Lawsuit alleging sex abuse, cover up filed against family of LDS Church president
SALT LAKE CITY — A lahttps://fox13now.com/2018/10/03/lawsuit-alleging-sex-abuse-cover-up-filed-against-family-of-lds-church-president/
Lawsuit alleging sexual abuse and a cover up has been filed against the daughter and son-in-law of the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court by six unnamed people listed only as "Jane Doe" and "John Doe" against unnamed "Doe 1 Male Defendant" and "Doe 2 Female Defendant." However, Brenda and Richard Miles' attorney publicly disclosed their names after the lawsuit was filed and said they vigorously deny the allegations.
several of the plaintiffs are not comfortable being known
"Victims need to be listened and heard and have a voice. I think now there’s a chance some members of the Mormon community will believe us. I’m certain there’s some who will not because of who the defendants are," said a woman known in the lawsuit as "Jane Doe 2," who alleges she was sexually abused as a child.
The lawsuit alleges a man only identified as "Perpetrator" in the court papers sexually abused his children. It also claims a 16-year-old babysitter was both a victim and perpetrator of abuse (who later committed suicide). Then it accuses the Miles of abuse.
“DOE 1 MALE DEFENDANT and DOE 2 FEMALE DEFENDANT led what they called ‘touching parties’ at their home and at the Perpetrator’s home. These ‘touching parties’ were sometimes attended by acquaintances and friends of Defendants and Perpetrator,” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit alleges the children were sexually abused repeatedly. The children disclosed to their mother their abuse and claimed “DOE 1 MALE DEFENDANT, who was the Second Counselor of this LDS ward at the time,” was one of those who abused them. It also alleges “DOE 2 FEMALE DEFENDANT” is the daughter of an LDS apostle.
https://religionnews.com/2018/03/26/lds-sex-abuse-scandal-heres-what-we-know-so-far/
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Fukredditt ago
ProtectLDSchildren.org
The mormon church is infested with pedos 10x worse than the catholic church. Not surprising since the first two leaders Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were serial sex abusers. It's rotten to the core from top to bottom and always was.
pizzaphish ago
Brigham Young and Joseph Smith were not pedos. The Church is not rotten to the core. https://www.lds.org/topics/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?lang=eng#27
notdivided ago
do you have a source that isn't straight mormon propoganda? Oh right you aren't supposed to read anything about your own church that isn't "church approved." That's not creepy at all...
It is well documented that J. Smith was making advances and even threats of eternal damnation for their whole family to 12 year old and 14 year old girls if they did not comply to his secret marriage demands. I know mormons think that is ok/old enough but the rest of us do not. And no it wasn't "normal for the times" that is why he was tarred and feathered, nearly castrated, and then had nitric acid poured in his mouth. If anyone actually cares to know about this check out year of polygamy podcast.
fogdryer ago
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/09/04/woman-who-accused-former/
Woman who accused former MTC president of rape confronts his LDS Church ward in Arizona
notdivided ago
several other women have come out since then. Every time it was covered up.
If you're raped and your mormon you go to church court where they determine to what extent you "contributed" to your being raped. Then you have to repent for what you did to get yourself raped. Once you sinned by being raped in mormon culture you are considered "chewed gum." I don't know why it doesn't make more news that girls in 2017 and 2018 are being kicked out of BYU for being raped because they "broke the honor code." You either have to be blind or evil to not know that's plain wrong.