Kevin Graham wrote:He (my source) says that Nibley persuaded the young girl that he (Nibley) had been secretly authorized by the First Presidency to engage in secret plural marriage, "just like Joseph Smith had done". He (Nibley) convinced the girl that plural marriage is actually still practiced secretly in the church and that many of the apostles and other general authorities have secret plural wives who are married "for time" to other men, but "for eternity" to church leaders.
Whoa. Now, assuming for just a moment that this bit about Nibley is true--As has been pointed out, yes, Schryver himself encouraged the rumor--was Nibley lying about what other General Authorities were doing, i.e. was it merely a made-up cover story to assist in the seduction of the poor girl? Or, (gasp,) is there a ghost of a chance that the part about spiritual wifery in high places is actually true?
He says they had Ugo Perego do the DNA testing to confirm it, and this is the reason why Will has been given such deep access to Book of Abraham materials, and it's likely why DCP has befriended him. He says that now Schryver is basically black-mailing the church by promising to keep the information secret so long as they will let him have access to the church archives, "in order to finish his father's life work".
You know, that does go a long way toward explaining why he was given access to the original Book of Abraham papyrii themselves. John Gee can't get access to them, but William Schryver of all people can? It just didn't make sense before this.