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	Church Members Aware of Crimes Won't Be Charged KHQ December 12, 2010 http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=13660120 BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho authorities say as many as 15 church members who knew for several months a Boise police officer had confessed to molesting children will face no criminal charges for failing to report the crimes. The Ada County Sheriff's Office says members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are protected by Idaho's clergy privilege law. An attorney for the church tells the Idaho Statesman in a story published Sunday that efforts by church leaders resulted in Stephen R. Young's crimes coming to the attention of authorities. The 59-year-old Young attended an LDS church in Eagle and turned himself in last March after confessing to a fellow church member who was also a Boise police officer, who was duty-bound to report the crimes. In June, Young pleaded guilty in 4th District Court to one count of sexual battery of a minor child 16 to 17 years of age and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com
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