Re: The charges against the former Missionary Training Center president:
I applaud this woman for having the courage to sit across from her admitted perpetrator for nearly three hours while maintaining composure and demonstrating restraint. She attempted to go through proper channels for decades, and her priesthood leaders utterly failed her. This woman deserves all of our compassion, praise and understanding, for she embodies true strength, commitment and poise. I applaud her. As we go forward as a church and as a society, may we extend Christlike compassion toward trauma survivors — and we can start by believing them.
Andrew Stelter, Salt Lake City
