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Jennifer Allred's avatar

Thank you for covering this. This scandal isn’t talked about enough and needs a lot more attention. The citizens in Scotland especially need to be made aware of the crimes these guys have committed.

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Disclaimer: I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (what you call the Mormon church)

There are some pretty big brush strokes being painted here, by equating a few people's alleged indiscretions to the entire church. Yes, there have been instances where members have done such things (there was some research a few decades ago where a number of missionaries stated they had been molested as kids and one saying he also molested kids - that's documented), but to my knowledge, anybody found out by the church is excommunicated, and encouraged to turn themselves in. In mandatory reporting states, they are reported.

There is a path of repentance and it's possible that past molesters have gone through that process. The church in the last few years has mandated 2-deep instructors in every class where there are children present, and in my area, everyone around kids has to have a background check (fingerprint scan). That those precautions are needed, suggest that there have been problems, but it's not systemic like what is being intimated here, much like the Catholic Church is not filled with pedophiles.

They're is a globalist effort to take down Christian churches, and some of this is cherry picking to paint a bad picture on the entire church, which is amongst the strongest of faiths in a number of metrics.

I'm aware of a couple in Utah with a YouTube channel that bring on victims and make allegations, and perhaps it's true for those individuals, some with absolutely horrible stories that I cannot comprehend (including killing another child, both held in captivity for a long period of time.)

I hope that this broad painting of crimes to the entire church is stopped, because it's not true. Logic should dictate that, and those gullible enough to believe it, should seriously look at what they're claiming. Rumors are cheap. Jesus said not to dig a pit for your neighbor. Or bear false witness. He also said that those involved in the harm of little children will wish that a millstone was hung around their neck and drowned in the sea, rather than face the punishment that awaits them.

Some people of other "Christian" faiths will be the most un-Christian in the claims they make about our beliefs, since the name of Jesus Christ is right in the name of the church.

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