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Case summary
Add info | Back to topNote: 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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Sources
- Charge against leader put attorney in quandary - Provo Daily Herald - 1994-09-11 (archive) - -
- Accused was a former LDS bishop and stake high council member - Salt Lake Tribune - 1971-07-18 (archive) - -
- Notes from the 1994-08-14 stake conference where Poelman spoke - by Paul and Margaret Toscano - Archive.org (archive) - -
LDS/Mormon church membership history
Add info | Back to topLDS 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.
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? yes
- Alleged misconduct by global LDS leaders? no
FLOODLIT is not aware whether the Mormon church paid any settlement amounts related to this case.
