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The LDS Church has a one-of-a-kind system for tracking abusers. Does it work?

A monthslong Tribune investigation reveals details about a process reliant on diligent lay leaders and out of view from churchgoers.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Administration Building, foreground, and high-rise Church Office Building in Salt Lake City. The global faith maintains a massive database on members that enables it to track those with a history of threatening behavior. But tracking abusers and preventing harm are two different things, experts say.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Administration Building, foreground, and high-rise Church Office Building in Salt Lake City. The global faith maintains a massive database on members that enables it to track those with a history of threatening behavior. But tracking abusers and preventing harm are two different things, experts say.

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