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Tim Ballard’s Most Powerful Friends Are All Denouncing Him
As allies abandon him, the anti-trafficking star’s disgrace appears to have prematurely ended the career of Utah’s attorney general, a close friend.
Five of Tim Ballard’s Alleged Victims Have Filed a Lawsuit Against Him
The founder of the anti-trafficking group OUR has been sued by several accusers, who say he used their faith and visions from a psychic to sexually coerce them.
Mormon Church Denounces Tim Ballard’s “Morally Unacceptable” Activities
A church spokesperson tells VICE News that Ballard “betrayed his friendship” with a powerful leader, who “never authorized his name, or the name of the Church, to be used for Tim’s personal or financial interests.”
My Cousin Baptized My Dead Relatives Into the Mormon Church
“Baptisms by proxy” are a way to ensure that family members who weren’t Mormon in life can enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Mormon Church Has Been Accused of Using a Victims' Hotline to Hide Claims of Sexual Abuse
Families of survivors say the church funnels sexual abuse claims to church lawyers before police, a VICE News investigation reveals.
Why Detroit Is Embracing a Mormon Halloween Tradition
"Trunk or treating" has been a thing in some corners of America for decades, but it seems to be gaining a new foothold in cities where community has frayed.
How Mormons Are Leading Utah's Fight for Medical Marijuana
The church presents a tricky obstacle for patients and advocates in this deeply conservative state.
The Oregon Militia's Mormon Leader Is Getting Snubbed by the Mormon Church
Ammon Bundy said the Lord told him to engage in a standoff with the feds. His church is not okay with that.
More Than 2,500 Mormons Are Resigning from the Church Over Anti-LGBT Policy
Earlier this month, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said it would no longer bless or baptize the children of gay parents until they renounce same-sex marriage and cohabitation after turning 18 years old.
Utah Judge Orders Child to Be Taken from Foster Parents Because They Are Gay
Beckie Peirce and April Hoagland have been raising the one-year-old child since August, and were in the process of legally adopting her before a judge ordered her to be removed within seven days.
Fears of 'Blood Moon' Apocalypse Prompt Mormon Church to Issue Call for Calm
A rare “supermoon” that coincides with a lunar eclipse on Sunday night will imbue the moon with a rusty hue, a sign that some believe marks the beginning of the end times.
Arizona Attorney General Asks Judge to Disband Police Force in Polygamist Community
Documents submitted Tuesday say the US Marshal's office for two communities acts as the "de facto" law enforcement arm of the FLDS church.