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McAlester News-Capital
Charges have been dismissed for a McAlester church elder who allegedly molested, raped and sodomized three adults when they were children.
The charges were dismissed Wednesday for Ronald Lawrence, 76, of McAlester, an elder with the Jehovah’s Witnesses, according to court records. Associate District Judge James Bland dismissed the charges based on statue of limitation arguments from Lawrence’s attorney; the prosecutor in the case announced her intent to appeal Bland’s decision.
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