SALT LAKE CITY (UT)
FOX13
September 24, 2018
By Ben Winslow
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has settled a series of lawsuits filed by a group of people alleging they were sexually abused within a church-run program for Native American children.
Craig Vernon, a lawyer representing some of the alleged victims, said in an email to FOX 13 that his clients asked for their cases to be dismissed in Navajo Tribal Court after reaching agreements with the LDS Church.
The settlements involving up to a dozen people came as a result of mediation. Terms of those settlements remain confidential, he added.
“Our clients felt that this settlement was a recognition that what happened to them, never should have happened; that resolving this case was an important step in continuing to heal from the scars of the past,” Vernon wrote.
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