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(KSL News) -- The Boston Globe is reporting Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has quietly consulted with leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in plans for a 2008 bid for president.
The report claims Church apostle Jeffrey R. Holland met with Romney political operatives and planned a strategy. It also states that they'll use alumni chapters of Brigham Young University's business school to create a national grass-roots political organization.
The Church takes issue with The Boston Globe story and released this statement:
"...we reaffirm the position of neutrality taken by the Church, and affirm the long-standing policy that no member occupying an official position in any organization of the Church is authorized to speak in behalf of the Church concerning the Church's stand on political issues."
