Mormon doctrine repudiates sexual assault, requires consent, dean says at BYU devotional

PROVO — The Mormon doctrine of agency requires consent for all sexual contact, and sexual assault victims are never to blame since a perpetrator deprived them of their agency, BYU's dean of Family, Home and Social Sciences said Tuesday during a campus devotional."The very definition of sexual assault underscores the idea that the perpetrator is denying the agency of the victim," Ben Ogles said."If the other person does not agree to, or does not willingly and freely agree to, touching, kiss