Editing Mormon abuse cases (section)

==== LDS Church's responses====
The church hired an outside law firm to interview Bishop, his accusers, and others. The church had been made aware of a second accuser in 2010. No action was taken at the time because of Bishop's adamant denial of the accusations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/03/23/mormon-leaders-knew-of-two-alleged-victims-of-former-missionary-training-center-president-in-2010/|title=Mormon leaders knew of two alleged victims of former Missionary Training Center president in 2010|website=The Salt Lake Tribune}}</ref> Ron Leavitt stated that in the 1980s, while he was serving as Denson's bishop, she told him that Joseph Bishop had taken her and her missionary companion to the basement of the MTC, and showed them pornography. Leavitt stated that he did not share this information with anyone at the time. "I didn't think it had much credence. I wasn't going to risk sullying the reputation of someone based on that kind of a report," Leavitt told the news media in 2018.<ref name="auto"/>

In March 2018, the LDS Church publicized its abuse resource [[hotline]] for use by local church leaders, and released a resource document that says, in part, "Church leaders should never disregard a report of abuse or counsel a member not to report criminal activity to law enforcement personnel."<ref>{{cite web|last=Walch |first=Tad |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900013999/lds-first-presidency-letter-directs-leaders-to-review-teach-policies-on-preventing-responding-to-sex-abuse.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327072518/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900013999/lds-first-presidency-letter-directs-leaders-to-review-teach-policies-on-preventing-responding-to-sex-abuse.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 27, 2018 |title=Updated LDS policy allows another adult to sit in on leaders' interviews with children and women |publisher=Deseret News |date=2018-03-26 |accessdate=2018-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-presidency-encourages-leaders-worldwide-prevent-respond-abuse?__prclt=Hr0UJOU0 |title=First Presidency Directs Leaders to Prevent and Respond to Abuse |publisher=Mormonnewsroom.org |date=2018-03-26 |accessdate=2018-04-08}}</ref>