Transgressions of Four Mormon Church Leaders | Gary James Bergera | Ep. 1703

Nearly since its founding, leaders of the LDS Church have excommunicated members for wrongdoing. In earlier times, such punishments might have lasted only weeks. Over the course of succeeding decades, this practice became more severe, constituting a wrenching removal from the community. Gaining readmittance often required intense penance and evidence of significant change stretching over a prolonged period of time. Sometimes this process even involved the leaders' colleagues. Justice and Mercy offers in-depth examinations of several high-profile case studies in church discipline, using journals and other sources close to the participants to provide candid detail.

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Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:20:00 Reasons for the book
00:21:00 Church disciplining of church leaders
00:23:30 How the book came about
00:24:00 Albert Carrington
00:31:00 Not adultery if seed "doesn’t mix"
00:35:00 Polygamy & blurred lines
00:38:00 Carrington excommunicated to avoid PR scandal
00:41:00 Restoration of blessings
00:45:00 Thomas Taylor, molesting bishop
00:58:00 Richard Lyman
01:00:00 Anna Jacobson, excommunication
01:05:00 Relationship between Lyman and Jacobsen
01:06:00 Lack of discernment in Q15
01:07:00 Breaking down the door and busting Lyman w/ police force
01:10:00 Lyman and polygamy
01:14:00 Lyman excommunicated, brethren terrified of fundamentalists
01:23:00 Amy Lyman aftermath
01:26:00 Excommunication of Anna Jacobsen
01:29:00 Reflections on the first three offenders
01:32:00 Anna Jacobsen tragedy
01:34:00 Joseph F. Smith, the gay church patriarch
01:37:00 Reports of gay relationship between Joseph F. Smith and other male church member
01:40:00 Released for “unspecified condition”, exiled to Idaho
01:42:00 Blood lineage of church patriarchs, position retired.
01:45:00 Joseph F. Smith in Hawaii, inquiries. Told to not give callings. Eventually served in high counsel. No punishments.
01:49:00 The rest of the book
01:56:00 Gary’s books (e.g., Conflict in the quorum)
01:58:15 Benchmark Books, rare books

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