Mormon leaders' role questioned in Idaho baby-molestation case

[Newsjock]

Source: Idaho Statesman

As many as 15 people who knew that a Boise police officer had confessed to molesting babies will face no criminal charges.

Ada County sheriff’s deputies investigated whether those people should be charged with failing to report the crimes. But deputies have determined that the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation that Stephen R. Young attended can’t be charged because of Idaho’s clergy privilege law.

... Sheriff’s investigators and Ada County prosecutors say Young could have abused as many as 20 child victims over a 30-year period. Young, 59, was charged with four counts of lewd conduct involving four children after 2005. He eventually pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual battery of a child and is serving a 25-year prison sentence.

Prosecutors say Young’s victims were infants or babies, 21 months of age or younger, and all were either family members or children of friends.

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/12/12/1452198/deputies-questioned-lds-leaders.html

[snagglepuss]

1. Any state that has such a asinine law must be a state comprised of utter dimwits.

I for one will not buy another potato grown in that state as I have no confidence that farmers there know dick all. For the few who are the exception my apologies.

[FreeState]

4. I'm pretty sure every state has laws like this, never mind federal law protects confessions as well

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_n17_v33/ai_19206224/

[jberryhill]

5. FreeState is correct - every state does this

Show me the state where Catholic priests are subpoenaed for testimony based on what they were told in confession.

They aren't because those statements are legally protected.

[Poll_Blind]

2. No words.

PB

[tomm2thumbs]

3. who cares about the law, their SOULS should have told them the right thing to do

oh, wait, I see the problem now... nevermind -