Mormons pulling 400,000 youths out of struggling Boy Scouts
By Brady McCombs and David Crary — December 18, 2019
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — On Jan. 1, the Utah-based faith will deliver the latest blow to the struggling organization when it pulls out more than 400,000 young people and moves them into a new global program of its own.
Woman suing over rape by Mormon leader speaks at his church
By Brady McCombs — September 5, 2018
(AP) — McKenna Denson was ushered away from the podium at the Mormon church shortly after she began talking during a monthly segment in Mormon services when church members are invited to share their testimony.
Honduran woman vows to fight for asylum from Utah church
By Brady McCombs — July 10, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seeing other immigrant parents separated from their children at the border makes her even more reticent to return home and face a possible split from her daughters if she tried to seek U.S. asylum again.
Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town
By Brady McCombs — March 10, 2018
(AP) — Mayor Jessop said all of (those resigning) are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or FLDS, an offshoot of mainstream Mormonism that practices polygamy.
Polygamous group slowly loses influence in longtime hometown
By Brady McCombs — November 3, 2017
HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Elections here have long been decided behind the scenes by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a Mormon offshoot that has made its home among the rocks for more than a century and hand-picked men to run unopposed.