Crime: 2000s, 
Crime city:
UT - Provo, - Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
- Convicted:
2002,
LDS positions: BYU, - During crime: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Prison, Released, - AKA Thomas G. Black, Tom Black
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Thomas G. Black was sentenced to prison in Utah in 2003 for repeated rape of a family member.
Black, Offender #155060 (UT Board of Pardons and Parole), was released on supervised parole on May 16, 2023.
At the time of his arrest and conviction in 2002, Black held an employee position of BYU Greenhouse Manager. According to FLOODLIT’s sources, Black attended LDS church meetings and did temple work regularly.
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