(CRANBROOK, British Columbia) — Two former leaders of an isolated polygamous community in Canada were convicted Monday of practicing polygamy after a decades-long legal fight, setting up another potential court battle over the constitutionality of Canada’s polygamy laws. 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 same time and that Oler was married to five women in the tiny community of Bountiful. Blackmore, 60, never denied having the wives as part of his religious beliefs that call for “celestial” marriages.
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Mon, 07/24/2017 - 6:44pm
Topics: cranbrook james oler british columbia supreme court justice sheri ann donegan bountiful blair suffredine i m i ve under canadian fundamentalist church jesus christ latter-day saints utah-arizona united states u.s idaho warren jeffs authorities texas mormonism justice sheri ann donegan she winston blackmore s he mr british columbia supreme court rights freedoms british columbia canada canada s blackmore winston blackmore oler oler justice sheri ann donegan she donegan donegan donegan british columbia supreme court blackmore canadian mormon blackmore s jane blackmore sect leader guilty wives polygamy community laws marriages group denied religious law investigation married prison years part women year constitutionality evidence marriage beliefs trial records practices lawyer celestial mainstream considered reliable enforcement witness
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