Mormon polygamist gets five years.Salt Lake City--Tom Green of Provo, Utah, a Mormon fundamentalist who has five wives and thirty children, was sentenced to five years in prison on August 24 for each charge he faced--four for bigamy bigamy (bĭ`gəmē), crime of marrying during the continuance of a lawful marriage. Bigamy is not committed if a prior marriage has been terminated by a divorce or a decree of nullity of marriage. and one for failing to support his family. Each of his wives took the stand, all cried, and all asked for leniency le·ni·en·cy n. pl. le·ni·en·cies 1. The condition or quality of being lenient. See Synonyms at mercy. 2. A lenient act. Noun 1. . Green practically dared prosecutors to go after him when he appeared on a television talk show to discuss his "original Mormonism." The case drew widespread attention to the continued practice of polygamy polygamy: see marriage. polygamy Marriage to more than one spouse at a time. Although the term may also refer to polyandry (marriage to more than one man), it is often used as a synonym for polygyny (marriage to more than one woman), which appears in Utah; it is estimated that 30,000 people still practise plural marriage. Mormon pioneers brought polygamy to Utah in the 1840s, but the Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
The Holy See recently reaffirmed that Mormons are not Christians. Their baptism does not represent the reality of the Catholic sacrament. |
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