Source: Mormon Church in UT State Supreme Court CHALLENGING Reporting about Sex Abuse Victims Channel: ldsnewsinfo Published: April 5, 2013 | Archived: May 24, 2026

Video: Mormon Church in UT State Supreme Court CHALLENGING Reporting about Sex Abuse Victims
Channel: ldsnewsinfo
Published: April 5, 2013
Duration: 2:24
Views: 24,140
Category: News & Politics
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The Mormon Church has told the UT State Supreme Court that It Does NOT have to report on Sex Abuse suffered by its Child Members, regardless of Utah State Law making it Mandatory.

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Transcript — YouTube panel (human-authored)

0:00 there’s a challenge to Utah’s clerical law the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claims in some instances church leaders don’t have to report crimes of child sex abuse the Utah Supreme Court heard arguments about this case and ABC Force Marcus Ortiz was there Marcos what’s it all about well this 14-year-old girl at the time she was only 14-year-old confided in her LDS Bishop that she had been sexually abused Now by law he’s supposed to report this crime to law enforcement but he failed to do so now today before the US Supreme Court attorneys for the LDS church claim that the first amendment protects this eldest Bishop from reporting she’s a mother now but as a 14-year-old Karina menl was charged with child abuse murder she gave birth to a stillborn baby at the family’s Sandy home but hid the fetus she pleaded guilty but the case was later overturned back then she turned to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints helpline she met with her LDS Bishop to

1:03 report the sex abuse case which she claims led to her pregnancy that was not sitting there as a discussion for confession that was make it stop and he chose not to report it men love says another teen who is now a Sheriff Deputy abused her he never faced charges but paid damages in a civil suit now men Love’s family is Seeking Justice against the ALDS bishop and the the church for failing to report the sex abuse in the first place no one was ever held criminally accountable for anything except Karina for being a victim in front of the Utah Supreme Court attorneys for the church claim the first amendment protects the bishop because he’s offering spiritual guidance but men Love’s attorney says Utah’s law requiring clergy to report sex abuse crimes against children is at stake and menl knows she’s a test case if I have to be the Pig why not we’re at the Utah Supreme Court let’s make a difference in the world let’s make this

2:07 right now afterwards attorneys for the LDS church refused to uh talk publicly about this case now we won’t have an answer from the Utah Supreme Court for another three months and we’ll keep following this story in Salt Lake City Marcus Ortiz abc4 news