Rainy Day fund could be because of this.

[Rivendale]

Just released from the LA Times.

Jury awards Riverside woman $2.3 billion in a sex abuse lawsuit involving the Mormon church. https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... eZU9tByD7k

It would be interesting to know how many of these are draining their massive hoard.

[Dr Moore]

The church denied wrongdoing but settled its part of the lawsuit for $1 million in December, and the woman’s mother settled for $200,000 in February, according to news reports.

[Marcus]

This part of the story was torture to read

During the time she was abused, Doe disclosed the abuse to multiple members of the Mormon church, including a bishop.
Instead of notifying the police, the bishop gathered Doe, her mother and her stepfather into a joint meeting, speaking about repentance and instructing Doe to forgive her stepfather and forgive the bishop.

Doe then told another bishop about the abuse, but said that she was shamed into silence by the other bishop and other counselors, who said she would go to prison and harm her family by disclosing the crime….

In 1997, Doe was in high school in Lake Elsinore and noticed her stepfather looking at her basketball teammates “in an inappropriate way,” according to the lawsuit. Doe told her basketball coach about the sexual abuse and the coach reported it to a counselor. Doe’s stepfather was arrested the same day…

Two bishops let it go for years. Tell a coach? Guy arrested the same day.

[Fifth Columnist]

The church settled its portion of the lawsuit for $1M. The rest of the $2.3B award is against the abuser (a.k.a. unrecoverable). This doesn't sound much like a rainy day.

[Marcus]

The church settled its portion of the lawsuit for $1M. The rest of the $2.3B award is against the abuser (a.k.a. unrecoverable). This doesn't sound much like a rainy day.

Kirton McConkie I’m sure took credit for that.

[Res Ipsa]

This was also hard to read:

He pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced on 55 counts, according to the lawsuit. The stepfather spent three years in prison, according to news reports. Her mother and members of the Mormon church were in the courtroom to support Doe’s stepfather. Her mother remained married to him for two years after his conviction.

He raped and abused this girl for nine years. And he spent only 1/3 as long in prison?

And her mother and other good LDS folks went to the sentencing to support the child rapist?

I need to watch the goat video about thirty times now.

[Philo Sofee]

This was also hard to read:

He pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced on 55 counts, according to the lawsuit. The stepfather spent three years in prison, according to news reports. Her mother and members of the Mormon church were in the courtroom to support Doe’s stepfather. Her mother remained married to him for two years after his conviction.

He raped and abused this girl for nine years. And he spent only 1/3 as long in prison?

And her mother and other good LDS folks went to the sentencing to support the child rapist?

I need to watch the goat video about thirty times now.

And folks wonder why we don't leave the church alone...

[drumdude]

Dan Peterson just posted a couple talks about these latter days being a test of our character.

I agree with him completely. I just think he’s completely wrong about who is going to pass and who is going to fail said test…