A #Utah Therapist Built a Reputation for Helping Gay Latter-day Saints.
These Men Say He Sexually Abused Them.
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Several #patients complained to the #church or the state licensing board about inappropriate touching during #therapy sessions.

It was years before the #therapist gave up his license.

#LDS #SexualAssault #Doctors #Abuse #LGBTQ #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-therapist-built-reputation-for-helping-gay-latter-day-saints-they-say-he-sexually-abused-them?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

A Utah Therapist Built a Reputation for Helping Gay Latter-day Saints. These Men Say He Sexually Abused Them.

Several patients complained to the church or the state licensing board about inappropriate touching during therapy sessions. It was years before the therapist gave up his license.

ProPublica

This is the latest piece of our series, Breach of Trust, investigating Utah's troubled handling of sexual assaults.

Read more here:
https://www.propublica.org/series/breach-of-trust

Breach of Trust

When health care workers sexually abuse their patients in Utah, survivors confront obstacles to justice: in the law, in the courts — and in the culture as a whole.

ProPublica
@ProPublica Wow. It’s almost as if this kind of thing is endemic in religions where followers are taught never to question the patriarchy. How crazy is that?