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Mormon wife asks Utah judge to suspend her husband's prison sentence for child sexual abuse
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:41 am
by malkie
Wife wrote:'I don't want to feel the judgement from my neighbors'
Last week, an LDS church member in Utah was sentenced to prison for child sex abuse.
He is a former prosecutor who spent 12 years working for the state of Utah in a job whose title involved the protection of children.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comme ... ame=iossmf
I'm at a bit of a loss for words.
Re: Mormon wife asks Utah judge to suspend her husband's prison sentence for child sexual abuse
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:13 pm
by Kishkumen
Bizarre. That is the one state where the judge might be bent by this ridiculous plea.
Re: Mormon wife asks Utah judge to suspend her husband's prison sentence for child sexual abuse
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:28 pm
by Rivendale
About a week ago this interview
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/31 ... lds-church with Kate Kelly, Janna Riess and Meg Conley talk about the legal system and Mormonism. I thought this quote by Kelly was astounding,
But in the 32 years that I have been a prosecutor, I have never once seen a victim be spoken for by their bishop or church leader. Not once. And many times, the victim will be asked to leave the ward because they're being too disruptive. I've had teenage girls asked not to attend their own high school anymore because they're causing too much of an uproar, you know, by reporting a sexual assault or a violent incident. And so there is very much a sort of undercurrent in this whole problem of protecting the image of the church as well.
Re: Mormon wife asks Utah judge to suspend her husband's prison sentence for child sexual abuse
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:31 pm
by Doctor CamNC4Me
Rivendale wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:28 pm
About a week ago this interview
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/31 ... lds-church with Kate Kelly, Janna Riess and Meg Conley talk about the legal system and Mormonism. I thought this quote by Kelly was astounding,
But in the 32 years that I have been a prosecutor, I have never once seen a victim be spoken for by their bishop or church leader. Not once. And many times, the victim will be asked to leave the ward because they're being too disruptive. I've had teenage girls asked not to attend their own high school anymore because they're causing too much of an uproar, you know, by reporting a sexual assault or a violent incident. And so there is very much a sort of undercurrent in this whole problem of protecting the image of the church as well.
Crazy. I posted that exact same quote here:
https://www.discussmormonism.com/viewto ... 4#p2821384
Great minds n’ all that.
- Doc
Re: Mormon wife asks Utah judge to suspend her husband's prison sentence for child sexual abuse
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:47 pm
by Rivendale
Claiming that they are more interested in saving souls instead of comforting victims is one of the most insidious aspects of Mormonism. I don't know how they do it. Warping normal peoples good intentions into this? And then being comfortable with it.