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	NH Church Members Sentenced in Abuse-Report Case Boston Globe December 22, 2010 http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2010/12/22/nh_church_members_sentenced_in_abuse_report_case/ CONWAY, N.H.—Three New Hampshire church members won't being going to jail after being found guilty of failing to report suspected sexual abuse of a child. WMWV-FM reports Judge Pamela Albee sentenced the pastor of the Valley Christian Church in Conway and two church elders to 30 days in jail, all suspended, plus probation and a $2,000 fine each. They were found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of failing to report they suspected a 12-year-old girl had been sexually abused by another church elder. No one has been charged. The alleged abuse happened in September 2009. Albee found that 34-year-old Timothy Dillmuth of Stow, Maine, the pastor, and 70-year-old Robert Gagnon and 62-year-old Richard Eland, both elders from Brownfield, Maine, didn't tell police until February.
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