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  • Women from Bountiful, B.C., offer rare glimpse into 'cult'

    05/10/2010 7:06:25 PM PDT · by delacoert · 8 replies · 672+ views
    Canwest News Service ^ | May 6, 2010 | Valerie Fortney
    Jensen and Blackmore, the daughters of Harold Blackmore and two of his wives, sisters Florence and Gwen, grew up in Lister, B.C. That's where Harold established a polygamist sect, Canadian Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known today as the community of Bountiful, B.C. They were asked to speak to a gathering of social workers and other child advocates at a conference sponsored by the Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Abuse. As they talk about their experiences, they provide a rare glimpse into the world of polygamy, and the effects it has on the...
  • Ambushed by a Drug War - Mormons in Mexico Targets of the Cartels

    07/23/2009 7:18:00 PM PDT · by La Lydia · 61 replies · 1,681+ views
    Washington Post ^ | July 23, 2009 | William Booth
    COLONIA LEBARON, Mexico -- Mormon pioneer Alma Dayer LeBaron had a vision when he moved his breakaway sect of polygamists to this valley 60 years ago: His many children would live in peace and prosperity among the pretty pecan orchards they would plant in the desert. Prosperity has come, but the peace has been shattered. In the past three months, American Mormon communities in Mexico have been sucked into a dust devil of violence sweeping the borderlands. Their relative wealth has made them targets: Their telephones ring with threats of extortion. Their children and elders are taken by kidnappers. They...