I am the mother of two grown and married daughters with their own children. We have all signed the petition Sam started because we felt it to be important. As a teen and later as a newly married, I can honestly say that I was never asked any improper questions by a Priesthood holder. I asked my daughters if they had any negative experiences and both said they had been asked some uncomfortable questions but never any inappropriate touching. Both experienced this with the same Bishop. I actually found it funny in a way, because he is the father of 6 boys/men now. He was a bit of a male chauvinist and tended to speak down to women. This was over 15 years ago. I recently learned that this Bishop , who moved from our ward shortly after we did, is now a Bishop again. I have a double concern with this whole movement . First and foremost is the interview process and the damage it has caused young impressionable minds. Second, I worry about how many of the people reporting these interviews are telling lies. There are so many people who have left the church for various reasons and have become such “haters” of the church. I worry that there may come people accusing innocent men and leaving the church wide open for unnecessary lawsuits. I just hope that people will be honest when reporting these stories.
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