Jana Riess: Latter-day Saint men seem no more prone to abuse than men of other faiths. The failure comes in what happens after abuse is reported — or rather, what doesn't happen.
Police in the small southern Utah town say the father, 42-year-oldhis 40-year-old wife, Tausha; all five of his children, ranging in ages from 4 to 17; and his mother-in-law, who was staying with Tausha and her children after Tausha filed for divorce in late December. Michael Haight then turned the gun on himself.
As far as I’m aware, there’s no evidence that someone from the family tried to get help from a Latter-day Saint bishop or other church leader. But in a small southern Utah town of 8,000 people, where more than two-thirds of the residents are Latter-day Saints, the lines between community and church can get pretty blurry.
“When I explained to him what was happening, he had a very different reaction from the Mormon bishops,” shePorter’s second wife echoed many of the same themes, providing photos of her face after he had punched her and documentation showing she had obtained a restraining order. who serve together and know one another well. Since women are excluded from the vast majority of leadership callings, they don’t develop that kinship or have personal access to friendship with local church leaders.
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