Holly Richardson: How can we bear one another’s burdens if we don’t believe them?

The news stories over the past week of the alleged sexual abuse of a young LDS missionary by her Missionary Training Center (MTC) president have rocked me. It is horrific. It is sobering. My teenagers are asking me about “rape rooms” in the MTC. (Talk about a conversation I never thought I’d have.)There is also deep sorrow for the way this sister missionary has been treated, ignored and disbelieved. It feels like not only was she molested by a trusted church leader, but she was