by LFitzwater 3 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
But I don't know how to paste it here. It is from the March 16th 1998 Las Vegas Sun newspaper. It's entitled "Former Church Elder Convicted of Lewdness With Minor". How can I add that to the list of nes articles. It is regarding Dan Fitzwater.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Laurie
Greetings LF...is it from a web page or is it printed on paper? If its from a web page just click edit then copy..then post a new message in this thread, and click the little clipboard icon. This should paste it into the text field. If its a hard copy then you'll have to scan it before posting. If you do have to scan it, feel free to email it to me and I'll gladly host it for you. Hope this helps...
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/1998/mar/16/506962607.html
March 16, 1998
YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) - A former Jehovah's Witnesses church elder was convicted of lewdness with a minor for a 1992 incident with an 8-year-old girl at his home.
A Lyon District Court jury returned the verdict Thursday against Daniel Steven Fitzwater, who faces up to 20 years in prison when he returns to court for sentencing April 20.
During the trial, Chief Deputy District Attorney John Schlegelmilch said Fitzwater used his position as a church elder to gain the trust of the victim's family before the incident.
The girl, now 13, was left in the care of Fitzwater's wife when her parents went on a deer hunting trip, and the sexual molestation occurred when Mrs. Fitzwater made a trip to town, the prosecutor said.
"He was supposed to be looking over the flock," but he committed a "crime against nature and Jehovah," Schlegelmilch said.
The girl went on to develop behavioral problems, experience nightmares and attempt suicide at the age of 10, he added.
But court-appointed defense attorney Jeffrey Morrison questioned the girl's credibility, saying she has accused others of the same crime.
"It will be your task to determine what is fact and what is fantasy in the mind of a troubled young girl," he told jurors.
Fitzwater took the stand during the trial to deny the charges, but two women supported the prosecution's case by testifying he inappropriately touched them when they were young.
One was his stepdaughter.
Fitzwater lived in Weed Heights, a mining community near Yerington, when the crime occurred. He has since moved out of Lyon County.
Yerington is 80 miles southwest of Reno.
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Thanks for the help. I was trying to right click to paste. I did not even think of the clipboard! Geeze!
And thanks to Blondie for posting it!
