- AKA Lanny Smartt, President Smartt, Philander Smart III
- Places lived: Alabama, Puerto Rico,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Puerto Rico,
- Mission: no
- Church positions: Mission president, Other leader, Stake president,
- Church position during alleged crime: Mission president,
- Church position when accused: Mission president,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
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Philander Smartt was an LDS mission president who allegedly sexually manipulated some sister missionaries over whom he had a leadership responsibility.
Smartt was at one time a Mormon stake president of the Bessemer, Alabama Stake.
Smartt was not charged with a crime; however, an LDS church spokesman said, ““The sister missionaries who had been deceived and victimized were provided with ecclesiastical and emotional counseling, which continues to be offered to this time,” Hawkins added. “The wife and family of the mission president have been assisted by the church with the legal, emotional and personal consequences resulting from the immoral and sinful behavior of one man.””
Smartt’s father, Philander Smart Jr. or Philander Smart II, who went by “Phil Smartt,” was also a Mormon stake president (Chattanooga, Tennessee).
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