SANDY (UT)
The Salt Lake Tribune
By Cimaron Neugebauer
| The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Aug 08 2012
A church leader in Sandy was promptly released from his calling after allegedly biting another man’s penis and sexually abusing that man’s little sister.
Prosecutors charged Efrey Guzman, 46, of Sandy, on Tuesday in 3rd District Court for aggravated sexual assault, aggravated burglary, both first-degree felonies, and sexual abuse of a child and forcible sexual abuse, both second-degree felonies.
Guzman was an LDS branch president of a Latino congregation in Sandy. A branch is smaller than a ward.
In a statement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spokesman Scott Trotter wrote, “The church has zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. Mr. Guzman has been released from his church duties effective immediately and faces further church discipline following the legal process.”
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