A cult researcher secretly recorded a prophet describing abuse. Police waited seven months to call the FBI

A cult researcher secretly recorded a prophet describing abuse. Police waited seven months to call the FBI

He described, in his own words, what he did to the girls he called his wives. A researcher named Christine Marie was sitting beside him in a car, her phone recording. She had spent years in his community. She had earned his trust. When he finished speaking, she called the local police sergeant she had been contacting for months and told him: I got what you need. Seven months later, the FBI became involved. In the interval between that recording …