The elder Benson, who has not spoken publicly in more than three years, has been portrayed as a functioning executive, despite what Steve Benson calls his grandfather’s incapacitation. In August, speculation about the 94-year-old Ezra Taft Benson’s physical ability to function as “prophet, seer, and revelator” of the church made national headlines.Another book, written by LDS researcher Brent Lee Metcalfe and other church members, has challenged the authenticity of The Book of Mormon, the LDS church’s key scripture. Last spring Secret Ceremonies, a book by journalist Deborah Laake, made national best-seller lists as it revealed temple rituals and ceremonies.
His high-profile departure caps a year of controversy for the Salt Lake City-based sect.ĭespite continuing membership growth worldwide-the church claims it expects membership to reach 9 million by the end of the year-the LDS image has been rocked by unfavorable publicity:
Steve Benson, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Arizona Republic newspaper and grandson of Ezra Taft Benson, prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), has resigned from the Mormon church.
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