No criminal charges were ever filed because the statute of limitations expired.

PHOENIX - A woman is speaking about confronting a former Mormon church leader in the middle of a Sunday service, claiming he raped her.

McKenna Denson filed a lawsuit against Joseph Bishop and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints earlier this year. Over Labor Day weekend, Denson went to Bishop’s church service where he attends as a church goer, taking her allegations against him public.

“First presidency and the Quorum of the 12 Apostles are covering a sexual predator that lives in your ward. His name is Joseph Bishop. He was the MTC President in 1984 when he raped me in the basement of the MTC,” said Denson as she addressed the congregation from the church podium.

The Colorado woman was forced off just seconds later.

“You know this is assault, right? And you know that we are filming this, right?” she said to the men escorting her off the podium.

Denson says she was looking directly at Joseph Bishop as she spoke.

“His jaw dropped. He was in shock,” Denson said about the man she alleges raped her.

“I exhausted every avenue the church had given me, and now I am stepping over those boundaries and I’m doing what I think I need to do and it is in my own good conscience,” added Denson.

In a federal lawsuit, Denson alleges Bishop raped her when she was missionary training in Utah. She also claims the church was aware of the allegations and did nothing.

According to a Brigham Young University police report filed late last year, 33 years after the alleged incident happened, Bishop admitted to going into a training center room with Denson and asked her to show him her breasts. The report says she did.

No criminal charges were ever filed because the statute of limitations expired.

A judge recently dismissed Denson’s lawsuit against Bishop for the same reason, but Denson’s lawsuit against the church is still making its way through federal court.

The church is investigating the claims and told The Salt Lake Tribune, “We remain confident in the legal system to evaluate these claims and determine the truth.”

In a statement earlier this year, the church reiterated, “Sexual abuse cannot be tolerated in the Church. We continue to urge our leaders to take reports of abuse very seriously…”