SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — In 2025, a lawsuit was filed against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, alleging that its negligence led to serious bodily injury to a minor. This week, the Church filed a response to the lawsuit, denying the allegations.
In November 2025, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of two minors, who have not been identified due to their age, after one of the minors had sustained serious injuries during a church activity in 2022. At the time of the incident, the minors were 12 and 14 years old.
A court-appointed conservator was assigned as the plaintiff on behalf of the two minor children. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was named as the defendant.
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The incident
The juveniles were participating in an activity on a boat owned by their ward’s Young Women leader, according to the lawsuit. While on the boat, the 12-year-old was feeding out a rope to an inner tube when the young women’s leader reportedly accelerated…