Case summary
Add info | Back to top03/25/14 Layton, Utah
LDS Timothy Morgan Butler “was arrested on “March 25, 2014, after a 10-year-old girl
accused him of touching her inappropriately, court records say. He told officers he sexually
abused another child under the age of 10 around the same time as the first child, according
to court records. Butler pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted aggravated sexual
abuse of a child.
Butler told a judge he found God when serving jail time 20 years ago (he was ordered to
serve a year sentence in the Davis County Jail 20 years ago for a drug possession charge)
when he read the Book of Mormon. Timothy Morgan Butler explained as he spoke at a
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scheduled sentencing hearing before Judge Glen Dawson on Tuesday, Sept. 6, in 2nd
District Court. Butler said he was a member of the LDS Church at that time.”
BUTLER-Timothy Morgan Butler.pdf
Layton man accused of child sex abuse tells Judge how he found God LORETTA PARK,
Standard-Examiner TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 06, 2016
http://www.standard.net/Courts/2016/09/06/Lavton-man-accused-of-child-sex-abuse-tells-judge-how-he-found-God
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LDS/Mormon church membership history
Add info | Back to topLDS mission information
The accused did not serve a full-time LDS mission.
LDS temple marriage information
FLOODLIT is not aware whether the accused was married in a Mormon temple.
Alleged victim(s)
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LDS church response(s)
Add info | Back to top- Alleged failure to report by local LDS leaders? no
- Alleged misconduct by local LDS leaders? no
- Alleged misconduct by global LDS leaders? no
FLOODLIT is not aware whether the Mormon church paid any settlement amounts related to this case.
