Mormon Church Knew of Former Missionary Training Center Leader’s Past Abuse History, Says Woman in New Court Filing

By Brady McCombs
Associated Press
June 14, 2018

https://local.sltrib.com/eu/

A woman who says a former leader of the Mormon Missionary Training Center raped her in the 1980s accused church officials in a new court filing this week of knowing about the man’s previous sexual misconduct before he was appointed to the powerful position.

McKenna Denson’s attorneys allege in a court document filed Tuesday that Joseph L. Bishop disclosed to church leaders his “acts of sexual predation” while he was a mission president in Argentina in the late 1970s.

“Instead of informing McKenna of the truth about this self-proclaimed, lifelong sexual predator, defendants represented to McKenna, the public, and members of the church that defendant Bishop was a safe, honorable, and trustworthy leader,” Denson’s attorneys wrote.