871: Tim Birt - A Therapist's Perspective on Protecting Children in Mormonism Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2018
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Tim Birt shares with us his perspective on three questions:
Part 1) In what ways are LDS policies and teachings on sexuality harmful and helpful?
Part 2) In what ways are the LDS church's current policies related to child protection and abuse inadequate or harmful or need improvement?
Part 3) What can LDS church members do to help protect children in their local congregations?
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| 0:57.0 | Welcome to another edition of Warmest Stories podcast. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm your host, John DeLin. |
| 1:03.0 | It's February 24th, 2018. |
| 1:07.0 | And we have another very important episode for you today. |
| 1:13.0 | Many of you have been following the Protect LDS Children case |
| 1:19.0 | where Sam Young is leading the charge with 12,000, 13,000 others in a petition |
| 1:25.0 | to try and get the LDS Church to change its policies around how it talks about sexuality, |
| 1:32.0 | with youth and adults, how it deals with messages around sexuality, |
| 1:37.0 | how it deals with abuse, et cetera. |
| 1:40.0 | And so we've been covering that. |
| 1:42.0 | And on Friday, we interviewed Sam Young. |
| 1:45.0 | It was great to have him Bishop Sam Young and have him back on Warmest Stories podcast. |
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