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Mormon Stories 872: Tim Birt - A Therapist's Perspective on Protecting Children in Mormonism Pt. 2

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Channel: Mormon Stories Podcast · 2018 · Education

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In this episode, Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Tim Birt shares with us his perspective on three questions:

Part 1) In what ways are LDS policies and teachings on sexuality harmful and helpful?

Part 2) In what ways are the LDS church's current policies related to child protection and abuse inadequate or harmful or need improvement?

Part 3) What can LDS church members do to help protect children in their local congregations?

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
01:04 A church publication about their policies
04:25 (1) Church doesn't follow basic protection standards
06:26 (2) No background checks
08:54 (3) No standardized youth protection training
15:26 (4) No policy on two people e.g. working with youth
16:45 (5) No uniform training for bishops & SPs on mandated reporting
17:53 Church view on bishops as (spiritual) counselors
20:24 (6) Church has an extensive problem with inappropriate behavior and is not reaching out to solve it
23:17 (7) No expert panel to advise the church on better policies
26:57 (8) There needs to be evidence that the help line protects the victim
28:29 (9) Church should use windows in rooms where thee are children
31:55 (10) Dismiss or disavowal church teachings blaming the victim
35:24 (11) Church seems to resist policies on 1:1 closed door interviews
37:34 (12) Church not addressing alienation or protection of LGBTQ youth
38:23 Even rules ruling all this stuff are hidden
39:10 (13) Church has never applied standards for 14-18
40:10 (14) No bystander training or child safety training for adult members
42:31 (15) No publicly available policy on how to handle cases
45:37 (16) LDS policies are significantly less than almost all other churches
47:09 Good policies also protect the church
48:54 FB comments and closing words

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