More than 30 years ago, the Mormon church participated in the cover-up of the sexual assault of several young girls in southern Alberta, instructing the abuser
to keep quiet and threatening him with excommunication if he spoke out.

The church's involvement in the cover-up was revealed in a report by the Royal Commission on the Alberta Catholic School System, which was established in 1975 to investigate allegations of sexual abuse in the Catholic school system.

The commission's report