Let's lift the curtain when other religions are facing the consequences of disclosure at the same time The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints doesn't comment on disciplinary hearings to respect people's privacy.
Two reports on the Sexual Shaming controversy:
Mormon Man Fighting To End Youth Interviews Ousted From Faith
Published: Monday, September 17, 2018 - 8:50am
Updated: Monday, September 17, 2018 - 9:33am
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. . .
"The whistleblower has been kicked out," he said. "But they have no power to excommunicate me from the cause of protecting children and protecting the healing of my friends. For our children's sake, this whistleblower is not going to stop roaring."
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Sam Young announces he was excommunicated by local church leaders
SALT LAKE CITY — A Texas man whose 23-day hunger strike punctuated his protest of one-on-one bishop's interviews with children in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Sunday that he has been excommunicated for apostasy. . .
The church's public affairs department in Salt Lake City Sunday had no comment, but referred back to its statement last week about Young's disciplinary council:
"Because of the personal nature of church disciplinary matters and to respect the privacy of those involved, the church does not provide information about the proceedings," the statement said. "Church discipline is administered by local leaders who are familiar with the individual and his or her circumstances."
"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."
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