My adult daughter came to us 2 years ago to let us know that our Bishop in Bedford New Hampshire head sexually molested her at the age of 17 when she was going in to ask repentance for a situation.
That Bishop then proceeded to tell her that whatever she did with that boy she would have to do with him to be fully forgiven.
This is caused our daughter to have a terrible eating disorder and relationship issues, trust issues, and a gamut of problems stemming from this bishop in New Hampshire.
As a mom, I started to get in touch with lawyers and start proceedings against this bishop. I was told by some friends in the church it was probably not a good idea to do that.
My daughter asked me not to do anything more as she was trying to move on with her life and she knew that the church would turn this around on to her and she just cannot go through that.
Our whole family has now left the church not just because of this issue but does have a lot to do with it. We have also moved across the country because I think if my husband ever saw this man again he would do some serious harm. the crazy thing in all of this is that as you know being a member of the church everyone is so close and we thought this family was our friends.
I am angry, hurt, outraged at the protection of these bishop and stake president that the church has over them.
I wish I could sue the church for the damage that they have done not only to my daughter but to our family it is disgusting.
Has not Sam testified of the wrongs of what have occurred from asking CHILDREN sexually explicate questions? Yea, he has boldly, and what was the LDS / Brighamite church done in response, they want to cast him out, and have said Sam Young is of the Devil and will not get back in his place where he belongs and we need to remove him from our ranks. All while at the same time protecting the one on the right of the picture. Who had his books sell in Deseret Book until recently as the LDS / Brighamite church trying to hide or be secret about what is going on. I have never read any of his books, but I can speculate it would of had things that mostly tickled peoples ears, especially considering he has not had the baptism of fire or if he once did he has lost it because of his sins and crimes against God and the people. A repentant man will confess of his sins, not hide behind the law or lawyers. Now also take a look at which man the LDS / Brighamite church is supporting and which one they are forsaking. To me this is a very dirty rotten fruit of theirs.
https://seekingyhwh.com/2018/09/09/bishops-are-judges-of-israel/
Please please report him to authorities! I know its hard, but he must be stopped!
Sam, how do we avoid such situation? This was not a one-on-one youth interview but a confession—which are expected to be one of one. I don’t believe members need to confess their sins to a man, I think God is quite enough but the culture and theology say otherwise. This bishop is an absolute creep and a criminal but what can we do about it? Especially since the daughter doen’t want anything done. Just wondering it we have a plan for confession situations.