LDS positions: Other leader, Ward clerk, - LDS mission:
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1 victim,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, 
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LDS church member Bruce A. McAskill, a bishop’s clerk in Jackson, Michigan “with a past rape conviction, faces a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison after a judge found him guilty of kissing and fondling a boy, 8, whom he was babysitting. The boy’s mother attended McAskill’s church. A police officer who was called to the scene said McAskill told him ‘he didn’t see any problem’ with an adult sleeping naked with a child.” (Jackson Citizen Patriot, 10/25/94)”
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Bruce McAskill Obituary
McASKILL, Bruce A. of Saginaw, Michigan passed away Friday, August 12, 2011 at St Mary's Medical Center after a brief illness, at the age of 83 years. He was born February 15, 1928 in Hancock, Michigan. He served with the United States Navy during the Korean War. He had been employed by Saginaw Steering Gear and retired in 1986 after 30 years of service. He wrote poetry as a hobby. [redacted information about surviving family members] Cremation entrusted to Cederberg-Brietzke Funeral Home of Saginaw. No services are planned.
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