The name "Mormon" for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints started out as pejorative used by detractors, similar to the label "Christian."
As every person in his or her right mind would be, I’m horrified and disgusted at what Michael Jensen did and think that those who were in a position to stop him from hurting children chose not to.
Q. Why do you feel Mormonism, specifically, is often viewed through a lens of skepticism and stereotype?
A. It is kind of difficult for me as an “insider” to answer this question, because I've been raised as a Latter-day Saint and we seem so normal and non-threatening to me, but I’ll take a stab at it.