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FILE – The angel Moroni statue atop the Salt Lake Temple is silhouetted against a cloud-covered sky, at Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting

September 28, 2022 at 11:20 a.m.

In 33 states, clergy are exempt from any laws requiring professionals such as teachers, physicians and psychotherapists to report information about alleged child sexual abuse to police or child welfare...

MJ and her adoptive mother sit for an interview with The Associated Press in Sierra Vista, Ariz., Oct. 27, 2021. State authorities placed MJ in foster care after learning that her father, the late Paul Adams, sexually assaulted her and posted video of the assaults on the Internet. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

4 takeaways from AP鈥檚 Mormon church sex abuse investigation

August 4, 2022 at 5:55 a.m.

When an Arizona bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, learned that a member of his ward was sexually assaulting his...

Archbishop Timothy Dolan, right, delivers ...

Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer coronavirus aid, got $1.4B

July 10, 2020 at 11:37 a.m.

The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses...

Gerald Armstrong recalls his time working ...

Red Sox dogged by claims of racism, sexual abuse

July 7, 2020 at 7:22 a.m.

Last month, when former Major League All-star Torii Hunter said he鈥檇 been called the N-word 鈥渁 hundred times鈥� at Boston鈥檚 storied Fenway Park, the Red Sox were quick to back...

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