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Ever wonder how a religion preaching perfection produces so much dysfunction? On Postmormon Postmortem, we investigate Mormon true crime, dissect LDS history, and expose control mechanisms, gender roles, and institutional practices creating religious trauma.
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Arizona Supreme Court Rules Mormon Bishops Didn't Have to Report Confessed Child Abuse (opens the original)
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Around 2011, a bishop in Bisbee, Arizona heard a man confess to sexually abusing his daughter. He didn't call the police or child protective services. He called a helpline the Mormon Church set up for bishops, and the person who answered worked for a law firm. On July 30, 2026, the Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the bishops in the Paul Adams case had no duty to report what they learned through confession. This Mormon Monday goes through the opinion, Arizona's mandatory-reporting st
The Bundy Standoffs: Mormon Beliefs Behind the Fight Over Federal Land (opens the original)
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Cliven Bundy refused to pay federal grazing fees. Armed supporters faced federal agents at his Nevada ranch, and his son Ammon later led the occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. We look at the Mormon beliefs the Bundys used to explain their actions, the history of Native land in both places, and what happened after the standoffs. The main source for this episode is Betsy Gaines Quammen's "American Zion: A Story of Faith and Illusion in the American West." Full sources for thi
What Did Missouri’s Mormon Extermination Order Mean? (opens the original)
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In October 1838, Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs signed an executive order declaring that the Mormons "must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary." That order still anchors Mormon claims of persecution, including in a recent interview where a Mormon reached for Missouri when asked whether Mormons were more oppressed than Black Americans. Jess set out to confirm one number: how many people died because of the extermination order? The search led to what "extermination" meant in 183
Name One Mormon Slave (opens the original)
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Asked to name one Mormon slave, a former Nevada Senate candidate said he couldn't. Green Flake was baptized Mormon while enslaved and entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, before Brigham Young.Josh Stacy ran for Nevada State Senate in 2024 and lost his primary. A clip of him telling Dr. Will James that Mormons were oppressed more than Black Americans then showed up in Instagram reels. What he left out: Sidney Rigdon's 1838 "war of extermination" speech before Missouri's Executive Order 44, Brigh
Mormon Temple Recommend: Who Decides You're Worthy? (opens the original)
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In 1856, believing in plural marriage helped you qualify for the Mormon temple. Later, advocating it could keep you out. Nearly 200 years of recommend questions show who decides what "worthy" means. From Joseph Smith's 1842 Nauvoo endowment to a 2026 seminary lesson, this is the history of how the Mormon temple recommend went from a leader's judgment call to a standardized worthiness interview. You'll hear about the 1856 Endowment House criteria, the Mormon Reformation's 27-question catechism, W
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