Mormons should not automatically trust Church Leaders

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Mormons should not automatically trust Church Leaders

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Chicago therapist Jennifer Finlayson-Fife knows a case of a young teen whose Mormon bishop asked progressively more intimate — and, the girl felt, inappropriate and unsettling — questions during a one-on-one interview.

The girl grew anxious, Finlayson-Fife says, and somewhat disillusioned.

Several years later, that bishop was convicted of possessing child pornography. He was disciplined by the church as well.

“She didn’t lose trust in the church because the church figured out the situation and backed up her intuition through its official response,” the therapist says. “It was saying in essence, ‘We won’t support a man who is doing this even though he was supposed to be representing God.’”

Healthy spirituality requires that believers make a distinction between male priesthood holders who are trying to live righteously, using “godly power,” she says, and those who simply hold an ecclesiastical office.

Mormons have to learn not “to give de facto trust to anyone who is a leader,” Finlayson-Fife says. “We have to be better at discerning if this person is seeking wisdom on our behalf or if he is self-serving.”

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2018/05 ... eir-faith/

Note how the predator used the one to one interview to try and groom his target.
“When we are confronted with evidence that challenges our deeply held beliefs we are more likely to reframe the evidence than we are to alter our beliefs. We simply invent new reasons, new justifications, new explanations. Sometimes we ignore the evidence altogether.” (Mathew Syed 'Black Box Thinking')
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Re: Mormons should not automatically trust Church Leaders

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Today, there are 15 apostles leading the Mormon cult. How many of these dirty men have had inappropriate interviews with youth of the church regarding their personal sexual lives when they served as bishops and stake presidents?

I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that all of the 15 are child abusers insomuch as they have interrogated young boys and girls about the so-called evils of masturbation. I wonder about the graphic nature of their questions the 15 perverts posed to young boys and girls.

Mormon leaders are a cult-band of 15 perverts heading an international business organization. The penalty for their crimes will ultimately lead to the courts and the church will be sued to high heaven. Millions and millions of dollars will bleed. What might be an appropriate penalty for the church? Seize their entire Florida land assets and distribute those funds to damaged parties and entities that protect children's rights.

I think a billion dollars would be a good start. The back of this unholy bank must be broken and forced to become just a church like they claim to be.
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