Lawyers for a woman suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accusing the former head of Provo’s Missionary Training Center of sexual misconduct, have dropped out of the case.
Attorneys Craig K. Vernon and Jeffrey R. Oritt filed a motion Friday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City asking to be removed from the case of McKenna Denson, and Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead approved the request the same day.
The attorneys’ motion was sealed, and a spokesman for Vernon said Monday there was “no comment at this time” regarding why they opted to stop representing Denson.