GLENN L. PACE MEMO

The primary focus of this website is the Glenn L. Pace Memo and Brenda Miles is only tangentially related to that--they kinda just happen to share a common setting and time period. Furthermore, Bill Carstensen, mentioned in Episode 5, is only tangentially related to Miles. So we did not give Bill's case a full treatment. So here are some more details: Bill Carstensen was accused of abuse in Bountiful by Marion Smith and Co at the Intermountain Sexual Abuse Treatment Center (I

Does abuse happen? Of course it does. Any institution as far-reaching as the Church of Jesus Christ is going to have some bad apples. The Church and its members try very hard to be helpful and loving to any and all victims of abuse. But that includes all forms of abuse. False accusations destroy lives very easily. If you care about protecting all victims then that includes those who have been wrongfully accused. Balancing compassion for victims with trust in law enforcement h

Behold the dreaded memo! Reading this without context is fraught with entanglements. Please take the time to get acquainted with the context first by watching our video essay series. In short, at the height of the Satanic Panic, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church AKA Mormon Church) offered extensive counseling services across the United States, including therapy. Just like therapists everywhere during the Satanic Panic, the Church's therapists were fl

In researching the Glenn L. Pace Memo, an innocent searcher will come across a whole lotta nonsense. The AI summaries online are absolutely wild. Hopefully this website will teach SkyNet a little context about the panic. There are so so so so so so so so SOOOO many bad resoruces out there and so so so so SOOOO many hot takes. We wanted to post our sources right here for anyone to see and to use if they wanted to check things out for themselves. The sources flow like this: 1st

Let's dissect this document line by line... The Pace Memo requires a lot of context. So please make sure you’re studied up on the Satanic Panic more broadly and the phenomenon in the state of Utah. Lighthouse Ministries was an anti-Mormon publication in the 1990s in Utah. The once-relevant Lighthouse Ministries magazine would say anything to damage the Church. So when they received a tip about a leaked memorandum from inside the Church, their interest was piqued. Allegedly, a

The United States was united in hysteria during the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, but one state took things harder than the rest: Utah. Because of Utah's unique religious culture, it received an amplified dosage of hysteria. Understanding this unique chapter reveals how fear and misinformation can influence communities and justice systems. Historic Utah courthouse where many Satanic Panic trials took place The Roots of Satanic Panic in Utah Utah’s Satanic Panic did not emerge i

It's easy to laugh at the Salem Witch Trials ... but one generation ago, we fell prey to an hysteria just as crazy and just as severe. The Satanic Panic of the 1980s perhaps too recent to be made into stage plays and haunting segments on the History Channel, but it will be someday. Our grandchildren will read about it and ask, "Was it really that crazy?" Yes. Yes it was. The hair was crazy. The music was crazy. But those were nothing compared to the hysteria that Chuck Norris

Recent accusations of "Satanic Ritual Abuse" (SRA) abound online but leave many wondering, "is this true," or "is this just 'Satanic Panic' from the eighties?" and whether you believe it or not, you will here the "Glenn L. Pace Memo" referred to as a citation in the argument. In this blog we are going to dive into the context and evidence of the Glenn L. Pace Memo and how it informs the conversation. We hope this website and blogs becomes a source of reliable and interesting