LDS bishop ordered to stand trial for witness tampering, failure to report abuse charges0
source: Deseret News February 09, 2012
Mormon Life says: The bishop is accused of failing to notify police about a 17-year-old girl's disclosure that she had been sexually abused by a teenage relative.
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A judge has ordered an LDS Church bishop to stand trial on charges of witness tampering and failure to report abuse.
But the defense attorney for Bishop Gordon Moon called the judge's order "a far cry from a ringing endorsement of the prosecution's case."
"I think anyone who reads the bindover order can see that," attorney David Leavitt said Wednesday. "From our perspective, the bindover was something we expected because the burden of proof is so low."
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