According to the transcript, Otterson responded: "There has been no communication whatever with Presidents Hinckley and Faust on this matter. They were unaware of the visit. Elder Holland's secretary simply responded to a request from Kem Gardner to come by his office, and she set up the appointment. Kem Gardner asked if he could bring Mitt's son Josh and Don Sterling, (sic) a Romney colleague dating back to Olympic days, for a handshake and a chat — literally a courtesy call. This was simply a response to an appointment requested by an old friend."

Also, the Globe story reported that, "Holland, a former BYU president, suggested using the alumni organization of the university's business school, the BYU Management Society, to build a network for Romney, according to the documents."

But according to the transcript provided by Otterson, Elder Holland did not advise Romney's people to use the BYU Management Society.

"He told them what they already knew — that neither the Church, nor BYU, nor any other direct arm of the Church would or could ever sponsor or publicly support a political candidate, and that our position of institutional neutrality was well-known and of long standing," according to the transcript.

According to the Internal Revenue Service, churches and other tax-exempt organizations "are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office." Those organizations risk losing their tax-exempt status if they violate that rule.

Otterson's transcript also states that Elder Holland said any use of BYU alumni associations for Romney's campaign would have to be cleared through the university.