1509: Survivor of Sexual Abuse and Mormon Church’s Cover-up Speaks Out
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2021
⏱️ 235 minutes
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Summary
A strong trigger warning leads off this special Mormon Stories episode with our guest who prefers to be referred to as “Rachel '' for this interview. We discuss Rachel’s father being called as a mission president, the abuse she endured, and the subsequent cover-up from those in positions of power in the LDS church.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | I am your host, Dr. John DeLin. |
| 0:06.8 | It is November 1st, 2021. |
| 0:09.7 | And today you are in for a really important and heartfelt and vulnerable Mormon Stories |
| 0:16.8 | Podcast interview. |
| 0:18.2 | And it's a topic that I've been wanting to cover for years and years and years and |
| 0:22.4 | have not been able to figure out exactly how to do it and to find a right person to help |
| 0:27.8 | try and tell this story. |
| 0:29.3 | But today I think I've found that person. |
| 0:32.2 | Today we are interviewing Rachel. |
| 0:34.8 | Hi Rachel, welcome to Mormon Stories Podcast. |
| 0:37.2 | Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 0:39.7 | And you'll notice right off that Rachel's video is blurry. |
| 0:43.1 | Let me tell you why. |
| 0:44.1 | Today the topic that we'll be covering is the way that I would describe it is how sexual |
| 0:49.8 | abuse happens within the Mormon Church. |
| 0:52.1 | But more importantly, what happens when sexual abuse occurs in the Mormon Church by a high |
| 0:58.3 | or a higher level leader and then how it gets covered up both in terms of whether or not |
| 1:03.9 | law enforcement is involved, whether or not it's known broadly within the church and |
| 1:09.7 | how that affects sexual abuse victims. |
| 1:12.4 | So those are some of the major themes we're going to be covering today because over and |
| 1:17.2 | over again over the past 10 or 15 years, whether it's with Sam Young in the Protect |
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