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Bookmark or Share- Should All Sins Be Confessed To The Bishop?He is a repeat offender. Seriously, tell him to go with the Spirit. If he is too afraid to go to the Bishop tell him to start sincerely repenting on his own. If he gets the Spirit while repenting (as he should if repentance is sincere) then he will be directed if he needs to speak with the Bishop (likely).
- General Discussions - Mormon Dialogue & Discussion BoardHow dare the church put someone into a trusted position in Church if this person is a registered sex offender. even if he is the EQP and may not directly involved working with the youth, it surely is a trusted position. Background check? Sure. But you don't need that to know whether a person is a registered sex offender.
- PA Stake President Charged with Felony Under Mandatory Reporting LawThe above article is from September 2022, and pertains to Shawn Gooden, 47, who is "under investigation for the alleged sexual assault of a child between 1997 and 2000," where "the child was between 9 and 13 years old at that time," and who is a lawyer, and previously "a volunteer board member with the Boy Scouts of America New Birth of Freedom Council."
- Another abuse report…John Goodrich - General Discussions - Mormon ...Hard topic. Bishops (and, by extension, the Church) are damned if they do and damned if they don't. If a state has a clergy-penitent privilege in place and the bishop reports what is said during a confession, then the Church is open to a lawsuit by
- Prophets Before Adam - Mormon Dialogue & Discussion BoardMy brother Hyrum Smith preached at the stand in the morning, and among other things said the time will shortly come, that when one man makes another an offender for a word, he shall be cut off from the church of Jesus Christ. There were prophets before Adam, and Joseph has the spirit and power of all the Prophets.
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