Dallin Oaks says the church doesn’t apologize, but it hasn’t stopped the question of whether it should

Some say doing so for the past priesthood/temple ban would enhance the faith’s moral authority. “The role of a church is to be a moral exemplar,” says scholar. It should “err on the side of repenting too much.”

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, speaks at General Conference on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Oaks has famously said that the church doesn't apologize for past events, that “we look forward and not backward.”