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PHOENIX – 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
PHOENIX — 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
The suit was filed in Arizona's Cochise County vs. LDS church and two bishops for failing to report to police what an abuser confessed.
A Cochise County judge has removed himself from presiding over a multimillion dollar child molestation lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) after the defendants raised concerns with the fact the judge is on the Church’s roll. “I regret not being more open given the sensitivities of this case in regard to my history with the Church,” Judge Jason Lindstrom told the parties during a July 9 hearing on the matter. “I don’t tend to believe that it will cause me personal bias but there is no way for any of you to know that. And the appearance [of a conflict...