#WINSTON BLACKMORE ARRESTED CODE#

Oppal said it took a long time to lay charges because 'it's been extremely difficult to get witnesses to come forward and testify.' Past prosecutors reluctant to lay charges 'I am pleased a prosecution will be proceeding, as it will provide legal clarity as to the constitutionality of Section 293 of the Criminal Code,' Oppal said. Attorney General Wally Oppal said Wednesday the arrests were the culmination of an intensive, seven-month assessment by special prosecutor Terrence Robertson. They are scheduled to appear in provincial court in Creston on Jan. 21.ī.C. To abstain from entering into or performing any 'celestial' marriages, a kind of Mormon marriage.To report to the RCMP detachment in Creston, B.C., twice monthly.To surrender their passports to police.The charges against Oler, 44, are linked to his marriages to two women, dating back to November 2004.īoth men have been released on the following conditions: The charges against Blackmore, 52, are linked to his alleged marriages to 19 women, dating back to May 2005.

#WINSTON BLACKMORE ARRESTED CODE#

Winston Blackmore and James Oler were charged with one count each on Tuesday of breaching Section 293 of the Criminal Code - which bans polygamy - by entering into a conjugal relationship with more than one individual at a time. Two rival leaders of a religious community in Bountiful, B.C., were released from custody Wednesday night after being charged with practising polygamy. Interior, shares a laugh with six of his daughters and some of his grandchildren in April last year. Winston Blackmore, a religious leader of the polygamous community of Bountiful, in the B.C.

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