Ukranian Mormon Claimed Cultural Confusion
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In Utah a missionary trainee claimed it was his Ukranian heritage that caused him to fondle a boy’s genitals.
[Oleg] Barabash was arrested in May for allegedly molesting the boy, who was 12 at the time, several times over a period of months, beginning about September 2005. Barabash allegedly touched the boy’s penis, kissed him on the lips, sat the boy on his lap, exposed his penis to the boy and played a game pretending the boy was a baby so Oleg could remove his “diaper,” court documents state.
Judge dismisses ‘cultural misunderstanding’ justification in molestation case