1639: The Mormon Church Abuse Hot Line with Attorney Tim Kosnoff
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 160 minutes
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Summary
TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse, Suicide
Join John and Gerardo as they interview attorney Tim Kosnoff about the history and evolution of the Mormon church abuse hotline. This hotline has resurfaced recently in the news in response to an Associated Press news story about the Mormon church (through its abuse hotline) telling two Arizona Mormon bishops not to report abuse to authorities, leading to seven years of child abuse in the abuser’s family.
Tim Kosnoff is a US attorney who has spent the last two decades representing victims of abuse.
His introduction to the LDS Church and their lawyers was when he represented Jeremiah Scott who was sexually abused by a serial pedophile Frank Curtis. His work, in this case, appears in Lisa Davis’ legal thriller, The Sins of Brother Curtis. This case has led to a practice in which he has come to represent over 150 Mormon abuse victims bringing him face to face with the Mormon law machine repeatedly.
Tim Kosnoff:
People can reach my office at 206.785.7326
https://www.kosnoff.com https://twitter.com/SexAbuseAttys
https://abusedinscouting.com/
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Show Notes:
- A Thoughtful Faith Podcast Ep 258: Taking the Mormons to Court: Defending Sexual Abuse Victims against the LDS Church: Tim Kosnoff
- Donate to A Thoughtful Faith Podcast
- AP: Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen
- Church Offers Statement on Help Line and Abuse (Response to AP)
- Opinion: The Church’s response is lacking
- The Sins of Brother Curtis
- Spotlight Movie
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I am your host for today John DeLin |
| 0:06.9 | I am here with Harado Sumano. Hey Harado. Hey John |
| 0:10.4 | We are right smack dab in the middle of a series on how the Mormon Church |
| 0:15.3 | Historically and even today handles |
| 0:18.1 | Abuse and specifically sexual abuse claims. We have done a couple episodes now already dealing with that topic |
| 0:26.0 | We featured an interview between Gina Colvin, Dr. Gina Colvin and Tim Cosnoff that aired a few years ago |
| 0:33.1 | To provide just a little bit of background and context and then yesterday |
| 0:37.6 | Harado and I |
| 0:39.2 | Along with a really awesome guest kind of did a deep dive on a recent associated press article that talked about a recent case in Arizona |
| 0:47.8 | And a less recent but still timely case in West Virginia that talked about the Mormon Church's history with a |
| 0:56.4 | Abuse helpline or hotline |
| 0:59.2 | That was put in place a few decades ago |
| 1:02.5 | By the church and its law firm Kurt and McConkey and others to try and as has been said get ahead of all the sexual abuse |
| 1:11.2 | lawsuit cases that it's been dealing with over the past several decades as |
| 1:14.8 | As promised today |
| 1:17.6 | We are so super excited to have Tim Cosnoff here in studio from Seattle. Hey Tim. Hey, good morning |
| 1:25.9 | Thanks so much for making the trip. Thank you for the invitation |
| 1:29.1 | As far as I'm concerned and I think Harado would agree you're kind of a legend in the fact that I doubt there's anyone in the world |
| 1:36.8 | That's spent more hours more time and been involved in as many cases |
| 1:40.7 | Lidigating against the Mormon Church and maybe the Boy Scouts or other churches as it relates to |
| 1:47.5 | Abuse or sexual abuse now |
| 1:49.6 | That's just kind of my quick impression or reaction if you don't mind |
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