LDS positions: Primary, Scout leader, - LDS mission:
no - Alleged:
4 victims, Multiple victims,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result, 
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George Schliesser was a Mormon church member and primary teacher and scout leader. In 2021 he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor after three voyeurism attempts, two in 2020 and one in September of 2021:
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09/22/89 Utah
LDS George M. Schliesser is a “Primary teacher in his ward and an Assistant Scout-
master of Troop 235. He was placed on the BSA confidential file for two counts of first
degree sodomy of a child and two counts of second degree sexual abuse of a child.
Included is a press statement, a documentation of events, and a newspaper clipping. “The
oldest child that was involved with Mr. Schliesser was six years old.” “The charges involve
four children ages 3 to 6.”
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Sources
- George M Schliesser - Perversion Files ,
- Man suspected in 2 voyeurism cases arrested again,
- Confidential Record Sheet BSA,
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