Sect leader gets out of jail

Published Saturday May 10th, 2008

SANTA FE, N.M. - Authorities say the leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico has been released from jail after his son posted his bond.

The clerk of the magistrate court in Clayton, New Mexico, says a $55,000 bond was posted for Wayne Bent.

Bent is accused of sex crimes against young female followers.

His sect lives on a compound called Strong City in a remote area near the New Mexico-Colorado line.

At his first court appearance on Thursday, his bond was lowered from $500,000.

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