Convicted:
2013, 
LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, 
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LDS Anthony Webster “ will serve 8 years in prison for molesting 3 girls ages 7, 8, and 9.
He was indicted on four counts of aggravated sexual abuse of three children under the age of 13. Webster pled guilty. The “parents of one of the child victims (age 6) notified Collierville Police Department and reported one incident of sexual assault of their child. (WEBSTER-Anthony Webster 3.pdf).” Mormon Bishop Stephen Kennedy, who presides over the congregation at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. . .testified under subpoena that Webster, a member of the congregation , said he had committed 10 transgressions of child molestation. Kennedy reported it to superiors in the Momron church through a hotline. He said the church has a system of handling matters like this based on state laws of reporting alleged child sexual abuse to authorities.”
06/23/11 Collierville, Tennessee
LDS Anthony Webster “ will serve 8 years in prison for molesting 3 girls ages 7, 8, and 9.
He was indicted on four counts of aggravated sexual abuse of three children under the age
of 13. Webster pled guilty. The “parents of one of the child victims (age 6) notified
Collierville Police Department and reported one incident of sexual assault of their child.”
” Mormon Bishop Stephen Kennedy, who presides
over the congregation at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. . .testified under
subpoena that Webster, a member of the congregation , said he had committed 10
transgressions of child molestation. Kennedy reported it to superiors in the Momron church
through a hotline. He said the church has a system of handling matters like this based on
state laws of reporting alleged child sexual abuse to authorities.”
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