This is an incredible and tragic story on so many levels. I am surprised and disappointed that this is not getting more traction on the Board. As you read the background information in the Court's opinion, it is a monument to just how the Mormon culture denies, hides, and rationalizes deviant moral behavior in order to desperately cling the myth that its leaders are inspired and that with enough prayer, God will take care of it. In the meantime, the abuse spreads like wildfire.
Everyone should read this. There are a hundred posts here to explore. For example, what do you make of Michael's mother? What Mormon cultural pressures and "faith" would induce a mother to ignore her son's repeated abusive behavior and allow him, and actually put him in the position, to continue abusing children as a recommended "babysitter;" including allowing the abuse of her own children! No doubt, she prayed about it, and was assured that this time it would be O.K.
Thank you so much for fighting for us for all these years. It is important that victims have people like you that they can TRUST. You are appreciated. Please keep updating us on this and other cases you work involving LDSInc.
The depths of depravity of LDS Inc - if they can't keep their pedo tither, then they tried to make those who would remove the dangerous pedo pay for him:
This is amazing news. It is almost surreal, for so many years I sat on the edge of my seat hoping for this kind of possible comeuppance and exposure. I guess I stopped hoping somewhere along the way.
Thank you for posting. This is so LDS. I am curious why the parents were not arrested as sex offenders also. The mother chose and groomed the families to give the son access to their children. Both parents denied any problems and attacked the victims. TSCC was aware and did nothing. The son was allowed to continue and given victims for 6 or 7 years. The parents should be arrested too. The report details all of the reported attacks. Those parents are just as much sex offenders in my mind.