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N.M. Sect Leader Arrested for Sex Crimes

By Associated Press
May 7, 2008

SANTA FE, N.M. — The leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico was arrested yesterday and charged with felony sex crimes against children.

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State police arrested Wayne Bent, 66, on three counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a Department of Public Safety spokesman, Peter Olson, said.


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