Takeaways from The AP's investigation into the Mormon church's handling of sex abuse cases
Paul Rytting had been director of the Risk Management Division at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for around 15 years when a 31-year-old church member told him that her father, a former bishop, had sexually abused her when she was a child. Rytting flew from church headquarters in Salt Lake City to Hailey, Idaho, to meet with Chelsea Goodrich and her mother, Lorraine, to discuss what he said was a “tragic and horrendous” story. Following church policy, Bishop Michael Miller had called a church Helpline, established to take calls from bishops about sexual abuse, a...