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makay, read the post I linked in my previous comment. It deals with the exact topic of your comment. The comments in the thread are interesting, since one person disagreed with me strongly. Thanks Ray, a good read. I agree. Our rooms have windows on the doors. We also insist on having other people in the building when bishop interviews children or women. Personally, I’d opt to be just outside, and coach her on the questions before. I suspect this all comes down to the chastity question – the rest is not that inappropriate. Tell me if I’m wrong.
Looking at it from the other side, I’d imagine many bishops are uncomfortable asking this question. It’s an example of where the church tries to prevent problems – teen pregnancy, adultery, p addiction etc and gets it horribly wrong.
SamBee wrote:Looking at it from the other side, I’d imagine many bishops are uncomfortable asking this question.
Good point, SamBee. Back when I did these interviews, I vividly recall asking a 12-year-old still prepubescent boy if he lived the law of chastity and he didn’t know what I was talking about and asked what I meant. It can be uncomfortable. FWIW, I very vaguely responded something like “Do you have sex?” and instructed him to talk to his dad about it.
I have lived in a few foreign countries and have sat in on bishop interviews as an interpreter. If that’s OK with someone who isn’t even a family member, I don’t know why it should be a problem with your own daughter. Maybe talk to your daughter about it and have her make the request. It might be better coming from her.
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