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Born: 1972
Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president,
During alleged crime: Bishop,
When accused: Bishop,
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Criminal result: Guilty,
Paul Burdick Case Summary
Paul Burdick was bishop of the Hillsboro Ward in Oregon until shortly before being arrested in 2019. Accused (and sentenced) of sexually abusing teenage girls in his job as a drivers ed teacher. Served 6 months in jail.
FLOODLIT’s sources indicate that Burdick had previously served as the Hillsboro Ward’s elders quorum president.
“Oregon driver’s ed teacher, accused of sexually abusing 21 students, gets 6 months in jail
Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 1:12 p.m.
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The Oregonian/OregonLive
A Portland Community College driving instructor, accused by nearly two dozen girls or women of sexually abusing them during lessons, was sentenced Feb. 20 to six months in jail, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office said.
Paul Douglas Burdick, 48, pleaded guilty to six counts of third-degree sex abuse, a misdemeanor, in January, court records show. He had faced another 15 counts of sex abuse, which prosecutors later dismissed.
Burdick was accused of groping driving students during practice or test drives and would instruct some of the young women to perform jumping jacks to record them on his cellphone, authorities said.
Paul Burdick
Paul Burdick (Washington County Sheriff’s Office)
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said the suspected abuse occurred between 2012 and 2018 while Burdick taught driving courses at the school’s Willow Creek Center in Hillsboro. Portland Community College fired him in April 2019 amid the criminal investigation.
Burdick also served as a bishop at the Hillsboro Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which later removed him from the post.
After Burdick’s arrest in September, three of the sex abuse victims filed a lawsuit against him, seeking $2 million each.”
Sources
- Mormon leader accused of sexually abusing 15 students
- Oregon driver’s ed teacher, accused of sexually abusing 21 students, gets 6 months in jail
Sources excerpts
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Mormon leader accused of sexually abusing 15 students
Source type: News article
Publisher: KOIN
Date published/accessed: 5 Dec 2019
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back to online sources listOregon driver’s ed teacher, accused of sexually abusing 21 students, gets 6 months in jail
Source type: News article
Publisher: Oregon Live
Date published/accessed: 24 Feb 2020
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