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Chris Jones, KUTV , WTSP April 16, 2017
(KUTV) The fallout over comments made by a Utah County judge who praised a convicted sex offender continues.
The group, Restore Our Humanity, is working to file a complaint against Judge Thomas Low of Utah’s 4th District.
Low, moments before sentencing a former LDS bishop Keith Vallejo for sexually assaulting two relatives, gave glowing praise to the convicted sex predator.
“The court has no doubt that Mr. Vallejo is an extraordinarily good man,” Low said. “But great men, sometimes do bad things.”
“It was appalling,” said Mark Lawrence, head of the civil rights organization, Restore Our Humanity. He said the judge’s remarks were insensitive, and re-victimize the victims.
“This judge was clearly showing he was not independent here, is clearly showing favoritism towards the perpetrator,” Lawrence said.
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