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Judge Laura Cardinal ruled that Paul Adams waived his right to keep his confessions secret when he posted videos of himself sexually abusing his daughters online, boasted of the abuse on social media, and confessed to federal law enforcement agents.
Judge overseeing lawsuit accusing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of covering-up child sex abuse rules church can't refuse to answer questions under Arizona’s “clergy-penitent privilege.”
An Arizona judge overseeing a high-profile lawsuit accusing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of conspiring to cover-up child sex abuse has ruled that the church may not refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under the state’s “clergy-penitent privilege.”
The lawsuit accuses two Arizona bishops and Mormon church leaders of not reporting child abuse and allowing Paul Adams to continue abusing his older daughter.