The LDS Church is investigating a woman’s claim that a former
president of the Missionary Training Center in Provo sexually assaulted
her while she was a missionary there in 1984, an allegation that he
denies.
The woman, who is 55, posed as a reporter in December to
confront Joseph L. Bishop, 85, who served as MTC president from 1983-86
and as president of Weber State College in the 1970s. She told Bishop
that he groomed her by making her feel special, then took her to a
basement storage room in the MTC and attempted to rape her, an
allegation she later said was rape.
The conversation, which she taped, and its 76-page
transcript was released by a website called MormonLeaks run by a former
member of the LDS Church. The woman told the Deseret News Monday that
the tape was released without her permission. The Deseret News typically
does not release the identity of alleged victims of sexual assault.
Bishop adamantly denied the allegations through his son,
Gregory Bishop, who questioned the woman's credibility, saying she has
accused 10 other men of sexual assault, sexual harassment or assault
without charges being filed and has sought cash settlements in other
cases. In 2010, she threatened to kill Bishop, according to police
records and her own statements.
Woman levels accusations against former MTC president | Deseret News
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