former LDS bishop; arrested for sexual solicitation of a minor online
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Add info | Back to top- Video title: Former Mormon bishop accused of luring teenage boy for sex - 2014-01-23
- Video description: "A former bishop with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is accused of trying to lure a teen boy for sexual exploitation, according to the Mesa Police Department."
Case summary
Add info | Back to topIn 2014 in Mesa, Arizona, Michael Wayne Coleman was accused of sexual exploitation of a minor. Investigators found explicit sexual conversations with underage boys on Coleman’s computer.
Coleman was at one time the Bishop of the Lehi 2nd Ward in Mesa.
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Sources
- Former Mormon bishop accused of trying to lure teens - USA Today - 2014-01-24 (archive) - -
- Mormon Bishop Arrested in Mesa for Luring Teen Boy - Bishop Accountability - 2014-02-14 (archive) - -
- Former LDS bishop Michael Coleman arrested on count of luring minor for sexual exploitation - East Valley - 2014-01-24 (archive) - -
LDS/Mormon church membership history
Add info | Back to topBishop
- Start date:
- End date: 2013
- Country: United States
- State: Arizona
- Stake:
- Ward: Lehi 2nd
- Held at the time of the alleged crime(s)? yes
- Held at the time of being publicly accused or arrested? yes
LDS 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.
LDS church positions ever held by the accused: Bishop
LDS church positions held by the accused at the time of the alleged crime(s):
LDS church positions held by the accused at the time of being publicly accused:
Alleged victim(s)
Add info | Back to top- Number of alleged victim(s) - note if approximate:
- Average age of alleged victim(s) at time of alleged crime(s):
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.
