Religion News Blog » Bountiful http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:05:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Canadian polygamist may receive more than $10,000 from the government http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21721/canadian-polygamist-may-receive-more-than-10000-from-the-government http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21721/canadian-polygamist-may-receive-more-than-10000-from-the-government#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:37:28 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21721
As a result, prominent polygamist Winston Blackmore and his family could receive more than $10,000 this month from the B.C. government in so-called dividend cheques.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21721/canadian-polygamist-may-receive-more-than-10000-from-the-government/feed Polygamy prosecutor wants Bountiful probe reopened http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21646/polygamy-prosecutor-wants-bountiful-probe-reopened http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21646/polygamy-prosecutor-wants-bountiful-probe-reopened#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:17:12 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21646 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21646/polygamy-prosecutor-wants-bountiful-probe-reopened/feed B.C. polygamist leader decries child sex abuse http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21612/bc-polygamist-leader-decries-child-sex-abuse http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21612/bc-polygamist-leader-decries-child-sex-abuse#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:47:58 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21612 Winston Blackmore Winston Blackmore, who openly admits to having numerous wives and dozens of children, said parents at Bountiful protect their children from abuse.

But he declined to discuss allegations that older men in his community marry teenaged girls – a violation of statutory rape laws – while other girls are sent to sister polygamous groups in the United States to marry older men there.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21612/bc-polygamist-leader-decries-child-sex-abuse/feed Freed from Bountiful: a mother wins a battle http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21610/bountiful-polygamy-flds-canada http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21610/bountiful-polygamy-flds-canada#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:03:23 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21610 FLDS temple Over the past two weeks in two different countries and in very different circumstances, two sisters regained custody of their children. Those children now face vastly different futures.

One set of cousins was returned to their mother after the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the state had improperly seized more than 450 children from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' walled compound in west Texas.

They will grow up within in a reclusive, polygamous sect where toys, television and books are banned and where church, not family, comes first.

The other cousins have been set free from its strictures. Their mother, Teressa Wall, got full and permanent custody after her estranged husband agreed to a negotiated settlement that was approved by the B.C. Supreme Court.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21610/bountiful-polygamy-flds-canada/feed Canada: B.C. launches probe into polygamous community http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21571/bountiful-polygamy-investigation http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21571/bountiful-polygamy-investigation#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:49:39 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21571 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21571/bountiful-polygamy-investigation/feed Canada: Top court must decide polygamy issue, government told http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21104/bountiful-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21104/bountiful-2#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:55:33 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21104/bountiful-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21104/bountiful-2/feed