Coverage dated November 8, 2023

Court cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing child sex abuse lawsuit against LDS church

Headline from East Idaho News

SIERRA VISTA, Arizona (AP) — An Arizona judge has dismissed a high-profile child sexual abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ruling that church officials who knew that a church member was sexually abusing his daughter had no duty to report the abuse to police or soc…

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  1. East Idaho News

    Court cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing child sex abuse lawsuit against LDS church (opens East Idaho News)

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    SIERRA VISTA, Arizona (AP) — An Arizona judge has dismissed a high-profile child sexual abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ruling that church officials who knew that a church member was sexually abusing his daughter had no duty to report the abuse to police or soc…

  2. KVOA Tucson

    Court cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing child sex abuse lawsuit against Mormon church (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    An Arizona Superior Court judge has dismissed a high-profile child sexual abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ruling that church officials who knew that a

  3. Deseret News

    Judge dismisses lawsuit against church in Arizona sex abuse case, citing clergy-penitent exception (opens Deseret News)

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    Bill Maledon, the church’s attorney who handled the case, stated ‘the abuse of a child or any other individual is inexcusable’

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