Mormon fighting to end youth interviews ousted from faith
Source: Associated Press
Updated 4:15 pm CDT, Sunday, September 16, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A Mormon man who led a campaign criticizing the church's practice of allowing closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth by lay leaders that sometimes included sexual questions has been kicked out of the faith following a disciplinary hearing.
Sam Young read a verdict letter for the first time Sunday that had been delivered to him following last week's hearing with local church leaders in Houston.
Young and his supporters say the interviews where youth are asked if they're following the law of chastity led to inappropriate conversations and shaming.
Young called his excommunication "a supreme disappointment" and was emotional at a news conference attended by about 100 of his supporters.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Mormon-fighting-to-end-youth-interviews-ousted-13233686.php
KT2000
(20,544 posts)Some creep getting off on their stories. I have heard this is done in some churches too. Women have to testify about their sins before the congregation.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)One of Brigham Young's Grand Kids? If so,this is major . Ezra Taft Benson's Grand son Left the Church to help others that wanted to get out. Think he is running a anti Mormon web site based in Phoenix.
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)Move on with you life, dude. You've been living a lie up to now.
Coventina
(26,874 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)ancianita
(35,812 posts)tazkcmo
(7,286 posts)The magic underwear?
Nitram
(22,671 posts)hueymahl
(2,415 posts)Maybe now he will realize he has wasted most of his life believing in fairy tales and start doing something productive with his life.