Tribal members settle abuse cases against Mormon church

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A lawyer says four Native Americans who claimed they were sexually abused while enrolled in a now-defunct Mormon church foster program decades ago have filed paperwork to dismiss their cases after reaching financial settlements.
Craig Vernon, an attorney who represented the tribal members, says the terms are confidential and include no admission of wrongdoing.
Allegations have been made against the church by more than a dozen tribal members from the Navajo Nation an