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fwd from L Moss Sharman - Sex abuse allegations spur probe by RCMP - B.C. commune is home to sect - Polygamist group investigated earlier Daniel Girard Western Canada Bureau 7/24/04 Vancouver "A new RCMP team is being established to investigate allegations of child abuse at the polygamist commune of Bountiful in the British Columbia Interior....Bountiful, a community of about 1,000 people near Cranbrook in southeastern B.C., has long been the subject of allegations of sexual abuse and of teenaged girls being made concubines or "celestial wives" of men who are much older and already have several other wives. Although polygamy is illegal in Canada, the B.C. government has been reluctant to act. It has obtained two legal opinions that said the group, a breakaway sect of the Mormon Church known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, could likely successfully argue the law violates a person's right to freedom of religion. But Plant said one of the keys in the government moving now is a letter he got in May - the first-hand account of a woman who said she was abused at Bountiful. That let him "engage some of my colleagues in more active discussions of what we ought to do here." The B.C. education ministry, which gives about $500,000 a year in grants to the schools there, is also concerned about allegations the schools teach racism and white supremacy. "What truly offends the majority of people who hear about these allegations goes beyond the question of multiple marriages," he said. "It includes suggestions there are children who are being sexually exploited, girls being transported across the border, and so on. "If supported by the facts, these charges would have no constitutional challenge."" http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1090620613221&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
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