Dallin Oaks says shock therapy of gays didn’t happen at BYU while he was president. Records show otherwise.
Researchers say the treatments took place well into the Latter-day Saint apostle’s tenure as head of the church-owned school.
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency delivers the 2021 Joseph Smith Lecture in the Dome Room of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.