Opinion: My LDS family adopted an American Indian child in the 1970s. It was wrong, and the church should apologize.
Apologies cannot change the past, but they can pave the way for healing and reconciliation for those affected by forced assimilation and abuse.
(Thomas DeVere Wolsey) Leander, left, lived with Thomas DeVere Wolsey, right, and his family in Utah during the 1970s as part of the Indian Student Placement Program sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.