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The Journal News
Steve Lieberman, slieberm@lohud.com November 5, 2014
RAMAPO – Cracking a sexual or physical abuse case within an insular religious community is filled with pitfalls, with law enforcement often dealing with victims and witnesses who fear retaliation from community leaders.
Rockland law enforcement and prosecutors say they have encountered such cases here. On Thursday, they will hear from investigators who worked a case under similar circumstances in Arizona.
Rockland STOP F.E.A.R. Coalition’s 17th annual criminal justice conference at Rockland Community College on Thursday will hear from Chandler, Arizona, detective Sgt. Chris Perez and Pinal County prosecutor Matthew Long about the investigation and prosecution of Susan Brock.
Brock, the former wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, sexually molested a teenage boy for more than three years, starting in 2006 when the boy was 11. She ultimately was sentenced to 13 years in prison in April 2011. Her daughter, then 17, also was implicated.
Advocates hope the seminar will become a general teaching model for prosecutors and police.
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