Post by geode on Feb 14, 2019 18:21:43 GMT
Since I last posted there was a high profile excommunication, that of Sam Young.
The Deseret News wrote:
Young conducted an 18-month campaign calling on church leaders to stop the practice of bishops holding one-on-one worthiness interviews with children behind closed doors, saying they put bishops' careers and reputations at risk and endangered and shamed children, some of whom he said were abused or later committed suicide. Young's website, Protect LDS Children, gathered more than 22,000 signatures on a petition asking for an end to the practice.
"The whistleblower has been kicked out and labeled with the brand of apostasy," Young said Sunday. "I'll wear that as a proud label."
The disciplinary council was held Sept. 9 in Sugar Land, Texas, by the Houston Texas South Stake. The council's letter said Young was not excommunicated for his opinion or position on protecting children.
"The issue is not that you have concerns or even that you disagree with the church's guidelines," the letter said. "Rather, it is your persistent, aggressive effort to persuade others to your point of view by repeatedly and deliberately attacking and publicly opposing the church and its leaders."
Sam Young excommunicated - link
The Deseret News wrote:
Young conducted an 18-month campaign calling on church leaders to stop the practice of bishops holding one-on-one worthiness interviews with children behind closed doors, saying they put bishops' careers and reputations at risk and endangered and shamed children, some of whom he said were abused or later committed suicide. Young's website, Protect LDS Children, gathered more than 22,000 signatures on a petition asking for an end to the practice.
"The whistleblower has been kicked out and labeled with the brand of apostasy," Young said Sunday. "I'll wear that as a proud label."
The disciplinary council was held Sept. 9 in Sugar Land, Texas, by the Houston Texas South Stake. The council's letter said Young was not excommunicated for his opinion or position on protecting children.
"The issue is not that you have concerns or even that you disagree with the church's guidelines," the letter said. "Rather, it is your persistent, aggressive effort to persuade others to your point of view by repeatedly and deliberately attacking and publicly opposing the church and its leaders."
Sam Young excommunicated - link