‘We consult, but we don’t lead’ — Top women’s leaders are ‘outsiders’ in the LDS hierarchy

It came as a surprise to Latter-day Saint feminist April Young-Bennett that the faith’s top women’s leaders don’t meet separately with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ governing First Presidency or even an apostle “liaison” like their predecessors.Instead, they have joined “executive councils,” with two apostles and up to 10 other men.“I wish I were more shocked,” said Young-Bennett, a writer with Exponent II, a magazine