The faith also widely known as the Mormon church has approximately 17 million members worldwide. Prosecutors in Arizona, Utah and Arkansas say Petersen recruited women from the Marshall Islands who were paid up to $10,000 to come to the United States. But church officials say his adoption operation had no connection to the church’s own family services agency. “Family Services was not contacted by Petersen for endorsement, nor did Family Services refer to him,” church spokesman Doug Andersen said. Sign up for our newsletters to get today's top stories, your favourite columnists and lots more in your inbox Sign Up Now___Information from: The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com

Source: thestar November 11, 2019 19:16 UTC