Recordings show how the LDS Church protects itself from child sex abuse claims

Hailey, Idaho • Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story.

Chelsea Goodrich poses for a portrait at a friend's house in Ketchum, Idaho

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When she was a child, she said, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed with her while he was aroused.

It was March 2017 and Rytting offered his sympathies as 31-year-old Chelsea Goodrich spoke. A Utah attorney and head of the church’s Risk Management Division, Rytting had spent about 15 years protecting the Utah-based faith from costly claims, including sexual abuse lawsuits.