Legal response to civil complaint filed against the Church in the case of Bisbee, Arizona sexual abuse.
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- Speech / Court Transcript
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- Kirton McConkie, P.C. Non-LDS
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JANE DOE I et al. Plaintiffs, vs. THE CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS et al., SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF COCHISE, No. S0200CV202000599, THE CHURCH DEFENDANTS' ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS' FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT, November 2020
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- Superior Court of the State of Arizona In and For the County of Cochise
- People
- Lenzer Medical Services, Robert Mauzy, John Doe I, Leizza Adams, Paul Adams, John Herrod, Sherrie Herrod, Shaunice Warr, Superior Court of the State of Arizona In and For the County of Cochise, Michelle Mauzy, Jane Doe I, Jane Doe II, John Manly, Lynne Cadigan, Kirton McConkie, P.C.
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- Cochise county
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INTRODUCTION
Defendants admit that Plaintiffs allege in their FAC various sexual and other abuse of children perpetrated by the children’s father. Defendants further admit that the perpetrator confidentially disclosed to Bishop Herrod, acting in his capacity as a Bishop of the Defendant Church, a very limited aspect of such alleged abuse, and that Bishop Herrod then strongly encouraged the perpetrator and his wife to report the abuse to authorities or authorize Bishop Herrod to report the abuse, but the perpetrator and his wife refused to do either. Defendants were constrained by applicable law from reporting the abuse without permission of the perpetrator or his wife. Defendants deny the remaining allegations of Paragraph 1 of the FAC.
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