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Attorneys are battling over whether Mormon Church President Thomas S. Monson should be required to testify in a case about alleged sexual abuse that occurred within a now-defunct church program that placed thousands of American Indian children with Mormon families.
Lawyers for four people suing the religion say Monson has “unique information” because he was a high-ranking leader in the religion during the time the abuses occurred.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints disagrees in a new court filing, saying Monson’s duties in the 1960s-1970s didn’t include oversight of the program. Monson became president in 2008.
The four alleged victims accuse religious leaders of not doing enough to protect them from their abusers.
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