Mormon leader's wife tells gays: Repent, Jesus will surely cleanse and heal you

The wife of a top Mormon leader recently called on members of the LGBT community to repent in order to attain harmony in their sexual feelings with God.

Wendy Nelson made the call during a "Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults" broadcast on Jan. 10, wherein she said Jesus had healed many people in the Bible and that praying to God can cure homosexuality.

She also spoke of "desperation'' as a great motivator.

"When we are desperate to become the people we were born to be, our vision changes. We see the Adversary's temptations for what they really are: tricks to make us forget our true identity and our destination," Nelson said, according to Rawstory.

"We may realise that a burden is holding us back. That burden may be spiritual pain which always accompanies bad choices and unrepentant sin. The truth is that unrepentant sin is like a magnet for more sin. So if you need to repent, start now."

According to her, there is a 100 guarantee that Jesus will cleanse and heal anyone who repents.

She said everyone needs the help of God "to become the people we were born to be,'' and that "we need the gift to have our sexual feelings be in harmony with eternal laws."

"When we are desperate for any gift of the spirit, that is when we will finally pray with all the energy of heart for that gift," she added.

Nelson spoke of praying to cure homosexuality the same day her husband, Russel, who heads the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the second highest governing body in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave a speech saying that the church's policy of labelling same-sex couples as "apostates" had come directly from God.