[General] Church leaders announce that John C. Bennett will be disfellowshipped. Orson Pratt refuses to sign the announcement. Pratt's wife Sarah had accused Joseph Smith of trying to seduce her. Joseph had accused John C. Bennett of being the one involved with Sarah Pratt.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
Sarah was truthful; Joseph was lying.
ReplyDeleteIn the introduction to the Joseph Smith Papers, Journals v.2, the editors suggest this may not be the case -- and they blame John Bennett for a number of items that are supposedly misunderstood today in the historical community. They don't make their case there, but I suspect will either via articles, or in a larger essay in the next volume.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see their case presented, and how it is received.