From “Protect LDS Children” to “Sam Young – Protect LDS Children – And Children of All Religions”

What would you, as a parent, think if your 12-year-old son came to you and asked “What does chastity mean?  What is masturbation?”  

Being a good parent, you manage not to show surprise at his questions, but you calmly ask him, “Where did those questions come from?”

His reply set off alarms in your head and heart.  “It was Bishop _____.  He asked me to come into his office at church and he shut the door. It was just him and me, no one else was there.”

A single male adult alone in a closed room with a minor male child?  Asking your son sexually explicit questions? Your heart beats faster and your hands tremble as you ask yourself, “What’s going on here?”

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has for many years conducted “Worthiness Interviews” with both boys and girls, starting when the child reaches 12 years of age.  These interviews usually […]