Lawyers for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have asked a federal judge in Utah to dismiss a lawsuit from a woman accusing a former leader of the organization’s Missionary Training Center of sexual assault, arguing that it is too late.
In her lawsuit, the woman, McKenna Denson, 55, of Pueblo, Colorado, alleges she was sexually assaulted by the training center’s leader, Joseph Bishop, now 85, while she was a missionary there in 1984.
Attorneys for the LDS Church argued that the statute of limitations on Denson’s claim began ticking in 1984 when she alleges she was assaulted and argued that she could have filed a claim in 1988 when she says she reported the assault to LDS leaders, who took no action according to a FOX13 report.
“The statute begins to run when you realize no one reported back to you,” the LDS Church’s lawyer, David Jordan said.
U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball who is set to prepare a written ruling on the matter in 30 days wasn’t so sure.
“How would she know anything happened in 1988 to Mr. Bishop?” Kimball asked in court.
Jordan further…
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