1385: The Legal Case for Mormon Church Fraud - Gaddy vs. The LDS Church
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2021
⏱️ 208 minutes
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Summary
Please join me and Radio Free Mormon for a discussion of “Laura A. Gaddy vs. the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” – a class action lawsuit currently before the United States District Court for the District of Utah, with Robert J. Shelby as the Presiding Judge.
The main purpose of the case is as follows: “The case seeks certification as a class action based upon the large number of former Mormons who have been deceived by Defendant COP’s fraud, as a result of the Mormon Corporate Empire’s longstanding coordinated lies and material omissions about its history as well as lies about its use of tithing donations and how it would use that tithing in the future.”
Two of the main documents central to the case can be found here (for your review):
- Gaddy v. LDS MDO Granting Defendants Motion to Dismiss
- Gaddy v. LDS Amended Complaint
- Gaddy vs. LDS Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint
Click here to contact Kay Burningham (the attorney on this case), or to follow this case.
Financial donations to support the past and ongoing expenses for the case can be made here.
P.S. One primary motivator for this episode is to fundraise for Radio Free Mormon so that he can be supported in his podcasting efforts, and so that we can keep him around for a very long time. Please click here to become a monthly donor to Radio Free Mormon.
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| 0:00.0 | And we're going to welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast and a special edition |
| 0:05.9 | in partnership with Radio Free Mormon. |
| 0:08.9 | Today we have a really exciting episode for you. |
| 0:11.7 | I'm Dr. John Delin, it's January 15th, 2021. |
| 0:16.1 | And we are beginning with something that's super important to me and it's not the actual |
| 0:21.4 | episode. |
| 0:22.4 | So let me give a little history, a little bit of context. |
| 0:25.1 | Let's see, back in 2010, I started a nonprofit where I basically wanted to do my part to |
| 0:32.4 | help Mormonism, the LDS church, Mormon culture do and be better. |
| 0:36.2 | And I wanted to, most importantly, help the truth get out there and help Mormons in Faith |
| 0:40.4 | Crisis or family or friends who are affiliated with Mormons in Faith Crisis, find the support |
| 0:45.1 | and help they needed. |
| 0:46.1 | So I started Mormon Stories, I started the Open Stories Foundation, started collecting |
| 0:49.3 | donations and I'm happy to say that it's 2021 and the Open Stories Foundation had |
| 0:55.0 | its best year ever in 2020. |
| 0:57.2 | And as long as supporters keep doing what they're doing right now, we're good for the foreseeable |
| 1:01.5 | future. |
| 1:02.5 | However, what's super important to me is that we have a thriving ecosystem of contributors, |
| 1:09.0 | of creators, of podcasters, of YouTube channels, of TikTok channels, so that there are many |
| 1:14.6 | good people doing lots of good work. |
| 1:16.9 | And over the past few months, I've been trying to, well actually over the past several years, |
| 1:21.0 | but especially over the past few months, I've been trying to lift other creators and make |
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