Apostle; conference addresses on abuse
Richard G. Scott
1928–2015
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Sexual Abuse and the Institutional Response
Apostle; conference addresses on abuse
Scott gave the two most-cited general conference addresses on abuse, in April 1992 and April 2008, and is the Church's standard citation for the teaching that victims of abuse are not guilty of sin. The 1992 address also cautioned against "excessive probing into every minute detail of your past experiences" and against therapy that might produce false accusation — language critics read as discouraging disclosure and defenders read as a warning against the recovered-memory practices of that decade.
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Scott's conference address on abuse
Richard G. Scott told the Church that a victim of "another's acts of violence, perversion, or incest" is "not responsible and you must not feel guilty." In the same address he cautioned against two therapeutic practices: "excessive probing into every minute detail of your past experiences," and "blaming the abuser for every difficulty in your life," warning that leading questions could produce accusations later shown to be false.
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Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse
Richard G. Scott
The Church's teaching that abuse victims bear no guilt, alongside its 1992 caution against 'excessive probing' therapy — the passage both camps still argue over.
To Heal the Shattering Consequences of Abuse
Richard G. Scott
That bishops were publicly directed to 'the Church handbook and the help line listed there' as the route for coordinating with civil authorities.
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