Who is defending this guy? You are arguing against a strawman. If this guy was the Priest or a national/international leader, papers would probably be pushing it. But hes not. He is a murderer that was a Mormon at some point and also a Boy Scout. Those are the facts presented.
IF????
Again, I am looking at this thru the eyes of Mormon leaders...apparently YOU are not.
Again, the Mormon church ushers their "priesthood" in at age 12...if you don't want to acknowledge that, fine. Suppress it, then.
It's the MORMON CHURCH their 12-year-old & up "priesthood" -- not me...
It's the MORMON CHURCH that claims to be the "only true and living church on the face of the earth" (D&C 1:30) -- thereby elevating their priesthood above even the RC priesthood or the Protestant "priesthood of all believers" -- not me...
I'm simply saying if the media treated these Mormon priests with the exact same standards they treat any other priests of any other religion, then the splash would be greater.
All I've done is hold them up to their own elevation of who they claim to be their own to be. If you don't want to, I'm not asking that you acknowledge...but you are the one who's gone on the attack of me -- all because you continue to ignore such realities...