I'm very close to this and it's devastating. I just found out the true history of the Church. It was, it seems, Brigham Young or friends who murdered an innocent man, Joseph Smith, to cover their sins of Polygamy WHICH HE PREACHED AGAINST, and then took whomever would follow them out west to Utah. I'm of the Utah tradition and descended from polygamy, which was FRAUDULENTLY ATTRIBUTED to Joseph Smith. Yes there have long been evils hiding in the Church. Abuse toward women and children is common and covered up, BUT there are many who are saints INDEED and are the salt of the earth.
I'm very close to this and it's devastating. I just found out the true history of the Church. It was, it seems, Brigham Young or friends who murdered an innocent man, Joseph Smith, to cover their sins of Polygamy WHICH HE PREACHED AGAINST, and then took whomever would follow them out west to Utah. I'm of the Utah tradition and descended from polygamy, which was FRAUDULENTLY ATTRIBUTED to Joseph Smith. Yes there have long been evils hiding in the Church. Abuse toward women and children is common and covered up, BUT there are many who are saints INDEED and are the salt of the earth.