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To: JustTheTruth
LDS congregation bishops receine no “stipends.” Zero; nada.

You are right; I should have used the past tense "paid" instead of present-tense "pays." At the time that bishops began to handle the supposed Garn repentance issue (Cheryl Maher says it was 1993), my understanding is that Lds bishops were still being paid a 10% "stipend" from tithing funds. ["Changes in stipends for bishops and general authorities. (Bishops once received a 10% stipend from tithing funds, but are now purely volunteer.)" Source: History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]

Maher pinpointing 1993 time frame with Garn & his Lds bishop: "In 1993, Kevin Garn went into repent for what he'd done ... I wasn't notified, I wasn't checked on, like, 'Are you OK?' that kind of thing. There's no communication. 'This man has admitted what he's done, we want to help you, are you OK with what happened in your past?' [My experience] was 'Good luck to you, thank you, we'll check into it.' That makes me angry." Woman: Garn lying about 'no contact' in hot tub when she was 15

28 posted on 03/14/2010 12:38:14 PM PDT by Colofornian (If you're not going to drink the coffee, at least wake up and smell it.)
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To: Colofornian
I am not aware that bishops in the LDS church have ever been compensated for service, although it is possible that in the earliest days (pre-1850) some were fully employed in church service and therefore of necessity received some support. (I doubt that it was a practice, but acknowledge that it possibly was...)

Regarding this creep Garn, it would appear that statute of limitations laws would leave him legally untouchable in just about every state in the Country, even if his actions went beyond what he now admits to.

Link to Statute of Limitation Laws by State

29 posted on 03/14/2010 12:54:08 PM PDT by JustTheTruth (States Rights: One Way to Help Save Our Freedom.)
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