Verfasser:	Hexe
Datum:	Donnerstag, den 8. September 2005, um 14:58 Uhr
Betrifft:	Mormonen und Gesetzestreue?

Mormonen behaupten von sich, das sie die “gesetzestreuesten Bürger” wären, die es wohl gibt. Und viele halten sich auch daran. Sie zahlen ehrlich ihre Steuern, würden niemals bei Rot über die Straße gehen oder stehlen.
Andere sind nicht so!
Sie schlagen ihre Frauen, vergewaltigen Frauen und Kinder, betrügen den Staat oder oder ihre Mitmenschen, und schrecken auch, wie der Fall des mordenden Ehemanns aus Utah nicht davor zurück, sich und die Welt zu belügen!
Wir sind alle Menschen, und, wo Menschen sind, da menschelt es halt!
Mir geht es hier in diesem Augenblick auch nicht um die Täter (welches Geschlecht sie auch immer haben mögen), sondern um die, die etwas mitbekommen, aber durch Schweigen, verdrängen und Verleugnung, es erst möglich machen, das diese Täter weitere Straftaten begehen.

Hier einige Beispiele aus dem Bereich Kindesmissbrauch:

A) The McCallisters did a background check on Phelps and found that he had been arrested for indecent exposure prior to being called as bishop in 1980. He had also been charged with sexual abuse but not prosecuted; this charge was known to the stake leadership when Phelps was called to serve as bishop. On March 8, 1994, Phelps was again arrested in a men’s rest room at Oklahoma University for investigation of public indecency and soliciting to commit an act of lewdness. The stake president then informed the McCallisters that the arrest had nothing to do with sexual abuse allegations. Phelps continued to serve in church positions.
The McCallisters continued to warn others that Phelps was a predator. They wrote to President Gordon B. Hinckley (a First Presidency counselor at that time), detailing these events and asking him to intervene. They heard nothing. When they went to the local media with the problem they were punished by their church leaders. In August 1994, Merradyth was excommunicated from the LDS Church for "conduct unbecoming a member of the Church" and for "actions which have not only affected the good name of the Church but also the good names, lives and testimonies of the members."
Jack resigned his Church membership in protest. Mary Plourde, a family friend who worked on this case with the McCallisters was also excommunicated that same month, for the same reasons. Plourde and Merradyth reported they were refused copies of their excommunication notices, after being allowed to briefly see them and hear them read aloud by the bishop. They said the documents were signed by Gordon B. Hinckley. They have since taken their crusade to Oklahoma City detectives and prosecutors.

B) A Provo woman, Elaine, reported that after years of struggling alone, telling no one about being sexually abused by her father, she finally went to the stake president, with whom her father had served on the regional high council. His response was that he did not see how he could possibly judge events between her and her father. He therefore had to assume that her father was "an honorable man" because he held a high church office. She must be wrong, she was told.

C) The first lawsuit filed against an American clergyman for sexual abuse of a child occurred in 1984 ["Insurers Help Churches in Abuse Suits," Salt Lake Tribune, Oct. 15, 1994]. Loyalty to leaders may prevent most Mormons from seeking legal redress for child abuse. But continued lack of response to abuse, followed by denial or cover-up, are forcing some to seek action in civil courts.
Sometimes a lawsuit may be the only way to create responsibility. "I think we will see the Church change over time, largely because the lawsuits have forced the issue," says Sue McMurray, a Texas Mormon. Lisa Davis’ "New Times" piece reported that child sexual abuse "has cost the [LDS] church millions of dollars—perhaps tens of millions—in liability lawsuits across the nation." And these were just the cases "that made it into the legal system."
The problem of increasing legal action against the church was reportedly addressed at a September, 1994 LDS Regional Priesthood Leadership meeting in Calgary, Canada. Two men who attended the meeting but asked not to be identified reported that Pres. Hinckley responded to questions about child sexual abuse, warning leaders that if they had "the least inkling that people have a problem with this . . . then they should be left out of church positions."
Hinckley instructed leaders to watch for and take action on cases of sexual abuse since these cases were "costing the church millions of dollars in lawyer’s fees and settlements." Hinckley said, "It costs the church time and money to fight these things," and added that "the church is being sued for millions . . . we have more lawyers than we know what to do with." (Quelle http://www.affirmation.org Marion Smith “Blame the victim- Hushing mormon sexual abuse”, 10.4.1996)

Kein Wunder, das ein Zeuge sagte:

"While many bishops do report child abuse, it is surprising how many bishops testify as character witnesses on behalf of the perpetrator. Bishops try to negotiate with attorneys to get lesser sentences and keep people’s records clean so they can serve in church callings, go on missions, etc. In my experience, too often church leaders tend to align themselves with the abuser instead of the victim."

Wie schlimm das für Opfer und Angehörige sein kann, zeigt dieser Abschnitt:

Backlash in Bountiful
During the mid-1980’s, information emerged about a child sexual abuse and pornography ring run by two counselors in a Bountiful bishopric and other adults in the ward. Eight children independently told their parents, police investigators and therapists how they were sexually abused by these ward members. Only one of the ward members named by the children, Brett Bullock, was prosecuted and is now in prison. Police records show that other ward members were not prosecuted, largely due to the fact that some parents considered their children too young and vulnerable and refused to let them testify in court.
However, in private, the children independently named the same adults and same events. Later, one child who had been abused pulled every hair out of her head, her eyelashes and eyebrows.
Parents of abused children in the ward were horrified by the abuse and sought response from their ward and stake church leaders but nothing happened. A few parents went further, to LDS general authorities. One father went to two general authorities on two occasions to plead that something be done to protect other children from more abuse by the named perpetrators. But no action was take against the perpetrators who continued to hold church leadership positions.
"Their lack of response has been the most disillusioning and faith destroying experience of my life," this father told me.

Das ist es, was ich anklage! Das Wegsehen, das Schweigen, das mehr zu den Tätern als zu den Opfern halten, die sie beschuldigen, und so die Opfern zu (Mit) Tätern machen! Die eher an den Schutz der Kirche und der Täter denken, als an den Schutz der Opfer!!!

Hexe

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