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	Man Charged with Sex Assault on Minor; Church Members Failed to Report Claims to Police Daily Journal May 10, 2011 http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/4aa9e1cdbcf54c0a89cd3269a58716b9/NH--Church-Reporting-Abuse/ A New Hampshire man faces a charge of felonious sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl, in a case in which a pastor and two church elders were convicted of not reporting the allegation to police. Conway Police say 53-year-old Joel Clement of North Conway was indicted last week and released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond. The pastor and two elders of the Valley Christian Church in Center Conway learned of the assault allegations from the girl's parents in September 2009, but they failed to notify police. The parents told police six months later. WMWV-FM reports that all three were convicted in December of misdemeanor failure to report and fined $2,000 each. Clement, also an elder in the church, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
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