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	Charges against Former LDS General Authority Dismissed By Stephen Hunt The Salt Lake Tribune March 21, 2008 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8646410 Charges of failing to register as a sex offender have been dismissed against a former LDS Church general authority in connection with his 1994 conviction for fondling a 12-year-old girl. George Patrick Lee, 64, was charged last year by Washington County prosecutors with a class A misdemeanor, because he had changed his address and been unaccounted for since July 2004. Prosecutor Zachary Weiland said the charge was dismissed after his office received proof Lee has a "severe medical issue that interfered with his ability to remember things." Defense attorney Alan Boyack said Lee had suffered a stroke. Weiland said Lee has also re-registered as a sex offender. Corrections authorities say Lee is scheduled to remain on the registry until November 2011. In October 1994, Lee pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony, admitting that he fondled the breasts of a 12-year-old family friend. The girl testified that Lee - then a resident of West Jordan - fondled her breasts, buttocks and genitals, beginning when she was 9 years old and lasting for three years. "He said the Lord told him to do it, and it should remain between the Lord and him and me," she testified in 3rd District Court. After pleading guilty, Lee was sentenced to 18 months probation, ordered to pay a $1,850 fine, complete sex-offender counseling, write a letter of apology to the victim and pay costs of her counseling. Contact: shunt@sltrib.com
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