October 31, 2011

The charges were brought in connection with the diocese’s handling of the case of the Rev. Shawn Ratigan.

As has been widely reported, on Oct. 7 a prominent Protestant minister, appearing at an event featuring Republican presidential hopefuls, called Mormonism a cult. But even before the controversy and media focus on Mormonism sparked by that remark, Gallup polls in 2011 found that 22 percent of Americ