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Amish bishop enters probation program to resolve failure to report sexual abuse claims

October 27, 2020

An Amish bishop has entered a probation program to resolve criminal charges that he failed to report suspected sexual abuse in what is apparently the first such case of its kind in Lancaster County.

Levi S. Esh Sr. 63, of Pequea, was accepted into Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition to settle two misdemeanor counts of failure to report to appropriate authorities on Oct. 16 before Lancaster County Judge Howard Knisely. The ARD program is a probationary program for first-time offenders that allows participants to expunge their record upon completion.

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