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Born: 1937
- Church positions: Bishop, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
Summary
Ronald Charles Jones was a Mormon church member in West Jordan, Utah.
In 1990 and again in 1995, Jones was convicted of solicitation in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In July 2025, Jones, then 88, was arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse.
Floodlit noted that a KSL news article omitted the Mormon church’s name, despite citing a police probable cause affidavit saying Jones “is an influential member of his LDS ward and held several positions within the church.”
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Ronald Jones is a former LDS bishop, stake president (Lawton, Oklahoma), regional representative, and temple presidency member and temple sealer (Palmyra New York Temple).
Jones was also “Military Relations Director” for the LDS church from approximately 1989 to 1991. He was in the US Army in Vietnam during the Vietnam War and became a decorated military veteran.
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1. Elderly West Jordan man arrested, accused of sexually abusing young girl
WEST JORDAN — An 88-year-old man has been arrested and accused of inviting a young girl into his house by offering her candy and then sexually abusing her.
Ronald Charles Jones, of West Jordan, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Tuesday for investigation of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, and two counts of unlawful kissing of a child.
On July 9, a girl who is under the age of 8, told police "she was riding her bike home from her friend's house and saw the suspect sitting on his front porch and he wanted to give her candy. The victim said she went inside the suspect's home for candy, which she had done previously, and the suspect took her to his bedroom," according to a police booking affidavit.
Jones kissed the girl on her lips, then took her into the basement of his house and inappropriately touched her, exposed himself and kissed her again, the affidavit alleges.
The girl told her mother on July 12 what had allegedly happened and police were notified three days later.
Police questioned Jones on Tuesday. He denied all the allegations but was subsequently arrested following the interview, the affidavit states.
Investigators also called Jones "an influential member" of his church who told police "children come to his house often where he provides them with candy," according to the affidavit.
Jones pleaded guilty to sexual solicitation in 1990, according to court records.
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