‘Marrying a 14-year-old was not a wise thing to do’ — a look at the 33 ‘secret’ wives of Joseph Smith

Scholar Todd Compton now has a second book out that shares the women’s perspectives in their own words.

Here are excerpts from The Salt Lake Tribune’s latest

Critics have used that marriage to Helen and a few other young ones to say that Joseph Smith was a pedophile. Do you see him that way? Have you been able to document that Joseph Smith had sex with some of these plural wives? If so, how many and did any children ever result? How many of the women in the 33 documented wives of Joseph Smith wrote favorably about their relationship with him, and how many wrote critically?

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