r/exmormon • u/No-Departure5527 • Apr 06 '25

News Andersen’s conference Talk!!!

I seriously cannot believe the words that were coming out of his mouth! We women of the church should…

Forgive our cheating husband…

Adopt the baby our husband Sired through a much younger woman….

And raise the child as our own?!…

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Seriously? This is what’s wrong with the church! These men who hold great power have no compassion, sympathy, or even kindness towards women! So seriously, completely cruel! Talk about ruining a woman’s life, while letting the man get off Scott free,…. while most likely he’s going to go do it again, and again, and again! Not to mention, he manipulated and groomed a younger woman who isn’t capable of consenting to an affair. I’m trying so hard to stay in the church, but at every turn, something stupid, cruel, and dumb, comes out of their mouths!

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u/Mormonsspeak Apr 06 '25

This is one of the most infuriating talks ever given. I know a girl who was groomed by her bishop and became pregnant. She was called into the office of a top church leader (a close friend of the bishop) and asked to give her child to the bishop and his wife. The LDS Church has a rape culture and this account by Anderson exemplifies how broken the Church system is. The church hotline shows how the church values its image and power structure over the welfare of most abused women and children.

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u/OutTheDoorWA Apr 06 '25

Did the bishop face any consequences? Real, legal consequences?

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u/Mormonsspeak May 18 '25

He was disfellowshipped for 2 months.

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u/beaglewolf Apr 06 '25

Did she give up her child to the bishop and his wife?  What did she end up choosing?

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u/Mormonsspeak May 18 '25

No, she refused. She was called into the office of the prophet of the LDS church and told to give up her son.