UTAH
The Republic
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: May 11, 2012
DUCHESNE, Utah — A Utah judge dismissed all charges against a Mormon bishop accused of failing to report a teenage girl’s disclosure that she had been sexually abused.
The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/LuKIuQ ) Gordon Moon, of Duchesne, was cleared Thursday on charges of felony witness tampering and misdemeanor failure to report abuse.
Authorities say a 16-year-old girl, who belonged to Moon’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation, confided in him that she’d been sexually abused by a teenage relative. Prosecutors had argued that Moon advised her not to seek a protective order, and broke state law by failing to tell police about the girl’s disclosure.
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