WINSTON BLACKMORE NEWS TRIAL

It was on King’s show in 2006 that Blackmore first said that he’d married a girl who was only 15. That’s what I want for my children.”ĭuring the 2009 interview, Blackmore bragged that because of his arrest, a crew from CNN was probably on its way and that “Larry King has probably emailed a couple of times.” “When I marry them, people have to prove how old they are. “All of a sudden our president told us that we were no longer going to participate in plural marriages of people (who were) not 18,” said Blackmore. His son, Warren, began influencing his father. Under-aged marriages only began after 1998 when FLDS prophet and president Rulon Jeffs had a stroke. He claimed that he’s opposed to under-aged marriages. To have family like I have is a huge reason for people to be jealous.” While Blackmore calls himself a Mormon, other fundamentalist describe themselves as “true Mormons.”)īlackmore went on to say: “In our faith, so many people never ever had a chance to get married. Mormon fundamentalists including Blackmore and, before him, his father refused to accept that and have splintered off. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ended the practice in 1890. (It’s a comment certain to raise the ire of mainstream Mormons. “If I’m guilty of something it’s being Mormon,” he said. Blackmore didn’t deny that he was a polygamist. (Only four women are named on Oler’s indictment, despite the five marriage records.)Įarlier in the day, Jacklin played the videotape of the interview he did with Blackmore in 2009. birth certificates for Blackmore’s 24 wives and for one of each of their children were entered along with the records for Oler’s five wives and children. Handout/Postmedia News Photo by Handout/Postmedia News Those records have already been entered as evidence in this case by Jacklin and Texas Ranger Nick Hanna.īut even with those records, the criminal justice branch and special prosecutor Peter Wilson only approved polygamy charges. Among those boxes were marriage and personal records for both Oler and Blackmore. RCMP were asked to reopen the investigation after the polygamy law was found to be constitutional in 2011 because there was new evidence.īoxes of marriage records, personal records and other church documents had been found in 2008 in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ Yearning For Zion ranch in Texas. Those charges were stayed after Blackmore’s lawyer successfully argued that the special prosecutor had been improperly appointed.

If I’m guilty of something it’s being Mormon

“We have never had an explanation and no communication.”īut Jacklin noted that as bishops in positions of authority, Blackmore and Oler engaged in sexual relations with girls who were young enough that it constituted an offence under the criminal code.Īlthough not charged with sexual exploitation, the criminal justice branch did charge each of them with one count of polygamy in 2009. “We have had no communication why sexual exploitation charges were not laid,” he said. Terry Jacklin said it remains an open question. Under cross-examination, the lead investigator Sgt. Attorney General’s criminal justice branch recommending both men be charged with sexual exploitation and polygamy. It’s a question that RCMP investigators have been trying to get an answer for since 2006 when they filed a lengthy report to the B.C.

WINSTON BLACKMORE NEWS TRIAL

It does once again raise the question: Why isn’t Blackmore on trial for sexual exploitation? Why isn’t Oler?

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