According to a CBC report, two leaders from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bountiful, BC, were charged with bigamy.
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"Two rival leaders of a religious community in Bountiful, B.C., have been charged with practising polygamy.
The CBC has confirmed that Winston Blackmore and James Oler were charged on Tuesday for alleged offences that took place in May 2005 and November 2004.
More details are expected to be released Wednesday at a news conference scheduled for noon PT.
Blackmore, the one-time bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the rural community in B.C.'s Southern Interior, is rumoured to have fathered about 80 children by his 26 wives."
It's about time!
Quote:
"Two rival leaders of a religious community in Bountiful, B.C., have been charged with practising polygamy.
The CBC has confirmed that Winston Blackmore and James Oler were charged on Tuesday for alleged offences that took place in May 2005 and November 2004.
More details are expected to be released Wednesday at a news conference scheduled for noon PT.
Blackmore, the one-time bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the rural community in B.C.'s Southern Interior, is rumoured to have fathered about 80 children by his 26 wives."
It's about time!