Thursday, July 25, 2019

LDS Church leaders didn’t report member who confessed to making child porn: docs




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A Utah man belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says he told LDS leaders about his child porn obsession — including how he made and distributed images of kids as young as 4 — and they didn’t report him to police.
Benjamin Alyk, a former LDS mission rep who served in the Dominican Republic, claims he told multiple church officials about his sickening behavior and had been ordered to appear before a disciplinary council, but nothing was done to alert authorities.
Court documents obtained by KUTV and the Truth and Transparency Foundation, a non-profit media outlet that promotes transparency within religious institutions, outline the alleged cover-up — including how Alyk, 20, gave LDS leaders specific information about his crimes, which took place when he was 14 to 17.
The young man went to church officials on at least two separate occasions before