- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1931
- AKA Ron Hall, Ronald D. Hall
- 2023: no longer a registered sex offender; lives in Manti, Utah
- Seminary teacher, Tabernacle Choir member,
- During alleged crime: Other leader,
- no
- 1955
- Found not guilty, Guilty,
- Crime scenes:Add info
Case Summary
Ronald Devere Hall was a former LDS church seminary teacher and Manti Pageant director who was convicted of child sexual abuse in 2005.
In 1955, Hall was married in the Salt Lake Temple. At that time, he was a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.1, 5
Hall taught drama and music at Payson junior and senior high schools and joined the LDS Seminary system in 1966 as an instructor.10
Hall was principal of the Manti, Utah LDS seminary. He taught seminary at Manti and Richfield high schools.7
He was director of the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti from 1989 to 1997.9
On September 13, 1999, Hall was arrested by the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office.8
Hall was charged with five counts of first degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child, two counts of class A misdemeanor lewdness involving a child and one count each of second degree felony criminal solicitation and third degree felony dealing in harmful material to a minor, after prosecutors alleged he molested three young girls.267
The crimes allegedly took place between 1994 and 1999.
In June 2000, Hall was acquitted of one count of sexual abuse.34
Prosecutors dismissed the allegations of one girl before Hall went to trial. Fifth District Judge James L. Shumate dismissed another. A jury acquitted Hall of the remaining three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
Hall’s attorney Walter Budgen said the charges against Hall “were the product of acrimonious, bitter divorces between the father of the accusing [victims] and two different mothers, both divorced from the father.”
Budgen also called the trial an “ordeal” and said it had damaged Hall’s reputation.
On March 14, 2005, Hall was convicted and sentenced for third degree felony attempted child sexual abuse (Utah case number 041700259). He was required to register as a sex offender in Utah.
As of 2023, Hall is no longer a registered sex offender. He lives in Manti, Utah.
Sources
- The Ronald Devere Halls Feted At Wednesday Evening Reception
- Fairview Man Is Charged With Child Sexual Abuse
- Ex-pageant director acquitted of sex abuse charges
- Rural News Headlines
- Historical Member Roster
- Fairview man charged with sex abuse
- Former seminary teacher arrested...
- Former Richfield seminary teacher arrested in Fairview
- Ronald Hall released as director of Mormon Miracle Pageant, [redacted] called as new director
- Manti Pageant head retires after 20 years
Sources excerpts
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The Ronald Devere Halls Feted At Wednesday Evening Reception
Source type: Other
Publisher: Deseret News
Date published/accessed: 15 Dec 1955
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back to online sources listFairview Man Is Charged With Child Sexual Abuse
Source type: News article
Publisher: Salt Lake Tribune
Date published/accessed: 11 Oct 1999
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back to online sources listEx-pageant director acquitted of sex abuse charges
Source type: News article
Publisher: Salt Lake Tribune (AP)
Date published/accessed: 26 Jun 2000
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back to online sources listRural News Headlines
Source type: News article
Publisher: Uintah Basin Standard
Date published/accessed: 11 Jul 2000
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back to online sources listHistorical Member Roster
Source type: Other
Publisher: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
Date published/accessed: 3 Oct 2023
archive 1 | archive 2Hall, Ronald D. - TBC [The Tabernacle Choir]
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back to online sources listFairview man charged with sex abuse
Source type: News article
Publisher: St. George Daily Spectrum
Date published/accessed: 11 Nov 1999
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back to online sources listFormer seminary teacher arrested...
Source type: News article
Publisher: Moab Times-Independent
Date published/accessed: 21 Oct 1999
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back to online sources listFormer Richfield seminary teacher arrested in Fairview
Source type: News article
Publisher: Salina Sun
Date published/accessed: 6 Oct 1999
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back to online sources listRonald Hall released as director of Mormon Miracle Pageant, [redacted] called as new director
Source type: News article
Publisher: Mt. Pleasant Pyramid
Date published/accessed: 25 Jun 1997
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back to online sources listManti Pageant head retires after 20 years
Source type: News article
Publisher: Provo Daily Herald
Date published/accessed: 19 Jul 1988
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