Episode 53 | I Was 15 When I Married Winston Blackmore: Lorraine Johnson

Lorraine Johnson (Ex-FLDS): Married at 15 to Winston Blackmore, the Warren Jeffs Split, and Life in Canada

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On The Jaden Jeffs Podcast, Jaden interviews Lorraine Johnson, who was born in Hildale, Utah, raised in Short Creek, and later lived in the FLDS community in Canada where she married Winston Blackmore at 15 as his 17th wife. Lorraine describes her musical upbringing, her grandfather Lawrence Steed’s influence, and how centralized “placement” marriage evolved after men married girls while their father was away. She explains why she wanted to marry young, including limited schooling and fears around the year 2000, and how she prayed and asked to be placed with Winston. Lorraine details Winston’s popularity and liaison role for Rulon Jeffs, the growing conflict with Warren Jeffs, Winston’s 2001 trial, the repentance dispute involving a baptized young woman, and Winston being removed as bishop and later accused of adultery after Rulon’s death. She shares what early plural marriage life was like, her shifting beliefs, and how COVID changed church and school authority in Canada, while reflecting on women’s voice, identity, and choosing when to end struggles.

00:00 Teen Marriage Dreams
00:38 Meet Lorraine Johnson
00:58 Growing Up Short Creek
01:38 Grandpa Lawrence Steed
04:28 Origins of Placement Marriage
07:23 Winston Blackmore Emerges
11:34 Winston Versus Warren
12:15 Bishop at Eighteen
17:15 Popularity and Many Wives
19:15 Wanting Marriage Young
26:16 School and Social Isolation
30:41 Turning In to Marry Winston
34:18 New Wife Reality Check
36:00 Winston as Matchmaker
37:06 Life With Many Wives
38:30 Babies and Bishop Duties
39:52 The Split Begins
43:13 Repentance and Baptism Clash
46:52 Sat Down as Bishop
54:49 Rulon Funeral Paranoia
59:09 Letter and Exile Decision
01:02:02 Faith Shifts and Deprogramming
01:04:57 Life After Winston
01:06:36 COVID Power Shift
01:10:34 Women and Authority
01:13:20 Choosing to End Struggle

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