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Recordings Show How the Mormon Church Protects Itself from Child Sex Abuse Claims

HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed …

Seven Years of Sex Abuse: How Mormon Officials Let it Happen

BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her. The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints …

Mormon Church, Members Not Liable for Girl’s Ankle

Neither the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints nor its members can be held liable for injuries suffered by a child who hurt herself on a church-organized outing in Idaho. The Idaho Supreme Court ruled last week neither the …