The Mormon Church is wrangling over whether two sex abuse lawsuits should be heard in Navajo tribal court. Meanwhile, two other victims have come forward and filed their own lawsuits. Another Navajo woman alleges she was sexually abused in a Mormons foster program in Utah between 1965 and 1972. Another man says he was abused […]
LDS Church and Boy Scouts Settle Pennsylvania Sex Abuse Lawsuit
March 23, 2015 By
The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) and the Boy Scouts of America have settled a sexual abuse lawsuit involving Vance Hein, a scoutmaster and prominent member of his local Mormon Church. While a scoutmaster in Pennsylvania, Hein sexually assaulted Melvin Novak, then 14. Novak said he was abused at Hein’s home, on a trip […]