![]() ![]() Jane Blackmore also testified that some of Winston Blackmore’s marriages were to widows and sealed for time only instead of time and eternity. That had a direct result on the family life, Jane Blackmore said, as some of Winston’s wives supported Jeffs and left the relationship to live in the United States. The ensuing power struggle split the Bountiful community, as half declared support for Jeffs, while the other half declared for Blackmore. In 2002, Rulon Jeffs, the FLDS prophet at the time, passed away, with his son Warren and Winston Blackmore vying for the church leadership. ![]() However, the FLDS prophet Leroy Johnson- who conducted the ceremony - also wedded Winston Blackmore to his new bride’s sister as well, claiming divine inspiration. One ceremony even included a planned marriage between Winston Blackmore and a new wife, who had travelled up from the United States with her younger sister. Jane Blackmore said she was sometimes asked for approval on the marriages, while she didn’t find out about others until after the ceremony had occurred. Jane Blackmore, who was born and raised in the FLDS faith, testified she knew when she was first married to Blackmore that other wives were likely to follow, as the religious doctrine dictates that a man must have three wives to advance in the church and attain the highest level of celestial glory. Jane Blackmore left Bountiful and her relationship with Winston Blackmore in 2003, but testified that her former husband married over 25 women during the course of their relationship. Jane Blackmore married Winston Blackmore in 1975 in two ceremonies the first as a celestial marriage through the FLDS church in Rosemary, Alberta, and the second a few months later in a legal ceremony in Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho. The first legal wife of a member of the polygamous community south of Creston testified about her marriage and and life as a sister wife with up to two dozen other women.Ĭalled by special prosecutor Peter Wilson, Jane Blackmore testified in the trial of Winston Blackmore and James Oler, who are both facing polygamy charges based on multiple marriages sanctioned by their faith in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) - a breakaway sect from the mainstream Mormon church.
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