Ward Hugging Policy

It's come to my attention, that there are several Brethren of the Ward that have extended friendly hugging of Sisters into borderline-molesting. To address this issue, avoid embarrassment(and possible prosecution), please observe the following:

No hugs lasting longer than 3 seconds

No hugging of Sisters who would in all other realities be out of your league

If you hug a married Sister, you must also hug her husband for the same duration (still observing the 3 second rule)

No repeat hugging of the same Sister the following week, unless initiated by the Sister

Regardless of how, 'prompted by the Spirit,' you feel to hug these Sisters, chances are that these feelings are coming from another source (see instruction on Distinguishing Spirits ).