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The coronavirus outbreak has prompted major changes at missionary training centers for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  In a second letter sent today, church leaders say all missionaries who were scheduled to go into the MTCs in Provo or Preston, England on March 16th and beyond will be trained remotely by video conference.  ...

A woman who accused The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of covering up her alleged sexual assault has been told to settle. A judge overseeing McKenna Denson's case has ordered her and the LDS Church to schedule a conference within the next two weeks, and settle within the next three months...

A woman at the center of a sexual misconduct lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has signaled that she may drop her case. McKenna Denson told a federal judge today that she has still not secured new representation after her previous lawyers quit back in May...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could settle a lawsuit involving a woman who claims she was raped while she attended the Missionary Training Center. McKenna Denson said she is close to hiring a new attorney that was open to mediation in her case...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is closing another missionary training center abroad. Church leaders say the MTC in Guatemala City will close this upcoming January. In a statement, an LDS Church spokesman says missionaries who go to that facility will instead go to the MTC in Mexico, which is already equipped to handle the larger groups...

A federal judge says he will order The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to disclose the identity of a potential second accuser alleging rape at the Missionary Training Center. It involves the high-profile lawsuit from McKenna Denson, who has accused former MTC President Joseph Bishop of sexually assaulting her in a room at the facility in 1984...