Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Latter-day Saint movements Harrisville, Utah, USA · 2008

United States: LDS bishop imprisoned for molesting girls of his own ward

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bishop of a Harrisville ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Children of the congregation he presided over, in homes whose doors opened to him because he was their bishop.

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Proceedings

2008-12-18 · guilty pleas in 2008 and 2011

Second District Court, Utah, USA. Timothy McCleve, a bishop in Harrisville, pleaded guilty to sexually molesting girls of his own ward and was sentenced in December 2008 to terms of one to fifteen years; police described him stopping by victims' homes while their parents were away. After a further victim came forward he pleaded guilty again in 2011, drawing two additional one-to-fifteen-year terms.

Documented coercion mechanisms

bishop's standing giving him access to ward families' homes while parents were away

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national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Deseret News: 'Ex-bishop in Harrisville gets prison for sex abuse'.: Court report of the plea and sentence.
national broadcaster court reporting sentencing report KSL: sentencing report.: Independent corroboration.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.deseret.com/2008/12/18/20291868/ex-bishop-in-harrisville-gets-prison-for-sex-abuse/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 f6067c9e75780a6ddf13f79ec0b8e18c48bc2832bfc4bc3ef3a8eaa5c4041573
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Source and tier basis: https://www.ksl.com/article/5105707/former-lds-bishop-sentenced-for-molesting-young-girls Corpus classification: national-broadcaster-court-reporting; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 493e363dcabc889dc897236025bd1a4ad6997a3eeea9f84a06eef00f7ab32b43
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