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🗓️ 12 June 2023
⏱️ 203 minutes
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Discover Rylee and JoCee Porter's challenges in a life intertwined with the LDS church, where their father served as an Ensign Peak Advisor, part of the Mormon Church's controversial investment company. In this episode, Rylee and Jocee recall their experiences as cultural minorities while their father worked on Wall Street and the cultural disparities they encountered upon moving to Utah, where they struggled with bullying and the insidious nature of Utah Mormonism. Uncover the pivotal moments that led Rylee to question the validity of the church’s truth claims and moral credibility, and eventually make the courageous decision to break free from the church at the cost of her family relationships. Get ready for an eye-opening conversation that delves into the complexities of faith, personal integrity, and the power of one's own principles.
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0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host John |
0:04.0 | DeLin. It is June 6th, 2023. And today we are interviewing Josie and Riley Porter. Hi guys. |
0:14.0 | Hi. |
0:15.0 | And they happen to be daughters of Jeffrey Porter who works for Ensign Peak and just a quick |
0:24.0 | background of why we're doing the story. For those of you who've been following Mormon stories |
0:28.0 | for quite some time will know that we've been covering the leak about the Mormon Church's 100 plus |
0:33.0 | billion dollar investment fund called Ensign Peak that was made known to the world several years ago. |
0:40.0 | We've talked about that. We've talked about recently the security and exchange commissions |
0:45.0 | settlement with the Mormon Church where it was revealed to the world that the Mormon Church has been |
0:50.0 | inappropriately filing or not filing documentation about its assets intentionally |
0:57.0 | intentionally with the desire to keep from the world and especially from the membership |
1:02.0 | the massive financial holdings that the church has. And then of course recently David Nielsen appeared |
1:09.0 | on 60 minutes as the main Ensign Peak whistleblower to talk about his experiences with Ensign Peak |
1:17.0 | and why he chose to become a whistleblower. So that's the context for today's episode. |
1:23.0 | And then after the 60 minutes episode aired with David Nielsen, I received a lovely email |
1:31.0 | from Josie and Riley Porter saying, hey, we grew up back in New Jersey, New York area |
1:40.0 | with a bunch of family members and friends of family within a Mormon context that were all sort of connected to Wall Street |
1:48.0 | kind of this Mormon financial elite. And then we moved to Utah when our dad, Jeff reporter went to work for Ensign Peak. |
1:57.0 | And we think we have an interesting perspective to share about growing up Mormon within this kind of Mormon financial elite |
2:05.0 | Wall Street sort of context. And so that was a context for this interview. And I will just say my immediate fear |
2:14.0 | was like, oh my gosh, Riley and Josie, if your dad's still working for Ensign Peak, I don't want to hurt family relationships. |
2:22.0 | I don't want to do any harm to your dad or to again, your relationship with your family. |
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