Posted by:
heretic
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Date: November 27, 2012 02:22PM
I was about half way through my mission when I was partnered with a new missionary companion. A couple weeks had passed when "out of the blue" I got a call from the Mission President saying that he was flying out to our area and that we were to pick him up at the airport. Once we arrived at the stake center the MP pulled my companion into a room for some privacy. I had no idea what in the world was going on, but after approx. four hours they came out. I was given no explanation as to what had transpired, but was told in no uncertain terms that I was never to let my companion out of my sight again, for any reason.
Finally, one of the APs felt I deserved some answers as to all the things that had been going on. He told me that this elder, before he was partnered with me, had been caught at a stake conference sexually molesting a child. Then he told me the reason for the Mission President's "out of the blue" flight to our area. Unbeknownst to me, while at a member's home this elder had gone downstairs and sexually molested one of the member's children. The child's parent called the mission president about the sexual assault which obviously prompted the mission president's flight to our area. The AP also shared with me that this elder had not only been diagnosed as a pedophile, but also as a "Master Manipulator" before this latest incident.
So, not only did the mission president allow this known pedophile to continue his mission, but some months later this same mission president had to make another "out of the blue" flight to a zone that both I and this pedophile were a part of. This same elder had sexually assaulted one of the elders in our zone. Even then, this mission president allowed this pedophile to finish his mission. He shipped him out to a different area and allowed him to finish his mission in anonymity.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 11/27/2012 05:26PM by heretic.