CANADA/UNITED STATES
Vancouver Sun
Canadian fundamentalist Mormon leader Winston Blackmore admitted under oath late last month in Utah that at least 10 of his 26 wives were under the age of 18 when he ‘married’ them in religious ceremonies.
Three of those child ‘brides’ were 15, another was 16.
Blackmore had voluntarily gone to Salt Lake City to give a deposition in a civil case that involves property held by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in a fund called the United Effort Plan Trust. Blackmore didn’t have a lawyer at his side when he testified.
On Monday, a spokeswoman for the Utah Attorney General’s Office told reporter Ben Winslow from Fox News that it would look into what Blackmore said under oath.
“We are currently investigating the allegations,” Utah attorney general’s spokeswoman Missy Larsen said. “Attorney General [Sean] Reyes does not view illegal activities that target children and other vulnerable populations lightly and will prosecute criminal activity when appropriate.”
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