FILE - Republican Rep. Merrill Nelson speaks during a special session on April 18, 2018, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. A Utah lawmaker and prominent attorney for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints advised a church bishop not to report a confession of child sex abuse to authorities, a decision that allowed the abuse to continue for years, according to records filed in a lawsuit. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)