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Case summary
Add info | Back to top04/03/85 Louisiana
LDS Vernon Foster “was convicted, pursuant to a guilty plea… of aggravated crime against
nature.” “A parole officer’s conclusion that a seven-year-old victim would suffer long-term
effects as a result of the crime…. the sentence was “ten years at hard labor without benefit
of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.” “A lady who attends Foster’s Mormon
Church, knows defendant and has never noticed any deviant behavior on his part toward
her young sons.”
FOSTER-Vernon Foster 1 State v Foster 1.pdf
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-foster-149
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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.