[Colofornian]

From the article: The church issued the following statement..."Any allegation that Church leaders knew of abuse but did nothing is inaccurate and offensive...When abuse does occur we work to see that it is reported to the authorities."...Rather than call the police, Fulton Brock called his bishop at the Mormon Church, to whom Susan Brock admitted having...sex...with the boy. When the boy's parents were told...rather than immediately call police, they also contacted their bishop in the Mormon Church. As the father of the victim ...told police, after meeting with Church leaders, he was "under the impression" cops would be called. But they weren't -- as the boy's father was waiting for Church leaders to alert authorities of the abuse of his teenage son, he figured he'd just call them on his own.

From the article: Nobody called police...not Fulton Brock, not the boy's parents, and not the Mormon Church. The abuse...continued for a year before police were notified -- and when police were notified, it wasn't by Mormon Church officials.

(Hey, early 20th century & late 19th-century Mormons didn't "tattle" on polygamists breaking the law by taking an extra wife...what's the difference in the way they set up neighborhoods of refuge for sexual law-breakers then and now?)

Especially since this "not reporting to the authorities" seems to be an ongoing theme in the Mormon church.

December, 2010: Did fellow Mormons cover up officer's baby molestations?

February, 2011: Father of The 5 Browns pleads guilty to sexually abusing his daughters

March, 2011: Sacramento News & Review

[MissesBush]

Is your church held to the same standard of perfection that you hold the Mormon Church? Could it POSSIBLY be that wires got crossed which lead to the failure of all involved to call the police? A Mormon bishop would not call the police because it would breach confidentiality of confessed sins, which would lead to people chosing not to confess them. The person commiting a criminal act would be strongly urged to confess to the police at the risk of their church membership for not doing so. But a Bishop would not breach that confidentiality. Go worry about the short-comings in your own faith instead of always trying to demean the LDS faith. Or is that why you obsess over these things, to cover up your own religion’s flaws?

[MissesBush]

I bet if we looked into your own religion not reporting abuses, we’d find plenty. But the media won’t cover that, or your own religion just hasn’t been exposed in that regard. And in how many instances have Mormon authorities acted as opposed to 4 you cite where mistakes MAY have been made?? Why don’t you get all the facts before rushing to judgment?

[VeniVidiVici]

Thanks! I’ve bookmarked these other articles from the ‘Phoenix New Times’ for a later read:

Jan Brewer Vetoes Humiliating “Birther Bill.” Gov Finds Penis Descriptions To Get on Ballot Goes Too Far
By James King

Pot Expo Draws Smaller-Than-Expected Crowd, But Still Creates Good Buzz
By Ray Stern

KPHO Thinks Ugly Dog Might be Chupacabra
By James King
This just in: a naked leprechaun was spotted trying to buy crystal meth from a north Phoenix drug dealer early Saturday morning —

Ask a Mexican on Manifest Destiny and Going to Museums
By Gustavo Arellano
I grant you a magic wand; now, tell me how do we right the wrongs of Sam Houston and Manifest Destiny?

Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Law in One Handy Guide
By Niki D’Andrea Thursday, Apr 14 2011

As Promised, Cop-Evading Public Masturbator Tiberias Foster
By James King,

The Pink Negro: As an Ivy League lawyer, is President Barack Obama hard enough to confront the evil personified by Sheriff Joe Arpaio?
By: Michael Lacey

[Emperor Palpatine]

[svcw]

Wait a minute. In a story a few months ago they said they did know but were trying to deal with internally or some such thing.

[Lurker]

The entire Church knew about it? Every single member?

Rather than call the police, Fulton Brock called his bishop at the Mormon Church, to whom Susan Brock admitted having...sex...with the boy.

So they did exactly the same thing Catholic Bishops did for decades, then.

L

[Hoodat]

IT'S ON!

[Elsie]

According to court docs, the relationship was uncovered by the victim's girlfriend, who discovered sex-themed text messages...on the boy's phone.

Is it ONLY in MORMONland that a teenage 'boy', gettin' it ON! with two older women, is considered a VICTIM?

[Elsie]

......about a year before Susan Brock's arrest, the Brocks and the victim's parents met with leaders in the Mormon Church.

Ah...

VICTIMhood!

Where would the MORMON Religious Organization be without it?

[T Minus Four]

Furthermore, this statement really torques me off:

When abuse does occur we work to see that it is reported to the authorities."

You either report it or not. You don't "work to see" that it is reported.

[latina4dubya]

i don’t get why it was the church’s responsibility to call... if i thought my son were being abused, i would call the police... what is wrong with people that they don’t know how to do anything for themselves?.. again, people need to grow up and quit expecting to be hand held...