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Woman accusing former Mormon Missionary Training Center leader of sexual abuse says the LDS Church has halted settlement negotiations

Days after MormonLeaks published an audio recording and transcript of a nearly three-hour conversation between a former Mormon Missionary Training Center (MTC) president and a Colorado woman who has accused him of attempted rape, settlement talks between the woman and the LDS Church have stalled.

In the explosive recording, the woman details how Joseph L. Bishop ripped her clothes and tried to rape her. She also presses him to confess to other misconduct.

“Since the leak, there have been no further settlement discussions” with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the woman’s attorney, Craig Vernon, confirmed to The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday.