Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Latter-day Saint movements Mapleton, Utah, USA · 2017

United States: Mapleton bishop imprisoned for abusing two teenage boys of his congregation

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bishop of a Mapleton ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Ward youth under their bishop, abused during and through his tenure in that office.

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2017-10-10 · guilty plea and sentence

Fourth District Court, Utah, USA. Erik Wayne Hughes, bishop of a Mapleton ward, pleaded guilty in August 2017 to sexually abusing two teenage boys of his congregation — one abused between thirty and fifty times at seventeen — together with witness tampering, and was sentenced in October 2017 to concurrent terms of one to fifteen years plus zero to five for the tampering.

Documented coercion mechanisms

bishop's authority over ward youth
witness tampering to suppress disclosure

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national newspaper court reporting sentencing report The Salt Lake Tribune: sentencing report.: State paper of record's court reporting.
national broadcaster court reporting sentencing report Fox 13 Salt Lake City: sentencing report.: Independent corroboration.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/10/10/utah-judge-sends-former-mormon-bishop-to-prison-for-sexually-abusing-boys-in-his-congregation/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 f6f6abebea046c8c33cf89eb4099cc47b3889c33cd4127bc04058b10637486eb
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Source and tier basis: https://www.fox13now.com/2017/10/10/former-lds-bishop-sentenced-for-sexually-abusing-teen-boys Corpus classification: national-broadcaster-court-reporting; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 789336ff90681aa25a7e2e9d50bd16718732c3d0a83c026751a1a6661438a985
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