Editing Mormon abuse cases (section)

====Timeline of reportages====
Denson may have reported the abuse to her subsequent [[Washington, D.C.]], mission-field leader in 1984 or 1985.<ref name="azcentral1">{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2018/03/24/amid-quiet-life-chandler-explosive-sexual-assault-allegations-hit-mormon-leader/449975002/ |title=Amid quiet life in Chandler, sex-assault allegations hit Mormon leader |publisher=Azcentral.com |date= |accessdate=2018-03-24}}</ref> In 1987, she reported it to her local congregation's bishop, Ron Leavitt, a microbiology professor at [[Brigham Young University]] (BYU).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kutv.com/news/local/woman-who-accused-mtc-president-of-sexual-assault-has-been-telling-her-story-for-3-decades|title=Woman who accused MTC president of sexual assault has been telling her story for 3 decades|first=Chris|last=Jones|date=22 March 2018|publisher=}}</ref> (Leavitt told the ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]'' in 2018, "I felt the allegations were groundless" because, among other factors, his assumption potential MTC presidents receive extensive vettings.<ref name="sltrib.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/03/22/former-missionary-training-center-president-admits-to-asking-a-young-missionary-to-expose-her-breasts-in-the-80s-byu-police-say/|title=Former Missionary Training Center president admits to asking a young missionary to expose her breasts in the '80s, BYU police say|publisher=}}</ref>) Per some reports, what Leavitt was told was that Denson and another missionary were taken by the MTC president to the basement of the MTC and shown pornography.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://kutv.com/news/local/woman-who-accused-mtc-president-of-sexual-assault-has-been-telling-her-story-for-3-decades|title=Woman who accused MTC president of sexual assault has been telling her story for 3 decades|first=Chris|last=Jones|date=March 22, 2018|website=KUTV}}</ref> Denson says that in 1988 she told at least one LDS Church [[general authority]], [[Carlos Asay]]. Asay has since died and the LDS Church states it has no record of Denson's meeting with Asay.

In 2010, Denson told her local [[Pleasant Grove, Utah]], ecclesiastical leaders, who referred the matter to local police. Pleasant Grove police made a routine call to the Denson's home verifying she did not need emergency assistance and did not open an investigation of her accusations<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/faith/lds-church-responds-to-allegations-of-sexual-abuse-by-former/article_ebd998f1-473e-5a70-841f-7407ca824e34.html|title=LDS Church responds to allegations of sexual abuse by former Provo MTC president|first=Genelle Pugmire Daily|last=Herald|publisher=|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-date=2018-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321040642/https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/faith/lds-church-responds-to-allegations-of-sexual-abuse-by-former/article_ebd998f1-473e-5a70-841f-7407ca824e34.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="fox13now.com">{{cite web|url=http://fox13now.com/2018/03/22/woman-who-accused-former-mtc-leader-of-sexual-assault-will-pursue-a-civil-lawsuit-against-the-lds-church/|title=Woman who accused former MTC leader of sexual assault will pursue a civil lawsuit against the LDS Church|date=22 March 2018|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/former-mormon-missionary-center-leader-accused-of-sexual-assault_us_5ab3d179e4b008c9e5f51560|title=Former Mormon Missionary Center Leader Accused Of Sexual Assault|first=Carol|last=Kuruvilla|date=22 March 2018|publisher=|via=Huff Post}}</ref> because they had occurred outside of Pleasant Grove's jurisdiction.<ref name="deseretnews1">{{cite web|last=Walch |first=Tad |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900013796/lds-church-says-a-second-missionary-made-sexual-abuse-allegation-against-former-mtc-president.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324012329/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900013796/lds-church-says-a-second-missionary-made-sexual-abuse-allegation-against-former-mtc-president.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 24, 2018 |title=LDS Church says a second missionary made sexual abuse allegation against former MTC president |publisher=Deseret News |date= 23 March 2018|accessdate=2018-03-24}}</ref>