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• #WINSTON BLACKMORE YOUNG TRIAL#

The court ruled in 2011 that laws banning polygamy were constitutional and did not violate religious freedoms guaranteed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. polygamy evidence helps Warren Jeffs conviction

#WINSTON BLACKMORE YOUNG TRIAL#

polygamists, accused of taking child brides to U.S., face trial state of Idaho following Blackmore's excommunication from the sect in 2002 by Warren Jeffs, considered the prophet and leader of the group.Īuthorities have said Jeffs still leads the sect from a Texas prison, where he is serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting underage girls he considered brides. Oler was married to Blackmore's sister, and was chosen to lead the Canadian community just north of the U.S. Several of Winston Blackmores wives are on the local search and rescue team. (CBC)Ī lack of clarity around Canada's polygamy laws initially led to failed attempts at prosecuting Blackmore, followed by several efforts to clarify the legislation, including a reference question to the B.C. Not long ago I saw a young Bountiful boy who Im sure wasnt old enough to. In 2014, Blackmore appeared outside the courthouse in Creston, B.C., with a number of his daughters, who came to support him. In her ruling, Donegan said she found Jane Blackmore to be a "thoughtful, credible" witness. The judge also said Blackmore was "deliberate" in his marriages and "would not deny who he was or what he believes in" in interviews. She told the court that Blackmore once told her he was "only doing what God told him to do." Winston Blackmore, 60, and James Oler, 53, were found guilty by British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Sheri Ann Donegan, who said the evidence was clear that Blackmore was married to 25 women at. The 12-day trial heard from one of Blackmore's ex-wives, Jane Blackmore. "Twenty-seven years and tens of millions of dollars later, all we've proved is something we've never denied. "I'm guilty of living my religion and that's all I'm saying today because I've never denied that," Blackmore told reporters after the verdict.

Neither denied having multiple marriages and Blackmore has fathered more than 145 children from his marriages. James Oler, another former leader from the same community, was accused of having five wives and Blackmore 24 wives.īoth men are former bishops of the sect in the province's southeast. Supreme Court on Monday, Justice Sheri Ann Donegan said Blackmore "subscribed to beliefs and practices of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints," a Mormon sect that believes in plural marriages. Winston Blackmore, 60, and James Oler, 53, were convicted of practising plural or "celestial" marriage in the fundamentalist community of Bountiful, B.C. have been found guilty of polygamy after marrying more than two dozen women over the course of 25 years.