Response to Scandal

When the scandal broke, here are some of the ways Austin responded.

• Sent fall-on-sword email to missionaries

• Video denying all allegations with Becky

• Apology spam (same message to everyone) to ones who testified against him in the investigation

• Fake apology to church

• Ran from church discipline to join his son, Chris's, church

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• Started Society of Mentors

• Recruited VBM missionaries to support him through membership fees

• Hired PR firm to learn how to polish his image

• Attempting to bury bad search results through paid, self-promoting articles

  • Example 1
  • Example 2

• Writing an autobiography to make sure you know he is a hero