opened the squalid trailer to find underage girls inside, which was furnished with a couch and a bucket for a toilet.
The trooper that pulled him over saw 'children's small fingers moving in the gap of the rear trailer door' as he pulled up behind the trailer, according to a police statement.
And the religious leader was snared after a subsequent raid of his two properties found evidence of child sex trafficking, incest, and group sex with both adults and minors.
The cult-fanatic claimed it was God's will for him to engage in depraved sexual acts with his 'wives', the FBI said.
Following the raid of his properties, several of Bateman's underage 'wives' were taken in by the Arizona Department of Child
