What the LDS Church and others are doing under a new Utah law to protect kids from sexual abuse

Advocates applaud the new requirements.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — with two of its meetinghouses shown here in Kaysville — aims to “be compliant from Day 1" with a new Utah law seeking to safeguard children from sexual abuse.

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What the LDS Church and others are doing under a new Utah law to protect kids from sexual abuse

Advocates applaud the new requirements.

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