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Comment on What is the Mormon view of capital punishment? by Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:20:19 +0000

I know many LDS that support capital punishment. Often women. They do not need to adhere to modern apostolic conjecture for support. Consider Alma 1:15

“And thou [Nehor] hast shed the blood of a righteous man, yea, a man who has done much good among this people; and were we to spare thee his blood would come upon us for vengeance.”

Comment on The Mormon Church and child sex abuse: A response to Marci Hamilton by Cecile Palmisano

Cecile Palmisano — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:53:45 +0000

James,
The key here is making it mandatory for a church authority to report a crime. In my opinion the one who keeps this silent is JUST as guilty as the pediphile. We have an obligation to protect children, not worry about what will happen to the criminal, that comes later. Yes, maybe a pediphile can be reformed and forgiven, in my experiance they repeat, repeat, repeat. But the key is, REPORT the crime!

Comment on The Mormon Church and child sex abuse: A response to Marci Hamilton by Cecile Palmisano

Cecile Palmisano — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:47:38 +0000

I think it is laughable that we asume a bishop is going to report child abuse. It is also laughable to asume a mother who is completely involved and consumed with LDS beleifs, is going to report her husband of child abuse.
I have court documents and statements proving just this. When I was molested and raped by my sisters husband in 1978, the husband, bishop and my sister made me out to be the criminal! In later court documents of another case, both Bishop Gilliland and my brother in law admitted he was a child molester and that they were handling it within the church. Bishop Gilliland who now resides in Sedona AZ did not suffer any repocusions for his 15 years of silence. If he had reported me to police, maybe the next two to four victims would not have even been victimized! My sister was and is just like a Stepford wife, always loyal to the church and her husband.
The church always trumps the children and their safety. It is a disgusting practice and I know of at least 3 other cases in the same ward throughout the 70′s and the 80′s, two different bishops, 4 different families. Never reported until children got older and disclosed the info. Yes, the 37th, and 31st ward of Phx Az had alot of childhood tragedies. I no longer have faith in the LDS religion!
Cecile Palmisano 6235 West Camelback Phx AZ
I have often thought of writing a book to show what all this secrecy and hipocracy does to destroy a family.

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Comment on What is the Mormon view of capital punishment? by Maria

Maria — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:49:46 +0000

I am from Spain, and all mormons I know support the death penalty, and I think it is discusting. You are against abortion and in favor of murdering a person. I dont get your racist religion with blacks and the priesthood, until 2002 Utah was the last state in recognizing Martin Luther King, I just want to vomit when I think about it.

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Comment on The Mormon Church and child sex abuse: A response to Marci Hamilton by james

james — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:24:32 +0000

I think that if someone comes forward and voluntarily admits to something they did wrong to a bishop, and tries to make amends with the situation (which includes serving time and any other legal consequences) they should be given some slack. Yes, child abuse is deplorable – but at the same time, I do believe that people can change. I have worked in the mental health/criminal justice system and have seen some very profound turn-around in the lives of people who have committed atrocious things in the past. True, there are those who regress and commit crimes again, but that is why we need to take everything on a case-by-case basis; I believe it is unfair to blanket an entire portion (a significant portion, if one looks at the statistics) of the population with a one-size-fits-all punishment. If someone wants to turn their life around and proves through their actions that they really want to, I think they should be given the chance. After all, isn’t that what we all would want for ourselves or our loved ones?

Comment on The Mormon Church and child sex abuse: A response to Marci Hamilton by Jill

Jill — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:33:56 +0000

My experience is that the LDS church, of which I am no longer a member, will do whatever it takes to protect its image. My relative was threatened that he must deny the abuse he endured at the hands of prominent church leaders “must be denied that it ever took place,” or face excommunication. He chose excommunication over lying. LDS members are extremely naiive and follow anything and everything LDS leaders instruct.

Comment on Property law and Mormon temple announcements by allison

allison — Tue, 10 May 2011 03:21:21 +0000

dose the church own the temple lot site in Mo.