was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse

About Keldon Cook

Personal information sources
  1. (archive)

Keldon Cook Mormon Sex Crime Case Summary

04/17/12 Utah

LDS Keldon “KC” Severn Cook was charged with child abuse of a 14 year old boy whom
he met at EFY, “a religious conference for LDS youth, according to charging documents.
Police allege that Cook held a “position of trust” while acting in his role of youth counselor,
and for two years, the teen and Cook stayed in touch. Documents say Cook called the teen
one of his EFY little bros.”

Cook, police say, is 12 years older than the teen”

EFY counselor arrested for sex with teen Updated: Friday, April 17, 2015 | Larry D. Curtis

“Keldon S. Cook, 29, pleaded guilty in October to four third-degree felonies — one count of
attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and three counts of unlawful conduct with a 16- or
17-year-old — admitting in court documents that he had sexual contact with a then-1 6-year-
old boy that he met years earlier at an Especially For Youth overnight program at Brigham
Young University.”

Cook was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

“The sexual contact occurred between March 2014 and March 2015, according to court
records Prison ordered for former Mormon youth program counselor who sexually abused
teen.”

By jessica miller The Salt Lake Tribune
Published: November 30, 2015 03:34PM
Updated: March 4, 2016 06:15PM

LDS Sex Abuse: FLOODLIT Reader Poll


The poll below is completely anonymous. We love hearing from you! View all polls results

What change(s) would be MOST impactful to protect LDS kids? (choose up to 3)

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

 

Add information on Keldon Cook

"*" indicates required fields

Share details to help us improve our records. To report an unlisted abuser, email us at tips@floodlit.org. We'll keep you anonymous unless you tell us otherwise. Anything you share via this form will be privately reviewed by the FLOODLIT team to see if it's something we can publish.
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Donate to help us research Mormon sex abuse cases.

Browse our LDS sexual abuse database.

 

Do a case review about Keldon Cook

You can help Floodlit.org improve our database by reviewing this case and letting us know what we can change or add.

Mormon sex abuse cases: latest updates

Browse our most recently updated cases below or view all accused LDS church members.

Mormon sex abuse map

The map below shows places where alleged or confirmed sex crimes by Mormon church members took place, where the accused lived, where they were arrested, and where they served prison time. Visit the FLOODLIT map.

+Add map marker