“I can tell you adultery is polygamy and anybody who knows anything at all about our faith, the foundation of our faith and the principles of our faith, knows that it included, from the very beginning, the principle of plural marriage,” Blackmore said. Speaking outside the Cranbrook Law Courts and surrounded by some of his daughters, Blackmore said he was both surprised and unsurprised by Donegan’s ruling. Now that convictions have been entered into the record, Donegan ordered a pre-sentencing report that will come back to Cranbrook Supreme Court on May 15.īoth Blackmore and Oler are members of the fundamentalist Mormon community of Bountiful, a small community south of Creston in the southeastern corner of BC.īlackmore had many of his daughters in the courtroom gallery for support during Donegan’s decision and a media scrum outside the courthouse following her ruling. Justice Sheri Donegan rejected Blackmore’s complaint of officially induced error and abuse of process to his polygamy prosecution that he raised following the conclusion of the Crown’s case during the trial.Īfter being found guilty of practicing polygamy last summer, Donegan held off entering formal convictions to Blackmore and co-accused James Marion Oler, until the constitutional challenge had been argued.īy raising the charter challenge and officially induced error arguments, Blackmore and Oler had been seeking a stay of proceedings. Support us by subscribing today: The Vancouver Sun | The Province.A judge has dismissed a charter challenge brought forward by polygamous leader Winston Blackmore in Cranbrook Supreme Court. For just $3.50 per week, you can get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. More news, fewer ads: Our in-depth journalism is possible thanks to the support of our subscribers. court of practising polygamy in 2018 and sentenced to house arrest and probation.” No further charges related to investigation in Bountiful: special prosecutorįrom 2020: “James Oler and Winston Blackmore were convicted in a B.C. polygamy trial?įrom 2017: Unfamiliar with the names in the Bountiful case? Read our backgrounder on who’s who. who will appear in provincial court Thursday facing charges that include polygamy and trafficking girls for sexual purposes.”īackgrounder: Who are the players in the B.C. And so it is with the four people from Bountiful, B.C. That trust was set up by fundamentalist Mormons years ago even before they were officially organized under the banner of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.”įrom 2014: “Keeping the cast of characters straight in any story about polygamy is bound to be complicated, because there are only a few surnames and almost everyone is related by marriage. Almost all of the land in the community known as Bountiful is owned by the United Effort Plan trust. Article contentįrom 2009: “It’s not clear these days. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The lifestyle of the strict, patriarchal, 350-member Mormon sect located near here was revealed as the accused man’s second wife and one of his sons described how he sexually assaulted them in 1987.”
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“A trial involving a man accused of sexually assaulting two of his three wives and two of his 20 children offered a rare glimpse Wednesday into a reclusive fundamentalist colony that practises polygamy. Read our original story from September 1990 about the trial involving the Bountiful polygamous commune:
Trial opens polygamous colony’s lifestyle trial reveals sect’s lifestyle: Man accused of attacking wives Interested in learning more about Bountiful and its ties to Warren Jeffs? Read on for some of Postmedia’s past coverage.īountiful timeline: A chronology, from 1843 to 2014Įxplore the history of Bountiful through this chronological timeline, from 1843 to 2014.
The latter was an offshoot of the FLDS led by Winston Blackmore after he split with Jeffs’ original FLDS Church.
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