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Chelsea Goodrich poses for a portrait at a friend's house in Ketchum, Idaho, Sept. 19, 2023. Goodrich's father, a popular Idaho dentist and former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, was excommunicated after sharing details about his relationship with her when she was a child during a religious confession. Recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that instead of helping prosecutors, the church used a legal playbook that has helped protect itself from sex abuse claims. AP PHOTO / JASON DEAREN

Mormon church

Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges

MARCH 22, 2024

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A dirt road, shown Oct. 26, 2021, leads to what was once the home of Paul Adams and his family on the outskirts of Bisbee, Ariz. Adams, a Mormon and U.S. Border Patrol agent living with his wife and six children, admitted he had posted videos on the dark web of him molesting two of his children, a 9-year-old girl and a younger daughter he began raping when she was only 6 months old. Adams killed himself after his arrest. The revelation that Mormon officials directed an effort to conceal years of abuse in the Adams household sparked a criminal investigation of the church by Cochise County attorney and a civil lawsuit by three of the Adams’ children. (AP Photo / Dario Lopez-Mills)

Law enforcement

Deep sourcing and sensitive reporting deliver blockbuster on Mormon sex abuse cover-up

AUG. 12, 2022

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