Despite what church says, law doesn't absolve it of responsibility in sexual abuse case
Court, citing Arizona law on confidentiality, dismisses lawsuit by victims
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It was one of the most horrific cases of child abuse imaginable:
Paul Adams began sexually abusing a daughter during the first decade of the 2000s. In 2010, he confessed his abusive behavior to John Herrod, who was bishop of his Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation in Bisbee, Ari…