CALIFORNIA
The Press-Enterprise
BY SARAH BURGE STAFF WRITER November 13, 201
A former Mormon bishop pleaded guilty Wednesday, Nov. 13, to two felony sex crimes involving teen girls who attended his Menifee church.
Todd M. Edwards, 49, who has been free since August on $65,000 bond, pleaded guilty to sexual battery and sexual penetration with a foreign object. The pleas were entered as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
Under the plea deal, Edwards would receive three years in prison and be ordered to register for life as a sex offender at his sentencing, scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 11.
He also is charged with dissuading one of the victims from reporting a crime, but that charge is expected to be dismissed.
“I think it was a wise resolution,” defense attorney Sean Davitt said after the hearing.
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