Winston Blackmore

Winston Blackmore

Winston Blackmore es el líder del grupo polígamo más grande de Canadá. Blackmore fue Durante dos décadas Obispo de Bountiful, en la Columbia Britanica por la Iglesia Fundamentalista de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días (FLDS por sus siglas en ingles), una comunidad polígama en el Valle de Creston. En septiembre de 2002 el presidente de la FLDS, Warren Jeffs, lo excomulgó. La comunidad de Bountiful se dividió casi por la mitad (alrededor de 700 personas siguiendo a Blackmore, mientras que otros 500 siguiendo a Jeffs).

Blackmore fue detenido por la Real Policía Montada de Canadá en enero de 2009, acusado de poligamia.

A 30 de junio de 2010, Blackmore se ha casado 25 veces y tiene un total de 121 hijos.


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