MHH74: Why We Care About the Strengthening Church Members Committee, Pt 1

Lesley Butterfield, Bryce Blankenagel and I create a very strong case for why we all should care about the Strengthening Church Members Committee and their top secret files obtained through secret spies and online moles. We learned quite a few things during our call to the SCMC office, call in Episode 73, and we bring in current events that make these discoveries even more significant. The recent Vice piece chronicling the sex abuse case in West Virginia and how they focus on the LDS Church “Helpline” becomes a vital tie in. And did you catch the Panel of Women at the Women’s Conference at BYU who told all the women in the church how to submit when Priesthood leaders are being dismissive? Yuck! It is aaaaaalll related! Be sure and listen to Episode 75 as well, as this is a 2 part discussion. The videos for these episodes are already on Patreon, where subscribers got a super early release!

Links mentioned in this episode:

* Video of Panel Part 1

* Video of Panel Part 2

* Video of Panel Part 3

* Jump to Part 2 of Discussion, Episode 75

* Radio Free Mormon and his Call to Elder Dyches of the SCMC

* VICE: The Mormon Church Has Been Accused of using a Victim’s Hotline to Hide Claims of Sexual Abuse

* Deseret News: Latter Day Saint Spokesman Denounces news story about church’s abuse response

* Deposition Notes RE: Kirton McConkie involvement in the Bishop’s Helpline

* Panel of Women at BYU: How to respond to a Dismissive Priesthood Leader

* Episode art found here

* VENMO for Mormon Happy Hour one time donations

* Music by bensound.com and by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

* Transition pieces found here