Wikileaks Hosts Secret Book Of Mormon Law

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Mormon Rebel Went to WikiLeaks for Help
When a female member of the Mormon Church was being accused of
apostasy, she was unable to see the documents that detailed the
rules she was accused of breaking.

When Kate Kelly, founder of the Mormon feminist group Ordain Women,
was accused of apostasy, she couldnt readily access the Church
Handbook of Instructions, Volume 1, for the definition. So Kelly
and Nadine Hansen, a lawyer representing her in her hearings, had
to turn elsewhere.

"The only way that women can access that volume is by accessing it
online at WikiLeaks, Kelly told The Daily Beast.

Before Church insiders began leaking Latter Day Saint videos and
documents through the so-called MormonLeaks, WikiLeaks was an
unlikely ally for church members looking for ease of access to
restricted texts. And while the online organizations religious
troublemaking is best known for its expose of Scientology, it also
revealed previously unavailable documents from The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Fellowship of Friends, and other
organizations.

The Mormon Church didnt take the leaks quietly. They tried to fight
distribution by claiming copyright infringement. (WikiLeaks will
not remove the handbooks, which are of substantial interest to
current and former mormons, a representative of the group said at
the time.)

It is frankly annoying, as a woman, to be told, in a patronizing
fashion, that I'm not allowed to see and read the CHI for myself,
but that it has to be interpreted for me by a male priesthood
holder,...