Well, the cult justifies quite often that apostles are "just" men, as well as being holy men as the go-to-excuse allowing them to attempt to cover their sorry asses.
I can say for darn sure that they have lied, covered up, changed, and hidden much of their past precious history. In fact, they have done these things so frequently they, in my opinion, do not have the ability to even recognize the historical truth when it is waved in their face.
I can also say for darn sure that they take money from the poor, have-nots, and sick to line their own pockets and live mighty nicely. Yeah, they like to attempt to explain this away - oh, the apostles need to look nice and have nice homes when they meet the important people they meet,....on and on, ad nauseum.
Their devious secrets really, when you get right down to it, are not hidden and in the dark. A lot of people are able to see them because they dare open their eyes and minds to the evidence and facts that declare and show what these men are really all about.
the Q15 all lie for a living. Why wouldn't they have secrets? They all know it is fake. They are all in on the sick joke of the church but none of them will step forward and tell the truth. I'm sure they all at least watch porn and masturbate.
I had two suspicions growing up. First, Tommy Boy was banging those widows he always talked about. Second, Boyd was a big player in the underground BDSM scene in Salt Lake.
If pics came out of Boyd with a ball gag and a carrot up his ass I would not be surprised at all.
I tried to put my feet in their shoes and had to admit that it's pretty easy to justify (ie RATIONALIZE) that all the sheep need someone to follow no matter what the story is. I might be able to feel good about myself thinking that it would cause a lot of disruption amongst the faithful and their families if I started telling the truth about their faith. I would undoubtedly lose my big fat pay check and houses from LDS, Inc and the church would be put under scrutiny by the SEC and IRS. My new name would be dirt and the church probably wouldn't fall apart anyway. I would just be released from Q15 and it would be spread around that I'd lost all my marbles or was an evil follower of He Who Must Not Be Named.
But none of that could ever make me feel good about lying to my own kids. That is the deep dark secret they are keeping. If I did nothing else as one of the Q15, I would certainly tell my kids that TSCC was false and that they needed to get out ASAP. Nothing other than that would allow me to look at my face in the mirror every morning.