Settlements reached in Native American foster care abuse cases against church

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Four Native Americans who claimed they were sexually abused while enrolled in a now-defunct church foster care program decades ago filed paperwork to dismiss their cases after reaching financial settlements, a lawyer said.

Allegations have been made against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by more than a dozen tribal members from the Navajo Nation and Crow Tribe of Montana.

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