UTAH
Standard-Examiner
By Loretta Park
Standard-Examiner staff
Fri, 03/01/2013
BOUNTIFUL — A former employee of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was sentenced to jail instead of prison on Friday on charges of child sex abuse.
Timothy Bothell, 43, of Centerville, pleaded guilty in December to one count of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony; and one count of lewdness involving a child, a class A misdemeanor. He was originally charged with two first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and four counts of Class A misdemeanor charges of lewdness involving a child.
The plea deal was made so the girls, sisters ages 11 and 13 at the time of the abuse, would not have to testify, attorneys said.
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