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Asexual Latter-day Saints face an added dilemma: Finding their place in a tradition focused on marriage

It can be difficult to imagine two identities more conflicting than being queer and Mormon.

The Conversation

Sam Bateman: Who is the breakaway Mormon polygamist who married nine underage girls?

Mr Bateman filled a power vacuum in the secretive religious community, which allegedly led to the sex trafficking of minors and obstruction of justice charges

The Independent UK

Colorado Springs shooting suspect Anderson Aldrich is a registered member of the Mormon church, spokesman confirms

The church spokesman said it was “problematic” to disparage an entire faith based on the actions of a person who “did not exhibit signs of believing or associating with members of the Church”.

The Independent UK

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Mormon church's celebration of Latino cultures puts spotlight on often-overlooked diversity

Every November since 2002, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has held an annual show called “Luz de las Naciones,” or “Light of the Nations.” With a cast of more than 500, most of whom are Latino members of the church, the program incorporates music, dancing and spiritual…

The Conversation

David Archuleta reveals he had to take a break from Mormonism after coming out ‘for my own sanity’

Singer publicly came out as queer in June last year

The Independent UK

The Book of Mormon at Sunderland Empire is a 'holy' inappropriate and wildly entertaining smash hit

Smash hit Tony award winning The Book of Mormon has returned to Sunderland Empire for a near two week run

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Lawsuit: Utah firm and lawmaker helped Mormons hide abuse

Three children who were sexually abused by their father are accusing a Utah state legislator and a prominent Salt Lake City law firm of conspiring with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to cover up their abuse and allowing it to go on for years

The Independent UK

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Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting

Clergy in 33 states are exempt from laws requiring professionals such as teachers, physicians and psychotherapists to report information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare officials

The Independent UK

For Mormons, a perfect lawn is a godly act. But the drought is catching up with them

Heavily subsidized water ‘made the desert bloom’ but the tradition is now driving Utah dry

The Guardian - US

Mark Brown reviews The Book of Mormon as hit musical arrives in Scotland

THE Covid-delayed Scottish dates of the hit Broadway musical The Book Of Mormon have been eagerly anticipated.

The National (Scotland)

‘Sins of Our Mother’: Netflix doc traces Lori Vallow’s descent from doting mom to delusional crackpot to suspected killer

Family members describe alarming changes in the woman now charged with killing two of her children.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hit musical The Book of Mormon to make its Scottish debut this week

‘THE Mormons are coming!” exclaim adverts on double-decker buses as they glide along the streets of Edinburgh. And, indeed, following a…

The National (Scotland)

Docs: Utah lawmaker told Mormon bishop not to report abuse

A Utah lawmaker and prominent attorney for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints advised a church bishop not to report a confession of child sex abuse to authorities, a decision that allowed the abuse to continue for years, according to records filed in a lawsuit

The Independent UK

Mormon mum with $37,000-a-month OnlyFans account told to choose between nudes or church

After allegedly being "outed" by a fellow churchgoer, Holly is now being frozen out by her community – claiming she has been told to choose between her two lifestyles

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Benzinga

I Felt Like 'Laying In A Puddle Of Light,' Mormon Bishop & Ex GOP Rep. Talks About His Ayahuasca Journey

As more and more public figures share their experience with certain psychedelics such as ayahuasca, people are becoming more open to embracing entheogens, and changes are starting to happen in the regulatory sense as well.

The Independent UK

In deeply Mormon Utah, a push to require clergy report abuse

Survivors and faith leaders are demanding Utah change a law that exempts religious leaders from requirements that they report sexual abuse brought to their attention in spiritual confessions

AAP

NRL player in custody pending sentence

Manly Sea Eagles hooker Manase Fainu has lost a last bid for freedom after being found guilty of stabbing a church leader at a Mormon event in October 2019.

The Independent UK

Sex abuse and the Mormon church 'help line': 4 takeaways

The Associated Press has obtained nearly 12,000 pages of sealed records from a child sex abuse lawsuit against the Mormon church

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The Independent UK

Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen

The Associated Press has obtained nearly 12,000 pages of sealed records from a child sex abuse lawsuit against the Mormon church

AAP

NRL player's trial told of church knifing

A witness has described in the trial of Manly hooker Manase Fainu the moment a man was stabbed outside a Mormon church event in Sydney.

Tribune News Service

Boy Scouts ruling threatens $250 million abuse deal with Mormons

The Boy Scouts of America may be forced to cut $250 million from its proposal to set up a trust fund for sex abuse victims after a judge rejected a key provision of a deal the youth group signed with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Under the Banner of Heaven; Love Island; The Newsreader; Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution

Righteous indignation fuels Disney’s Mormon murder mystery; Love Island staggers to a close; The Newsreader is over far too soon; and a brilliant documentary reports on Myanmar’s descent into civil war

The Guardian - UK

Under the Banner of Heaven review – Andrew Garfield shows off his spidey skills in this gritty detective drama

The actor’s hot on the heels of a murderer in an absorbing drama set in Mormon-heavy Utah – featuring Daisy Edgar-Jones in her most animated, nuanced role yet

The Independent UK

Under The Banner of Heaven, review: Murder meets Mormonism in Andrew Garfield’s grisly true crime drama

Dustin Lance Black’s true-crime drama has nuance, but doesn’t hit the suspenseful beats like genre-loving audiences have grown accustomed to

The Conversation

Utah's Pioneer Day celebrates Mormons' trek west – but there's a lot more to the history of Latter-day Saints and migration

Each July 24, the state of Utah celebrates “Pioneer Day.” There are parades, rodeos, fireworks, a marathon, hikes and historical outfits, plus lots of red, white and blue – similar to the Fourth of July and other patriotic events in America.

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