Prosecutor Peter Wilson told court on Monday the Crown doesn’t have to prove that sexual activity took place between Oler’s daughter, then 15, and her husband.
Crown lawyers have wrapped up their case against a man associated with the polygamous community of Bountiful who is charged with the removal of a child from Canada.
“The Crown only has to prove, that at some point during the unfolding of the events, that the accused intended or subjectively foresaw that would be subject to sexual contact,” said Wilson. The wedding was ordered by Warren Jeffs, the FLDS president and prophet, who arranged marriages for church members based on divine revelation.
A witness, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, was also married that day in one of the ceremonies. Everyone transferred into the newly arrived van and left for Utah except for one man who remained behind. Men were anointed into various levels of the priesthood, while women were taught to fully submit to their husbands and girls to obey their fathers. Refusal to obey carried consequences, such as removal from the community or a religious threat of damnation.
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