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That really is a remarkable find, Shulem. If you were the first one to notice this, then major kudos to you. It really deserves more attention than it's received. Thank you so much for saying that, Dr. Shades. That means a lot to me. Whether I was the first person to notice it I cannot say. But I b...

From memory I believe there's a process that a person's Stake President and Bishop can go through to gain access to this kind of information and where they can request more information depending on the situation, but it's been a while so I could be mistaken and I have no idea if that was different ...

I think I have a copy of this form somewhere it is very detailed. At one point there was a question about abuse on the actual form that you were asked in interviews. I have no idea when they started asking that question though or if it was asked at the time Denson served her mission. Hello whoever ...

Two points: First, I don't believe her pregnancy was a result of rape which I thought I read someone say above. Second, when my time serving as a missionary ended and I had my last interview with our mission president, he handed me a copy of the application form that was submitted when I "turn...

I've been wrestling with my thoughts on this topic. I'm not going to say anything that hasn't been said already at this point but I just want to put my thoughts out there because I've followed some of this and now it seems to be drawing to a close. Noone's hands are clean in this and like most situa...

The latter sculpture was created by Georgios Romulus Remus Martinus. - Doc Doc that is a clue. Despite a bit of art history knowledge I did not recognize the sculpture nor this name. I tried google. It hangs up on Romulus Remus. Delete those portions of the name and you get from google country sing...

You make a lot of great points Shulem. Given the way the Church places its own good name above all else it only makes sense that they would operate that way and cult is the right word to describe it in these circumstances.

As Consig and Meadowchik have discussed it seems like this story was released to the press in order for PR purposes in order to show that the Church can handle abuse situations correctly, but was it successful? One thing I did notice is many news outlets focused on the fact that he had been excommun...

Thanks Consig, I've been following your podcasts and I'm impressed by the level of your analysis and your ability to ask the right questions. I think asking who is doing this redacting and for what purpose is an important question to ask. There are four different redacted versions like you said, 1. ...

I think Emma really did see some kind of greatness in Joseph, but that she had to constantly watch over him because she more than anyone else knew his flaws and accepted them. She would take him to the very edge, but stop just short of breaking with him permanently. She got him away from the moneyd...