Arizona judge cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing child sex abuse lawsuit against Mormon church

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Arizona judge cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing child sex abuse lawsuit against Mormon church
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An Arizona judge ruled Mormon church officials who knew that a church member was sexually abusing his daughter had no duty to report the abuse.COCHISE COUNTY, Ariz.

Although the church excommunicated Adams, its decision to withhold his abusive behavior from civil authorities allowed him to continue abusing his daughter for seven years, during which he began abusing a second daughter, starting when she was just 6 weeks old.and posted the pornographic videos on the internet. The abuse stopped only when Homeland Security agents arrested Adams in 2017 in Arizona, after authorities in New Zealand and the United States traced one of the videos to him.

The investigation highlighted the use of a church Helpline used by bishops to report instances of child sex abuse to church officials in Salt Lake City. Church workers fielding the calls keep no records, or destroy them at the end of each day, according to church officials. And they refer serious instances of abuse to attorneys for the church, who rely on a second privilege, the attorney-client privilege, to continue keeping the abuse secret.

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