Case summary
Add info | Back to top06/01/97 Utah
LDS Shon M. Ricks “was found guilty by a Salt Lake City jury of molesting a 6-year-old girl
in February 1997. Citing Ricks’ severe heart condition, the judge reduced his two second-
degree felony convictions to third-degree felonies, which carry a maximum sentence of five
years rather than the 15 years he could have received.
Then when Ricks, a Mormon, came up for parole in a hearing last August, his friends,
relatives and church leaders reportedly filled the room.
The reason: Mormon leaders contended that Ricks was sufficiently rehabilitated after less
than two years in prison to receive a church “call” to a mission in Chile.” “The parole board
chairman, also a Mormon pushed for the early release-which the full board later approved-
and Ricks was freed over the objections of the victim’s father, who also is a Mormon.”
“Ricks remains free, although the church scrapped the mission assignment after a high-
ranking Mormon official in Salt Lake City intervened.”
RICKS-Shon Ricks 1.pdf
Mormons caught up in wave of pedophile accusations / Church deals with abuse cases
without reporting them, critics say
PAUL McKAY Staff
131 of 316
SUN 05/09/1999 Houston Chronicle,
http://nowscape.com/atheism/mo pedophile.htm
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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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- 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.
