Monday, April 02, 2007
 From the Salt Lake Tribune 3/28/2007: "As the one-time bishop of the local LDS ward, many people in Harrisville know Timothy O'Sean McCleve.
Residents of the small Weber County community turned to him for guidance and counseling and advice. Police say he used that trust to gain access to three sisters he is accused of molesting.
McCleve was charged Monday - his 51st birthday - with three counts of forcible sex abuse.
The charges, filed in 2nd District Court in Ogden, carry a possible sentence of life in prison.
And more charges could follow. Harrisville Police Chief Max Jackson said Ogden police also have opened a case on McCleve.
[...] Jackson said McCleve maintained friendships and positions of trust within Harrisville, including one family who had girls ages 6, 8 and 12. McCleve knew when the parents were away, Jackson said, and would come over to visit the children.
[...] The alleged abuse began in July 2006, Jackson said. Then earlier this month, the girls were watching a news report about a Riverton teacher who was arrested on suspicion of child molestation.
"The kids were watching the news, and just kind of off the cuff one of the children, a little gal, made a disclosure to her parents," Jackson said.
Two other girls told their parents similar stories about McCleve, Jackson said.
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