I wish all intelligent family and friends in the church would pay attention to what he has to say. His honesty about the sorrow he felt when he finally had the courage to admit that he had been too close to the process. His letter to Holland was powerful
McCue is a good man. I agree with what he said here:
“This led me to Mormon history as the professional historians write it - incredibly, at age 45 with three university degrees, a new genre for me. I quickly realized that I had been misled as to how Mormonism started, and hence what it was. I saw a pattern of Mormon leadership deception going back to Mormonism’s beginnings with Joseph Smith, and was physically ill for months as I adjusted to this reality.
The suppressed aspects of Mormon history that most troubled me indicated many instances in which Mormon leaders deceived their followers and the public about important matters. Joseph Smith was the worst in this regard. His tendency to deceive when in a tight spot bears a striking resemblance to the habits of shady stock promoters I have met in my legal practice.
I was particularly distressed by Smith’s practice of using his authority as a religious leader to persuade women, including many who were married as well as young teenagers, to have sex with him. Smith denied the rumours that swirled around him in this regard for well over a decade, and indicated that God instructed him to lie because the people were not ready to hear the “truth” – that polygamy was God’s eternal law and that all who wished salvation must obey it.”