Letter to All Bodies of Elders, “Letter to all bodies of elders, 14 March 1997 (requesting information on members 'known to have been guilty of child molestation')”
“known to have been guilty of child molestation”
The phrase the California Court of Appeal used in Lopez (2016) when describing the March 14, 1997 letter and the documents elders sent to headquarters in response. The Padron (2017) court ordered production of all responses to this letter and upheld daily sanctions for non-compliance.
No online copy located.
Provenance and verification note for Letter to All Bodies of Elders, Letter to all bodies of elders, 14 March 1997 (requesting information on members 'known to have been guilty of child molestation')
Confidence note. The letter was not opened; its date and subject are taken from two appellate opinions that were opened (Lopez, Padron).
Corroborated by. src-cal-2016-0414-lopez-v-watchtower, src-cal-2017-1109-padron-v-watchtower
Notes. The courts describe these documents as the responses to the 14 March 1997 letter, and this site uses that description.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-boe-1997-0314-letter-known-molesters