Samuel Shaffer, the former self-proclaimed prophet of Knights of the Crystal Blade, has been charged with two counts first-degree felony sodomy of a child in Sanpete County.
The charges, filed Wednesday, come on the day Shaffer was supposed to be in court in Iron County for kidnapping charges, but his preliminary hearing was continued to Feb. 20.
Shaffer, 34, of Beryl, Iron County, was the original prophet of the religious group, which is a small fundamentalist Mormon offshoot. When interviewed by police in early December, Shaffer said he passed the prophecy on to his friend, John Alvin Coltharp, who also has been charged with kidnapping and sodomy of a child.