Case #68: Michael James Clay
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- AKA Mr. Clay, Professor Clay, Mike Clay
June 26, 2023: sentenced to two years of probation and no jail time after agreeing in May 2023 to a plea deal of three reduced misdemeanor charges of sexual battery
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Born: 1974
- Positions: BYU professor, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime: BYU professor, Church employee,
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1998
- Criminal result: Other,
- He was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal.
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Case #585: Elwood Bruce Haws
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- AKA E. Bruce Haws
- January 2023: violated probation
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Born: 1951
- Positions: Church employee,
- During alleged crime: Church employee,
- When accused: Church employee,
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- Marriage:
1973
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a longtime employee and vice president of an LDS church-owned trust company in Utah; charged in 2020 with 13 second degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (related to possession of child pornography); admitted that he viewed child pornography 3-4 times a week for 30 minutes over a 3-4 year span; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three of those counts; in 2023, violated probation.
- was a vice president of Deseret Trust Company for many years; Deseret Trust is an integrated auxiliary of the LDS church, and the First Presidency appoints its chairman and board of trustees.
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Case #293: Michael Jay Pratt
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- AKA Mike Pratt
- Late 2017: released from prison
- Victims:1,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Seminary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Church employee, Seminary teacher,
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He former LDS seminary principal; arrested in 2009; convicted and sentenced in 2010 for the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old seminary student.
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June 26, 2023: sentenced to two years of probation and no jail time after agreeing in May 2023 to a plea deal of three reduced misdemeanor charges of sexual battery
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