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Kirton McConkie is girding up its loins to challenge a story of its misdeeds. It is sending out an LDS author from Meridian Magazine to practice the mind trick: This is not the discernment and clerical responsibility you are looking for.
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Dr Exiled wrote:
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Commenters over at Sic et Non don't want to believe that their church would advise through their lawyers to do nothing other than continue hoping that counseling would work with this unrepentant monster.
"We beseech thee oh Lord to remove both our conscience and our memories of this event so that we can be trouble-free Sic-et-Noners. We say this in the name of the Dan, the Kiwi, and the grumpious Midgley, Ramen."
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shut it moksha. this is not the thread for you to be clever.
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From Reddit:
Priest-penitent privilege this, priest-penitent privilege that.

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This is not an actual principle in Mormonism.

As a 16 year old, how did my best friend know that my dad had his temple recommend taken away because he didn’t believe in the historicity of the Book of Mormon. He knew this long before I did (his dad was in the bishopric).

As a missionary, why did my mission president tell me that a few of my companions were breaking the law of chastity?

As a ward clerk in my early 20s, why was I privy to the sexual activity of other ward members.

As a counselor in a bishopric, why was I privy to marital strife of members of my ward when that information was surely given only to the bishop in confidence? Why did I, once again, know the sexual activity/pornography use of ward members as a counselor in the bishopric when that information was also given directly to the bishop in confidence?

When I was vulnerable with my elders quorum president and bishop about not being able to carry out the duties of ward mission leader anymore, why was my name discussed in ward council to see if I could be talked back into it, and how did this information make it to a random woman in the ward with no connection to ward council (she brought it up to my wife in a brief conversation)?

And just recently I was open and honest and said I needed to step away for a time and wouldn’t you know it now the missionaries call me.

Priest-penitent privilege doesn’t actually exist in day to day Mormonism. It’s just a convenient excuse for not reporting SA.
The poster makes a great point. Mormons can’t keep their mouths shut and mind their own business … until it comes to protecting a child rapist? The moral compass of this organization is awful.

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 12:17 am
From Reddit:
Priest-penitent privilege this, priest-penitent privilege that.

————-

This is not an actual principle in Mormonism.

As a 16 year old, how did my best friend know that my dad had his temple recommend taken away because he didn’t believe in the historicity of the Book of Mormon. He knew this long before I did (his dad was in the bishopric).

As a missionary, why did my mission president tell me that a few of my companions were breaking the law of chastity?

As a ward clerk in my early 20s, why was I privy to the sexual activity of other ward members.

As a counselor in a bishopric, why was I privy to marital strife of members of my ward when that information was surely given only to the bishop in confidence? Why did I, once again, know the sexual activity/pornography use of ward members as a counselor in the bishopric when that information was also given directly to the bishop in confidence?

When I was vulnerable with my elders quorum president and bishop about not being able to carry out the duties of ward mission leader anymore, why was my name discussed in ward council to see if I could be talked back into it, and how did this information make it to a random woman in the ward with no connection to ward council (she brought it up to my wife in a brief conversation)?

And just recently I was open and honest and said I needed to step away for a time and wouldn’t you know it now the missionaries call me.

Priest-penitent privilege doesn’t actually exist in day to day Mormonism. It’s just a convenient excuse for not reporting SA.
The poster makes a great point. Mormons can’t keep their mouths shut and mind their own business … until it comes to protecting a child rapist? The moral compass of this organization is awful.

- Doc
Yep. The bishop told everyone I knew in the ward that I had my name removed. I didn't authorize him to do this and I specifically said in my letter I wanted it to be private.
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Church has enough problems with the small number of outspoken ex member critics. What happens when the whole world starts interrogating their dishonesties?
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drumdude wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 12:45 am
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 12:17 am
From Reddit:



The poster makes a great point. Mormons can’t keep their mouths shut and mind their own business … until it comes to protecting a child rapist? The moral compass of this organization is awful.

- Doc
Yep. The bishop told everyone I knew in the ward that I had my name removed. I didn't authorize him to do this and I specifically said in my letter I wanted it to be private.
and the guy the ap article is about was excommunicated, which means multiple people also knew then, right?
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Marcus wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:32 pm
drumdude wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 12:45 am


Yep. The bishop told everyone I knew in the ward that I had my name removed. I didn't authorize him to do this and I specifically said in my letter I wanted it to be private.
and the guy the ap article is about was excommunicated, which means multiple people also knew then, right?
The bishops were asked about his excommunication during trial, it’s not clear if the police had heard about his excommunication from ward members or just from the bishops. If the family really was weird and didn’t have many friends in the ward then the bishop may not have told anyone.
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drumdude wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:44 pm
Marcus wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:32 pm

and the guy the ap article is about was excommunicated, which means multiple people also knew then, right?
The bishops were asked about his excommunication during trial, it’s not clear if the police had heard about his excommunication from ward members or just from the bishops. If the family really was weird and didn’t have many friends in the ward then the bishop may not have told anyone.
agreed, but my point was that claiming priest-penitent privilege in general when the policy is to tell multiple people about someone's sins for excommunication, etc. sounds like just an excuse.
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Marcus wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:53 pm
drumdude wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:44 pm


The bishops were asked about his excommunication during trial, it’s not clear if the police had heard about his excommunication from ward members or just from the bishops. If the family really was weird and didn’t have many friends in the ward then the bishop may not have told anyone.
agreed, but my point was that claiming priest-penitent privilege in general when the policy is to tell multiple people about someone's sins for excommunication, etc. sounds like just an excuse.
Totally agree. That’s exactly what it is.
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