was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute
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Personal information

  • Poelman, Byron Lloyd
  • Born: 1934
  • Died: 2014
  • Gender: Male

Case summary

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Note: Most of the cases in FLOODLIT.org’s database involve sexual abuse. While Poelman was not found guilty of abuse, he was found guilty of a sex crime involving a young woman, and he was a prominent LDS church member at the time of his arrest.

In 1994 in Salt Lake City, Byron Lloyd Poelman, a Mormon stake president and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church, was arrested for soliciting a prostitute.

He paid a 19-year-old woman $30 to give him oral sex in his car, and was caught by a Salt Lake City police officer.

The woman was taken to jail for the night, while Poelman was released immediately.

In a stake conference held soon after the incident, Poelman was permitted to speak, and address the youth – a marked departure from the norm for an LDS church member.

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LDS/Mormon church membership history

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LDS mission information

The accused served a full-time LDS mission in the Netherlands mission from to .

LDS temple marriage information

The accused was married (sealed) in the Salt Lake Mormon temple in Jun 1963.

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LDS church response(s)

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  • Alleged failure to report by local LDS leaders? no
  • Alleged misconduct by local LDS leaders? yes
  • Alleged misconduct by global LDS leaders? no

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