Quos cum videret Iesus, indigne tulit, et ait illis: ,,Sinite parvulos venire ad me, et ne prohibueritis eos; talium enim est regnum Dei. Amen dico vobis: Quisquis non receperit regnum Dei velut parvulus, non intrabit in illud."
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LDS CHURCH WORKED TO SUPPRESS SEX-ABUSE STUDY
Web Posted: May 16, 1999
Officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attempted to prevent publication of a study which reported on the experiences of Mormon women who were victims of childhood sexual abuse, and later turned to church officials for support. Professors Karen E. Gerdes and Martha N. Beck, then of Brigham Young University -- an LDS institution -- were prohibited from publishing their results, but the study appeared anyway in the Spring 1996 issue of Affilia, Journal of Women and Social Work.
According to a story appearing in yesterday's edition of the Houston Chronicle, church leaders criticized the study as flawed. Gerdes and Beck found that most of the women survivors "said they had bad experiences when they turned to Mormon clergymen for comfort and counsel," noted Chronicle reporter Paul McKay.
"For a church that in recent years has faced numerous lawsuits accusing it of harboring, or at least failing to stop, pedophiles in its midst, Gerdes said she believed she and her colleagues were providing some helpful insights," added the paper.
The study was funded by a grant from the Eccles Foundation, described as "a Mormon entity," and was administered by Brigham Young University's Women's Research Institute. Among the findings:
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