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Updated: Jan 31, 2014
By Phil Benson
By Breann Bierman
MESA, AZ (CBS5) –
A former bishop with the LDS Church was arrested by Mesa police last week on suspicion of luring a 16-year-old boy for sex, officers said.
The Jan. 16 arrest of Michael Wayne Coleman, 53, stemmed from an investigation that began on Nov. 2.
A representative from Educatius International, a foreign exchange student business, notified police about a complaint the student had filed. The boy alleged Coleman made comments during a Facebook chat about getting a hug and kiss from him, police said.
The company immediately suspended Coleman. The company computer and cell phone he had were turned over to detectives.
Authorities obtained a search warrant and detectives began to examine the information.
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