Recently on March 8th at about 8:30pm 2011, I went to my daughter's Bishop -wondering how to help her. She had just mailed me a very nasty and vile letter, so I was very concerned. When I showed the Bishop the letter, apparently he was not surprised as she
had been counseling with him and told so many lies that it is unreal. I am trying to keep this from ruining the entire family, but she
seems to love the attention she gets from her husband, the Bishop and others, as she will speak to anyone about her hatred for me.
I was in total shock when Bishop Wightman yelled and screamed at me to get out of his office immediately. I was not allowed to speak
and he became very abusive to me. He had decided that since my daughter is a nurse for the local hospital, that she would never lie
to him - maybe he should check her facebook page about what she says about him. Anyways, his behavior was uncalled for - I could
not get a word in, as he verbally abused me. This became a very ugly scene and all I wanted was a way to help my daughter and keep
the family from falling apart. I literally ran out of the office, afraid for my life - as I could not believe that anyone would treat someone
with such malice and anger without reason, let alone another member of the Church. Apparently he has been calling all over and making complaints and that is why I decided to fight back. He was abusive and inappropriate and he knows it. I am now considering
legal counsel, as no leader of any Church - should act like that. He was very demeaning and used his power in the Church and as a man
to put me down and in my place. I have never been treated so poorly ever, that I have been in tears about it ever since. Instead of
helping, there is now a bigger divide of the family - as I know that my daughter loves to lie and will do anything possible to ruin my
name and anyone else in the family that doesn't agree with her. She has done this since she got married, which makes you wonder about how happy she is and has been especially psychotic lately when it was announced that her younger brother and his wife are now
having a baby. They are 25. She has freaked out because she is 27 and is unable to have any kids due to endometriosis, but her career
and her life was more important earlier and now her system is a mess. She is also on a ton of hormones and her perceptions of her sub-
concious mind is not reality. I was asked to help out with the new baby, and I believe it is her intent to make me look evil, when in fact -
I have bent over backwards to help them in any way possible. Families have issues, they forgive and they go on. But now with this
Bishop involved, it is another uphill battle and he was most unkind and judgemental, as well as abusive to me. I guess he forgot to read
this month's Ensign about the "Healer's Art". Because of the seriousness of the behavior of this Bishop, I will definitely seek out both legal
and regular counseling as to what I should do. Slander is unlawful and people in a small community seem to love gossip, so I feel it is
necessary to clear my name and have this Bishop disciplined as he should be.