Mathew Arrington (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member and foster child advocate in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2021 to 15 years in prison.

LDS church member Matthew Legrand Arrington was arrested by Mesa, Arizona police in the late 2010s.

Arrington was a foster and adoptive father who had been an advocate for the community through Foster Arizona.

He was found guilty of sexual abuse of the very children he “rescued” from the system.

He took a plea deal. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Arrington was once a little league umpire as well as a kids’ basketball coach.

He was married in 1995.

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Sources

  1. Maricopa County, Arizona court case #CR2019-003486, Maricopa.gov, February 28, 2023.
  2. the accused was a little league umpire and kids' basketball coach, Arizona Republic, March 5, 1998.
  3. the accused was married in 1995, Tucson Citizen, September 15, 1994.
  4. Teen girls allege abuse, molestation by Mesa man, Arizona Republic, May 23, 2019.

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