Are You Going to Sue Us?
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Are You Going to Sue Us?
Explicit

Mormon Cover Up by Joseph Young Smith

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Content warning: This episode references suicide, physical child abuse and child sexual abuse.

In this intense podcast episode, the narrator recounts a confrontation with their father and mother in January 2021, during which they reveal the long-hidden truth about the child sex abuse that took place in their home in 1984. The narrator confronts their father about his role in covering up the abuse, including his involvement as the Mormon bishop and collusion with a local police officer, and questions whether father was aware of the abuse. The interaction quickly becomes heated, with the mother reacting defensively, fearing legal repercussions, and the father downplaying the significance of the abuse, referring to it as a sin washed away by baptism.

As the discussion unfolds, the narrator's father refuses to acknowledge the severity of  ... 

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