Canadian polygamist found guilty in child bride case

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune file) James Oler arrives at court in Cranbrook, B.C., Tuesday April 18, 2017. Oler and co-defendant Winston Blackmore are the first fundamentalist Mormons to be tried for polygamy in Canada.Cranbrook, British Columbia • A former leader in a fundamentalist Christian sect that practices polygamy in the Canadian province of British Columbia was found guilty Friday of taking an underage girl to be married in the United States.

British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin said it is reasonable to believe that James Oler knew the 15-year-old girl would be subject to sexual activity when he arranged her marriage to an older member of the Fundamentalist…