Brigham City mayor acknowledges extramarital affair

Updated: 12/03/2012 5:03 pm | Published: 12/03/2012 5:02 pm

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Brigham City Mayor Dennis Fife

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A small-town mayor in northern Utah has acknowledged having an extramarital affair but plans to stay in office.

The Standard-Examiner reports that Brigham City mayor Dennis Fife confessed to having an affair with a woman he once counseled during his time as a bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Fife said in a statement that the relationship began after he was released from his bishop duties. He asks for forgiveness and says he's seeking repentance.

He told the city council about his affair during a closed meeting last week and sent out the statement to address rumors swirling in the community.

Brigham City is about 60 miles north of Salt Lake City.

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Information from: Standard-Examiner

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BikerMike - 12/7/2012 9:41 AM

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This is a perfect example that these Mormon Bishops are not trained and prepared to counsel anyone with their personal lives. Would you go to a plumber for marriage or personal counseling, Mormon Bishops are just working people no different that going to your neighbor for counseling. This guy was attracted to and continued “counseling” this individual even after he wasn’t the Bishop and had an affair even though he was married and in a position of trust (creepy and calculated). This person should not be in a position of trust including being the Mayor, I wonder who on his staff he is targeting or if we will see a sexual harassment charge against him. Just Saying..

quiltedv - 12/4/2012 7:19 PM

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Oh please! Rudy Juliani was mayor of one of the biggest cities in this country, had an affair, moved his mistress into the mayors before he even filed for divorce, and lied to his wife for YEARS! This was one mistake made by a man who is not perfect and has worked his fanny off for Brigham City even before he became mayor. His personal mistakes are between him, his wife, his bishop and God. It has nothing at all to do with his job. For those on a witch hunt, worry about the secrets and mistakes you have made and not his. Quit judging him because his sins were different from yours and let him get back to work.

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