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Paydan Bussey was a Mormon church member who was convicted of child sexual abuse charges in Washington while he was a minor.
Phil Bussey, an area authority seventy for the Mormon church, allegedly helped Paydan be removed from sex offender registries in Washington and Utah in the mid-2010s. Phil was assigned by the Mormon church in 2018 to be a mission president in Madrid, Spain.
Phil Bussey, Paydan Bussey, the Mormon church and a Mormon bishop were named in a 2025 civil lawsuit that accused Phil of inviting Paydan to visit him in Madrid in 2019, where Paydan allegedly groomed and molested a small child.
The Mormon church paid for Paydan to travel to and from Spain, according to the lawsuit.
Paydan was criminally charged with child sexual abuse felonies in Washington and Utah in 2024. The cases were both ongoing as of Feb. 2025.
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Bussey v. The Church of the Latter-Day Saints et al
Publisher: PacerMonitor
Date: 4 Feb 2025
Archive.org
Source type: Court record - view all information sources
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