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Thursday September 24, 2009

Polygamy charges thrown out against B.C. religious leaders

Criminal polygamy charges against B.C. religious leaders Winston Blackmore and Jim Oler have been thrown out.

Former attorney-general Wally Oppal did not have authority to appoint a second special prosecutor to the decades-long case after the first one declined to proceed, Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein ruled.
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Friday September 11, 2009

Bountiful • FLDS • Polygamy • Winston Blackmore:

Polygamy charges have no bearing on moral advice, cult leader says

Winston Blackmore says charges of polygamy against him have not undermined his authority to offer advice on moral issues.

The Globe and Mail earlier this week reported that Mr. Blackmore was offering online advice to women in abusive relationships.

Nancy Mereska, who has campaigned against polygamy, was startled by Mr. Blackmore offering moral advice. All polygamous relationships are abusive, she said in an interview with The Globe and Mail
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Thursday July 3, 2008

Bountiful • FLDS • Polygamy • Winston Blackmore:

Canadian polygamist may receive more than $10,000 from the government

The B.C., Canada, government is sending $100 to every man, woman and child in the province as part of a climate-change program.

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.
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Monday June 9, 2008

Bountiful • FLDS • Polygamy • Winston Blackmore:

B.C. polygamist leader decries child sex abuse

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.
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Thursday June 7, 2007

FLDS • Polygamy • Winston Blackmore:

Canadian authorities consider charges against polygamist

After a lengthy police probe into Canada’s only polygamous community, British Columbia Attorney-General Wally Oppal has appointed a special prosecutor to rule on whether criminal charges should be laid against leaders at Bountiful, a secretive sect near the U.S. border.
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Friday December 8, 2006

FLDS • Polygamy • Winston Blackmore:

Interview With Polygamist Winston Blackmore

Larry King interviews polygamist leader Winston Blackmore.
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Saturday May 13, 2006

Polygamy • Winston Blackmore:

Winston Blackmore: Polygamist group’s leader expects to be charged soon

Winston Blackmore has at least 20 wives and more than 100 children. Allegedly one or more of his wives married at age 15.
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Tuesday August 26, 2003

Polygamy • Winston Blackmore:

Where polygamy rules

On a B.C. commune called Bountiful, a Mormon sect keeps the world at bay
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