Distinctive Christianity

100. Lynn Packer on Investigating Paul H. Dunn


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In this interview, Skyler interviews distinguished journalist Lynn Packer about his book Lying for the Lord: The Paul H. Dunn Stories. The second most popular LDS General Authority in his time - Paul H. Dunn was in the Presidency of the Seventy, and was famous for his faith-promoting stories. But were those stories true?

Following his investigation into the AFCO fraud scandal (of which Elder Dunn was a part) Lynn continued to investigate and found that the lies and fraud went deeper than most are willing to face, even now.  

 

Lying for the Lord: The Paul H. Dunn Stories by Lynn Packer 

Book Intro; Paul Dunn Highlight Video

Lynn Kenneth Packer (YouTube Page) 

“Field of Dreams” (Sunstone) 

  • Lynn also led the way in reporting on Tim Ballard (see, e.g., here, here, here), long before more recent coverage. (e.g. here
  • Be sure to check out Lynn’s recent reporting on Elder M. Russell Ballard, who was President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. 


Paul H. Dunn’s obituary ; Fireside 

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Distinctive ChristianityBy Brendon Scoggin and Skyler Hamilton