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LDS, Mormon, clergy, abuse
Nov 8, 2023

Judge tosses out bid by family sexual abuse survivors to sue church for failing to report to police

A Cochise County Superior Court judge has thrown out a bid by two survivors of family sexual abuse to sue the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and two of its bishops for failing to report to police what they may have known of the incidents.

LDS, Paul Adams, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lawsuit
Oct 25, 2023

Lawsuit against LDS church could become basis for court to consider statute protecting clergy

A lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could become the legal basis for the state Court of Appeals to consider -- and void -- a statute that protects members of the clergy from disclosing an adherent's confession of child molestation.

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