Utah rep. told Mormon bishop not to report abuse, docs show

[Hamish Howl]

Utah rep. told Mormon bishop not to report abuse, docs show

A Utah lawmaker and prominent attorney for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints advised a church bishop not to report a confession of child sex abuse to authorities, a decision that allowed the abuse to continue for years, according to records filed in a lawsuit.

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A Utah lawmaker and prominent attorney for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints advised a church bishop not to report a confession of child sex abuse to authorities, a decision that allowed the abuse to continue for years, according to records filed in a lawsuit.

The records — two pages from a log of calls fielded by a law firm representing the church and the deposition of a church official — show that Utah Republican State Rep. Merrill F. Nelson took the initial call from a bishop reporting that church member Paul Adams had sexually abused his daughters. Nelson also had multiple conversations over a two-year span with two bishops who knew of the abuse, the records show.

Nelson is a conservative lawmaker who was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 2013 and announced his retirement earlier this year. He was also a lawyer with the Salt Lake City firm Kirton McConkie, which represents the church. He earned his undergraduate and law degree from church-owned Brigham Young University.

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According to the plaintiff’s legal filing, Nelson advised Bishop John Herrod not to report the abuse and told him “that he could be sued if he reported, and the instruction by counsel not to report Paul to the authorities was the law in Arizona and had nothing to do with Church doctrine.” But Arizona’s child sex abuse reporting law grants blanket legal immunity to anyone reporting child sex abuse or neglect.

So who are the groomers, again?

 

[Parrish]

Shameful. Groomers indeed.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Utah rep. told Mormon bishop not to report abuse, docs show

A Utah lawmaker and prominent attorney for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints advised a church bishop not to report a confession of child sex abuse to authorities, a decision that allowed the abuse to continue for years, according to records filed in a lawsuit.

apnews.com

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So who are the groomers, again?

Remember folks, every republican accusation is a confession.

 

[Allan]

Nelson is a conservative lawmaker

Why are they always conservative?

 

[Parrish]

Why are they always conservative?

They're repressed?

 

[Hamish Howl]

Why are they always conservative?

Well, a certain type of conservative. The ones that want to tell you how to live. It seems that they're ALL horrible perverts.

 

[Allan]

Well, a certain type of conservative. The ones that want to tell you how to live. It seems that they're ALL horrible perverts.

Funny that Q person hasn't noticed.

 

[poweRob]

Utah rep. told Mormon bishop not to report abuse, docs show

A Utah lawmaker and prominent attorney for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints advised a church bishop not to report a confession of child sex abuse to authorities, a decision that allowed the abuse to continue for years, according to records filed in a lawsuit.

apnews.com

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So who are the groomers, again?

Mormons, Catholics, Southern Baptists, Amish & Mennonites... They are all fighting for that crown.