Abuser wasn't a bishop, LDS say

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says a man sentenced this week to prison for sexually molesting a developmentally disabled girl never served as a bishop.

A probable cause statement by police had earlier described Lynn Hill, 51, as a former Mormon bishop.

"The church has no record of Mr. Hill ever serving in that capacity," the church said in a release faxed to media outlets.

Hill was sentenced Monday to up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser third-degree felony count of attempted forcible sexual abuse. He had been originally charged with second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse.

Prosecutors said Hill molested the 17-year-old girl while driving her to a church function for disabled children and at the girl's home.