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Bud Stoddard, a regional church leader, holds a rendering of the temple planned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at a site near Las Vegas, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

Mormon faith pushes ahead with global temple building boom despite cool reception in Las Vegas

By Ken Ritter and Hannah Schoenbaum - Associated Press

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kamala Harris steps up outreach to Mormon voters in battleground Arizona

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

FILE - President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Russell M. Nelson waves as he departs the church's twice-annual conference, April 7, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

The Mormon church’s president, already the oldest in the faith’s history, is turning 100

By Hannah Schoenbaum and Deepa Bharath - Associated Press

The exterior of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is shown in Hailey, Idaho, on Sept., 19, 2023. Former Idaho bishop in the Mormon church, John Goodrich, was arrested Tuesday, March 12, 2024, by police in Virginia after being indicted on charges he sexually abused his daughter while accompanying her on a school trip when she was a child. Recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that instead of helping prosecutors, the Mormon church used a legal playbook that has helped protect itself from sex abuse claims. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen, File)

Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges

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Chelsea Goodrich poses for a portrait at a friend's house in Ketchum, Idaho, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Goodrich's father, a popular Idaho dentist and former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, was excommunicated after sharing details about his relationship with her when she was a child during a religious confession. Recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that instead of helping prosecutors, the church used a legal playbook that has helped protect itself from sex abuse claims. Goodrich's father is today a free man, and she says she decided to speak out to protect other children. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)

Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims

By Michael Rezendes and Jason Dearen - Associated Press

Chelsea Goodrich poses for a portrait at a friend's house in Ketchum, Idaho, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Goodrich's father, a popular Idaho dentist and former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, was excommunicated after sharing details about his relationship with her when she was a child during a religious confession. Recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that instead of helping prosecutors, the church used a legal playbook that has helped protect itself from sex abuse claims. Goodrich's father is today a free man, and she says she decided to speak out to protect other children. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)

Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims

By Michael Rezendes and Jason Dearen - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2006 file photo, the sun sets behind the Mormon Temple, the centerpiece of Temple Square in Salt Lake City. A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and its investment arm alleges the faith misused hundreds of thousands of dollars donated by three men by investing the money instead of using it for charitable purposes as they claim was promised. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Mormon church sued again over how it uses tithing contributions from members

By Mead Gruver - Associated Press

Taowen Le, a Weber State University professor of information systems and technologies, speaks during an interview at Weber State University on Oct. 11, 2022, in Ogden, Utah. An investigation by the Associated Press has found that China and its U.S.-based advocates spent years building relationships with the Utah's officials and lawmakers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Amid strained U.S. ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

By Alan Suderman and Sam Metz - Associated Press

A street sign leads to what was once the home of Paul Adams and his family on the outskirts of Bisbee, Ariz., on Oct 26, 2021. An Arizona judge has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may not use the state's “clergy-penitent privilege” to refuse to answer questions or turn over documents in a child sex-abuse case. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Judge limits privilege defense in AZ Mormon sex abuse case

By Michael Rezendes - Associated Press

FILE - People attend The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' twice-annual church conference on Oct. 2, 2021, in Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is scheduled to open its twice-yearly conference on Saturday, April 2, 2022. Top leaders are expected to deliver speeches to 10,000 in-person attendees for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormons stress unity amid polarization at Utah conference

By Sam Metz - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2019 file photo, President Russell M. Nelson speaks during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' twice-annual church conference in Salt Lake City. For the third consecutive time, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold its signature conference this weekend without attendees in person as the faith continues to take precautions amid the pandemic. Members of the Utah-based faith will instead watch on TVs, computers and tablets from their homes around the world Saturday, April 3, 2021 to hear spiritual guidance from the religion's top leaders, who will be delivering the speeches in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormon leaders decry abortion as evil, call out racism

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Lawsuit accuses Mormon church of fraud in use of donations

By SOPHIA EPPOLITO - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 4, 2020, file photo, is The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. An Oregon man has filed a lawsuit accusing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of not doing enough to protect him from a man he says sexually abused him in the 1980s. David Hiser is seeking $5.5 million in damages in the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Oregon man sues Mormon church over alleged sexual abuse

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, The Salt Lake Temple stands at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormon leaders condemn ‘lawless behavior’ at US Capitol

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, video image streamed by The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, church President Russell M. Nelson speaks during the opening of the 190th Semiannual General Conference at the Conference Center Theater on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The twice-annual conference kicked off Saturday without anyone attending in person and top leaders sitting some 6-feet apart inside an empty room as the faith takes precautions to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. A livestream of the conference showed a few of the faith's top leaders sitting alone inside a small auditorium in Salt Lake City, Normally, top leaders sit side-by-side on stage with the religion's well-known choir behind them and some 20,000 people watching. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints via AP)

Mormon leaders call for end to racism, protest violence

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

In this May 27, 2020, photo, from Seth Rather, a missionary with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, looks at his smartphone at his apartment, in Brigham City, Utah. After hastily bringing home 26,000 young men and women who were serving in foreign countries, the faith has begun sending many of them out again in their home countries with a new focus on online work that could stick even when the pandemic is over, church officials told The Associated Press. For safety reasons missionaries are now inside and on their smartphones most of the day trying to find new converts or bolster the faith of current church members. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Pandemic accelerates Mormon missionaries’ transition online

By BRADY McCOMBS and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, people listen during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' twice-annual church conference, in Salt Lake City. For the first time in more than 60 years, top leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will deliver speeches at the faith's signature conference this weekend without anyone watching in the latest illustration of how the coronavirus pandemic is altering worship practices around the world. The twice-yearly conference normally brings some 100,000 people to the church conference center in Salt Lake City to watch five sessions over two days. This event, though, will be only a virtual one. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormons unveil new official logo at crowd-less conference

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Cory, left, and Holly Steed sort through some of the food items stored in their home pantry on Monday, March 2, 2020 in Las Vegas. The Steeds are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and follow its recommendations to maintain a supply of food, water and other provisions for use in an emergency. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

For Mormon families, preparing for emergencies is the norm

By JOHN PRZYBYS - Associated Press

In this Jan. 3, 2018, file photo, the angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against the sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Church of Latter-Day Saints to make exclusive handbook available to public

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 photo, a Boy Scouts troop gathers during their meeting, in Kaysville, Utah. For decades, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was one of Boy Scouts of America's greatest allies and the largest sponsor of troops. But on Jan. 1, the Utah-based faith will deliver the latest body blow to the struggling BSA when it implements its plan to pull out more than 400,000 youths and move them into a new global program of its own. This Latter-day Saint-based Boy Scouts troop in Kaysville, though, formed outside the church structure and plans to stick with the Boy Scouts after the church ends its longtime alliance at the end of 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mormons pulling 400,000 youths out of struggling Boy Scouts

By BRADY McCOMBS and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press