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Podcast: Mormon Stories Podcast
Episode: 1695: Leaving the Mormon Church in Australia - Tani Berlo
Description: Content warning: Suicidal ideation, Drug addiction Tani Berlo was raised in Australia as a biracial Mormon of Maori descent. Â Showing an early love for history, Tani asked many questions of her LDS seminary teacher regarding science and history that caused concern. Â This included questioning the validity of the "Lamanite" identity (from the Book of Mormon) handed to her as a descendent of the Maori people. Later in Tani's teenage years she was shamed by her LDS church leaders for normative sexual exploration, and was ultimately summoned to a disciplinary council where she was asked sexually ex...