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BY DYLAN GOFORTH, Tulsa World • Published: February 4, 2014

McALESTER — The Tulsa World reports that Pittsburg County prosecutors have filed a motion alleging a church coverup in the case of a church elder who is accused of molesting multiple children more than 30 years ago.

Ronald Lawrence, an elder at the Jehovah’s Witness Church in McAlester, was arrested in November following a long investigation, McAlester police said at the time. The case stems from allegations made by three accusers who told police Lawrence abused them in the late 1970s and early 1980s.