A spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) has admitted molesting a 14 year old girl. Lloyd Gerald Pond, 51, host of the Mormon church’s “Times and Seasons” radio program and director of the church’s radio news services, was originally charged with two counts of forced sodomy, but pleaded guilty to a less serious charge of sexual abuse.
A number of radio stations reported dropping the nationally syndicated broadcast after Pond was charged. The LDS church announced Nov. 22 that Pond had resigned and that it would recall its programs featuring him.
Pond will be sentenced Feb. 3 and could receive up to 15 years
in prison and a $10,000 fine.
—KAM
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