Local Mormon leaders cover-up for one of their own (again)..

[_Daheshist]

The following was written by Dean Snelling on the "Latter-day Lampoon" website. Shows another incident of local Church leaders trying to cover-up for one of their own:


Dean Snelling, 2002 I was excommunicated because I am gay (broke the law of chastitiy as a gay man). I had been a high priest and a member of a bishopric. When I was young I had been told that if I got married all my homosexual thoughts would disapear. I was also told that homosexuality was totally pshcological and could be cured. When I read Dalin Oaks article on same sex orientation several years later, he said that it was possible that we were born with the tendency to be gay, and that "fast fix marriages" should not be encouraged.

I was most surprised that the Lord had changed his mind so much in the past 30 years. As time drew on, I could no longer trust anything the church taught on this topic, as what they taught changed so much as time goes on. So I stopped going to church. This, added to experiance of my mission president's councelor tring to have sex with me, greatly redced my faith in the church. Several years later this same man was made a councelor to the Stake President in Calgary, Alberta (The Stake President was the son in law of the prophet of the church).

Since then this man has been excomunicated as charges have been laid against him. The detective from the Calgary Police Dept told me that the Church had done all it could to cover up the investigation, as it is reported that over 400 young men had been touched or fondeled by this man. When Ezra Taft Benson was at a stake conference he made him Stake patriarch, several people rose their hands in opposition, but they were told that the call had been made by inspiration from Ezra Taft Benson!!!! So much for revelation!

At first I was saddened to be excommunicated, but as time has gone on, I am greatful to no longer be a member. I have found a wonderful man and we were married in Vancouver, B.C, just three months ago. My life is gradually taking on a new shape, but after being a faithful member for over 30 years, it has been an adjustment to be thrown out because of the way I was born.