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Case summary
Add info | Back to top09/14/01 Provo, Utah
LDS Brad Gale, was charged in the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old boy, “with forcible
sodomy and forcible sexual abuse. Brad Gale, is the owner of Gale’s Office Supply and
Books in Roosevelt and Vernal. Gale, is already facing 33 felony charges in Duchesne
County accusing him of sexually abusing the same teen over a five-year period. Court
records in the case state that some of the abuse occurred in the back room of Gale’s
Roosevelt store, which sells scriptures and books by LDS authors.”
3 charged in abuse of boy By Geoff Liesik For the Deseret Morning News
Thursday, Sept. 14 2006
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Gale will serve “15 years in federal prison for photographing a teenage boy engaging in
sexual acts”
“Investigators say Gale sexually abused the 14-year-old boy for years. His alleged offenses
included mailing nude and semi-nude pictures of the boy to another man and also offering
him up as a sex partner.”
“Gale could spend time behind bars beyond the 15 years. He is slated to be sentenced
March 29 in Roosevelt’s 8th District Court, where he pleaded guilty last month to four first-
degree felonies in connection with sexually abusing the boy.”
Duchesne Co. businessman gets 15 years for child porn By Pamela Manson The Salt Lake
Tribune
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Sources
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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- 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.
