Tamarra Kemsley reports on Elder Holland apologizing to the parents of Matt Easton.

Date
Sep 11, 2024
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Tamarra Kemsley
LDS
Hearsay
Journalism
Reference

Tamarra Kemsley, "‘I have wept for those three years’: LDS apostle Jeffrey Holland opens up about his BYU ‘musket speech’," Salt Lake Tribune, September 11, 2024, accessed December 19, 2024

Scribe/Publisher
The Salt Lake Tribune
People
Tamarra Kemsley, Matt Easton, Jeffrey R. Holland
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

A missing apology

Easton, who has since left the church, said he was “disappointed but not surprised” by Holland’s lack of an apology.

Not long after Holland’s talk, the apostle wrote a letter to Easton’s father, an active Latter-day Saint, Easton said. In it, the church leader apologized for any pain he may have caused the graduate’s parents.

“He did not,” Easton explained, “attempt to make contact or restitution with me.”

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