Alan Lee Croshaw

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While attending college at Utah State University in the 1960s, Alan Croshaw served as LDS Student Association vice president. He later became the USU student body president.

Between at least 1991 and 1995, Alan Croshaw served as an LDS bishop in Springville, Utah.

According to Croshaw’s admission to police in 2014, he “had a sexual addiction with which he has struggled his whole life” and “preferred girls entering puberty.” He may have conducted numerous one-on-one private interviews with girls of his sexually preferred ages while serving as a Mormon bishop, while having a sexual addiction.

In 2010, Croshaw’s wife filed for divorce (Utah court cases 104401729, 104100160).

In 2015, Croshaw was found guilty of second-degree felony voyeurism and misdemeanor lewdness involving a child. He was sentenced to one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison for the felony conviction, but that prison term was suspended. He was also sentenced to up to five years in prison for the misdemeanor conviction, but that prison term was also suspended.

Croshaw was placed on probation for 36 months and ordered to serve 30 days in jail.

In January 2016, Croshaw violated his probation agreement by viewing pornography on his phone.

In February 2017, Croshaw completed his sex offender treatment program.

Thanks to your donations, FLOODLIT has obtained court documents in Croshaw’s case (Utah court case 141401636).

Several letters of support were submitted to the court in Croshaw’s case.

As of 2023, Croshaw lives in Draper, Utah.

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from the Daily Herald on 2014-05-29:

“SPANISH FORK –A 68-year-old Spanish Fork man was arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a minor after a Utah County Sheriff’s Deputy located an IP address offering to share child pornography. According to a police report, the deputy was able to connect to the IP address and download at least one video of child pornography.

The report states that the deputy obtained a subpoena for the IP address and found it returned to Alan Croshaw. After a search warrant and warrant was obtained, the deputy served the warrant at Croshaw’s home.

According to the police report, Croshaw was the sole resident of the home. During an interview, Croshaw admitted to searching for and downloading pornography, including the video downloaded from his IP address.

In the report, Croshaw stated he was suicidal and also told deputies he was planning on going to Guatemala in a few weeks for a service mission.

Croshaw was booked into the Utah County Jail.”

Croshaw’s brother cheated on his wife with prostitutes while on business trips, according to a source who requested anonymity. He later confessed to her, and they formed a sexual addiction recovery organization.