Richard Donelson was a Mormon church member and junior high school teacher in Utah; accused of taking a 14-year-old girl to New York City and sexually assaulting her; pleaded guilty in 1962 to a charge of "having carnal knowledge of" the girl.

Richard Donelson was a Mormon church member and junior high school teacher in Utah.

In 1961, Donelson was accused of taking a 14-year-old girl to New York City and sexually assaulting her.

Donelson pleaded guilty in 1962 to a charge of “having carnal knowledge of” the girl.

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  1. S.L. Teacher, Girl, 14, Picked Up In New York, Provo Daily Herald, December 7, 1961.
  2. Teacher Admits Morals Charges, Ogden Standard-Examiner, February 6, 1962.

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