Mormon Stories Podcast

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse, Suicide

Join John and Gerardo as they interview attorney Tim Kosnoff about the history and evolution of the Mormon church abuse hotline.  This hotline has resurfaced recently in the news in response to an Associated Press news story about the Mormon church (through its abuse hotline) telling two Arizona Mormon bishops not to report abuse to authorities, leading to seven years of child abuse in the abuser’s family.

Tim Kosnoff is a US attorney who has spent the last two decades representing victims of abuse.

His introduction to the LDS Church and their lawyers was when he represented Jeremiah Scott who was sexually abused by a serial pedophile Frank Curtis. His work, in this case, appears in Lisa Davis’ legal thriller, The Sins of Brother Curtis.  This case has led to a practice in which he has come to represent over 150 Mormon abuse victims bringing him face to face with the Mormon law machine repeatedly.

Tim Kosnoff:

People can reach my office at 206.785.7326

https://www.kosnoff.com https://twitter.com/SexAbuseAttys

https://abusedinscouting.com/

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Show Notes:

• A Thoughtful Faith Podcast Ep 258: Taking the Mormons to Court: Defending Sexual Abuse Victims against the LDS Church: Tim Kosnoff
• Donate to A Thoughtful Faith Podcast
• AP: Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen
• Church Offers Statement on Help Line and Abuse (Response to AP)
• Opinion: The Church’s response is lacking 
• The Sins of Brother Curtis
• Spotlight Movie

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse

When a father of a 5-year-old girl who was in counseling with his Mormon Bishop admitted to abusing his daughter, the Bishop followed the guidance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and called a so-called "helpline" and he was advised by Church Lawyers to tell no one. The man continued to abuse his daughter for 7 more years and went on to assault her newborn sister. The AP has done a deep investigation into the Mormon Church's mishandling of child abuse and their article from last week has spread like wildfire. 

The LDS Church has put its PR department and news media outlets on high alert and they issued an official response and at least two articles trying to respond to the egregious revelations by the Associated Press. 

Join John, Gerardo, and Utah criminal defense attorney Brenton Erickson as they do a deep dive into the AP article and analyze whether the Church adequately explained the alarming allegations in the article. 

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Show Notes:

• AP: Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen 
• AP: How Mormon church 'help line' hid child sex abuse
• Church Offers Statement on Help Line and Abuse (Response to AP)
• Deseret News Opinion: Perspective: I survived abuse. I worked for the church’s help line. The AP story broke my heart
• Church responds to AP story on abuse of a child and reporting hotline
• Spotlight Movie
• MormonLeaks 1999 Protocol for Abuse Helpline [PDF]
• Are Publicized Abuse Cases Exceptional or Representative of Our Faith? 

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse

The bombshell article by the Associated Press about the LDS Church’s abuse cover-up in Arizona and West Virgina has taken the Mormon community by storm. As the kickoff episode to our series covering the Mormon church’s handling of abuse John, Jenn, and Gerardo will react to a shocking 2018 interview by Gina Colvin with attorney Tim Kosnoff about his experiences representing over 150 Mormon sexual abuse victims that have brought him face-to-face with Kirton & McConkie and the Mormon law machine.

On Friday we will be interviewing Tim Kosnoff in studio to discuss the AP article in more detail, provide an update on the church's handling of abuse cases, and to discuss the Boy Scouts of America case. A link to Gina's original interview is in the show notes below.

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Show notes: 

• A Thoughtful Faith Podcast Ep 258: Taking the Mormons to Court: Defending Sexual Abuse Victims against the LDS Church: Tim Kosnoff
• Donate to A Thoughtful Faith Podcast
• Saints for All Seasons: Lavina Fielding Anderson and Bernard Shaw's "Joan of Arc"
• Writer excommunicated during ‘September Six’ purge loses her bid to rejoin the LDS Church
• The LDS Intellectual Community and Church Leadership: A Contemporary Chronology [PDF]
• 542-543: Gina Colvin – KiwiMormon and Fearless/Faithful Mormon Heretic
• The Sins of Brother Curtis
• Spotlight Movie
• Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen
• Church Offers Statement on Help Line and Abuse (Response to AP)
• 1550-1551: Speaking Out When a Mormon Bishop Abuses Children – Kolby & Cami Reddish

Join us as we welcome Jessica Parker to the Thrive Stories podcast to discuss her journey of accepting and finding peace in infertility. As a woman who was raised in a faithful Latter-day Saint home, Jessica absorbed all the messages about the role of women and her divine purpose to bear children. She served a mission, got married in the temple, and gave her time and energy to the church for years. All of this came into question when Jessica began her faith journey--which then led to deconstructing and rebuilding her innate sense of value, identity, and purpose as a human being.

Thrive Stories is a podcast series where Margi (alongside John or Jenn) interviews a member of the community once per month. The interviews are shorter (2-3 hours), story-based, and are focused on a particular aspect of healing and growth AFTER a Mormon faith crisis (thus the THRIVE name). They generally happen on Tuesdays at noon (MST). Some examples of areas of thriving include: Family Relationships, Healthy Boundaries, Finding Community, Finding Meaning/Purpose, Dealing with Grief/Death, Religion after Mormonism, Health Sexuality, Parenting, Improving Physical Health, Identity, Health Marriage/Relationships, Secular Spirituality, Word of Wisdom 2.0, and Women Finding Their Own Voice after Mormonism.

If you would like to nominate someone you know who would be a great candidate for a THRIVE interview, please nominate them (or yourself) here.

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Show notes: 

• Continual Becoming with ALOK
• Cesletter.org
• Under the Banner of Heaven book
• Under the Banner of Heaven series
• Steven Pynakker - Mormon Book Review Podcast
• Unfuckyourbrain Podcast
• Faith Journey meetups FB group
• Mormon Stories Podcast Community
• Mormonism Live FB Community

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is known globally for its massive missionary force. Over the past year we have received several independent reports suggesting serious distress in the Mormon missionary program, including:

• A sharp decline in the number of LDS missionaries overall.
• A sharp decline in the number of young men willing to serve missions.
• A significant increase in the number of LDS missionaries returning home early.
• Troubling new rhetoric/teachings from Mormon church leadership suggesting (out of seeming desperation) that Mormon missionary service for young men is mandatory/compulsory.

On Thursday at 4pm (mountain) we will be exploring this issue. If you have any data or stories regarding these (or other) developments regarding Mormon missionary work, please post them as comments below, or email us at: [email protected] and we can include your input in the show (anonymously if requested). Also, please plan to join us live for this show, wherein we hope to accept live video call-ins from viewers.

• Show notes: 

  • Mormon Stories episodes on Missionary Injuries, Mental Health & Sexual Assaults:
    • 787: Parent of Mormon Missionary is Not Allowed to Contact Son in Houston Hurricane
    • 976-979: Experiencing Sexual Assault as a Missionary - Camille & Maddy
    • 1492-1493: Sexually Assaulted by My Companion as a Mormon Missionary - McKay Johnson
    • 1481-1482: My Mormon Mission Left Me Disabled - Lauren Rogers
  • Mormon Stories Early Return Series:
    • 643: Mormon Missionary Faith Crises and Early Return Pt 1 - Josh Tesch & Facebook
    • 644: Mormon Missionary Faith Crises and Early Return Pt 2 - Depression & Suicidality
    • 645: Missionaries Pt 3 - Mike Woodruff - Gay, Abused on Mission, PTSD, Early Return
    • 646: Missionaries Pt 4 - Tre Shortland - Tormented over "Self Abuse," Disillusioned by Uninspired Mission Leadership
    • 647: Missionaries Pt 5 - Rose Sorenson - Becoming an Atheist as a Missionary
    • 648: Missionaries Pt 6 - Jacob - Sent Home Early for Cuddling with Zone Leader
  • Mormon Stories 1548: Is the Mormon Church in Decline?
  • Rameumptom Ruminations: Inside the Curtain of Church Headquarters
  • (LDS.org) Why is there so much pressure on young men to go on a mission?
  • Mexican Youth Mission Activity (Spanish)

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Ally, a returned-missionary and member of BYU’s elite choir, BYU Singers, describes her struggles with perfectionism, mental health, harmful aspects of BYU culture, and discovering her asexuality in the context of marriage-centric Mormonism.

Show Notes:

• AllyChristiansen.com
• Ally Christiansen Instagram
• LDS Church Proclamation on the Family 
• Contrapoints YouTube channel 
• Gretchen Day MS Interview 
• RFM Investigation of MTC Sex Scandal
• “Oh Ye Fair Ones” - Christian Asplund 
• BYU Survival Guide
• MS Episode - Bradly and Ilana, BYU Survival Guide.  How to survive BYU as a non-traditional or non-believing student
• Utah Valley University
• Beauty in the Now (Margi's Coaching)
• Ally Finlinson Christiansen Facebook

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Ally, a returned-missionary and member of BYU’s elite choir, BYU Singers, describes her struggles with perfectionism, mental health, harmful aspects of BYU culture, and discovering her asexuality in the context of marriage-centric Mormonism.

Show Notes:

• AllyChristiansen.com
• Ally Christiansen Instagram
• A Little Book of Ace

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Description: A look at how a late addition to the New Testament ended up in the Book of Mormon and what that tells us about the Book of Mormon's credibility as an ancient text.

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  • LDS Discussions: Long Ending of Mark
  • MS Episode on KJV and the BOM
  • MS Episode on Deutero Isaiah and the BOM
  • MS Episode on Tight vs. Loose translation of Book of Mormon
  • Radio Free Mormon Podcast: Backdating Prophecy
  • Bart Ehrman MS Episode
  • Bart Ehrman Books 
  • Bart Ehrman Blog

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In 1984 Elder Ron Poelman gave a conference talk that was modified and re-recorded. What was done and why was it done?

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Ronald Poelman – Censored General Conference Talk – Nov 16, 1984

The Gospel and the Church – Sunstone Article

Elder Poelman’s Famous Speech (Sunstone Blog)

Dr. Brown’s 7 Honest Questions for Atheists – My Reply: 

MS Episode Elbert Peck

Metaphors We Live By, Lakoff & Johnson

Packer’s “Unwritten Order of Things”

MS Native American Women and the Lamanite Myth

Free/Moral Agency and Missions Talk

Book: This is My Doctrine, Charles Harrell

MS Episode: BYU Professor Charles Harrell & Evolution of Mormon Doctrine

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Ari talks about growing up in the picture perfect Mormon family, and how it all crumbled when she was excommunicated from that family for speaking out against abuse. In this episode, we discuss how Ari lost her faith in the church when she realized that it, too was rooted in abuse and lies, and set on excommunicating those who spoke out against those things. In her discovery, she concluded that the church creates toxic family systems and even abuse cycles. Ari and Adam are parents to 9 kids, and are now cycle breakers.

Show Notes:

• 12 Rules of a dysfunctional narcissistic family: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-narcissist-in-your-life/202003/the-12-rules-dysfunctional-narcissistic-family
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662
• http://Cesletter.org
• Stronger than the dark book - Cory Reese: https://www.amazon.com/Stronger-Than-Dark-Relationship-Depression/dp/1736966405
• LDS Gospel Topics Essays: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/plural-marriage-in-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints?lang=eng
• Jeremy Runnells MS Interview: https://mormonstories.org/podcast/jeremy-runnells-and-his-letter-to-a-ces-director/
• No Man Knows my History - Fawn Brodie: https://www.amazon.com/No-Man-Knows-My-History/dp/0679730540
• Mormon History Timeline: https://mormonstories.org/truth-claims/chronology-of-mormon-history/
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents: https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Children-Emotionally-Immature-Parents/dp/1626251703
• Educated - Tara Westover: https://www.amazon.com/Educated-Memoir-Tara-Westover/dp/0399590501
• Tara Westover MS interviews (there are 2): https://mormonstories.org/podcast/tara-westover/
• Recovering Agency: https://www.amazon.com/Recovering-Agency-Lifting-Mormon-Control/dp/1489595937
• The BITE model: https://freedomofmind.com/the-bite-model-and-religious-cult-groups/

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