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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lamplight ago
The buildings on the campus of LDS are unbelievable. https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-responds-to-media-inquires-on-lawsuit-filing Where does a "church" get the money to build and spread so far and wide? Could it be the CIA is somehow involved in this since SRA is used under the guise that God will punish the children if they say anything about the abuse. We need to keep digging into this organization.
3141592653 ago
I'm pretty sure church members give 10 percent of each paycheck to the church. Crazy
notdivided ago
this is correct. Every 4th sunday they actually KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR at home and ask for your tithing offering. And they even do a "tithing audit" at the end of the year to make sure you're all payed up. If you're not you can't go to the temple.
pizzaphish ago
There is no tithing audit. First Sunday is called Fast Sunday. It’s not for tithing
notdivided ago
there absolutely is a tithing audit... nice try. Even the Wikipedia documents it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithing_settlement
pizzaphish ago
Settlement is different than audit. Settlement is NOT REQUIRED. No one opens your books, no one looks at account statements.
notdivided ago
Are you even mormon? Are you a minor? Have you been to Settlement? It's absolutely an audit. Maybe you have a pussy bishop. Mine were always very diligent about tithing.
Settlement is also absolutely required if you want to be a member in good standing and go to heaven and the temple -even for your own wedding or a wedding of a family member. They may or may not look at account statements, that is up to the member and their bishop. The bishop CAN and sometimes DOES question the validity of a members declaration of full tithe.
"Payment of tithing is a core doctrine of the church for all members, including children. Church members must declare themselves to be "full-tithe payers" in order to receive a temple recommend and attend one of the church's temples. However, that is done in a separate meeting from the tithing settlement.[2]" wikipedia
Just search r/exmormon for tithing settlement if you want to know what really goes on: https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/7ns3ji/is_it_now_official_church_policy_for_the_bishop/ https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/95hnex/tithing_settlement_is_a_really_manipulative_way/ https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/2myfav/tithing_settlement_advice/
pizzaphish ago
Your don’t have to go to tithing settlement. It’s not an audit. They just ask you did you pay a full tithe and then you’re done. Temple recommend interview they just ask you and then you are done. No books open.