Posted on 02/21/2006 10:02:21 AM PST by Colofornian
PROVO — A Brigham Young University assistant professor has resigned after being arrested Thursday night for investigation into allegations that he taped and watched pornographic videos of a 14-year-old girl on his computer.
The 63-year-old man is being investigated for sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony, and voyeurism, a class-A misdemeanor, after Provo police found a video clip of a girl undressing on a laptop computer belonging to BYU.
The Deseret Morning News does not name arrested persons until charges are filed.
Acting on a tip, Provo police approached the man at his home and took him to the police station where it was determined the information he provided was sufficient to warrant his arrest, said Provo Police Capt. Rick Healey.
Police confiscated the computer and are continuing to search for other videos they believe are on the computer's hard drive, Healey said.
Investigators believe the videos were created using a hidden camera in either a bedroom or a bathroom and were done without the victim's knowledge, Healey said.
The man was released Friday afternoon after posting $7,500 bail. He will be in 4th District Court next Friday for a first appearance.
The man worked as an assistant professor of information systems at the Marriott School of Management and has been teaching at BYU since 1988 until he resigned Friday afternoon, said BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said.
"The situation is of grave concern to us," she said. "We are taking the appropriate measures to handle this situation. We are cooperating fully with the Provo City Police Department."
According to the probable cause statement filed in 4th District Court by Provo police, the man told investigators that he was sexually aroused by watching the videos and that is why he kept the files on his computer.
Pornography is a major factor in a large majority of sexual abuse or assault crimes, Healey said.
Healey said the three detectives that work solely in Provo's sex crimes unit are "completely overwhelmed" by the volume of investigations.
Clinical psychologist Allan Roe said he sees close to 25 people a week in his Orem office, many of whom are struggling with addictions to explicit magazine, movie and Internet images.
"One out of three (people) that I deal with have pornography problems," said Roe, who specializes in treating people with such addictions. "It's an ongoing issue and it's only getting worse. And I only deal with the ones who want to solve the problem."
The crippling problem hurts not only the addicted individual but the spouse, children and the community at large, Roe said.
"People ... in high positions, political or financial positions or church positions, (that you would think) wouldn't have those kinds of problems. We all know that they do. We deal with them every day."
The judicial system is also dealing with the effects of pornography.
This past Thursday, Lehi resident Roger Wilkins was sentenced to one year in the Utah County Jail for sexually abusing a young girl.
Fourth District Court Judge Lynn Davis ruled that Wilkins should undergo some type of pornography-addiction treatment, because of its impact on his behavior.
"I'm convinced that there is a genesis at length between (viewing pornography) and the unfortunate activity here," Davis told Wilkins.
So asking for tenure is definitely out.
Bring 'em young.
Auditioning for his newest wife?
Get the Lysol.
I've read this statement on every thread about Mormonism ever posted on Free Republic. Most of them are. It's those that aren't we have to watch out for!
Being Mormon doesn't automatically make you a good person any more than being Republican does.
Unfortunately, you're correct. We always hope that every member will grow to be more like Christ, but anyone can fall.
How very tragic and sad for everyone involved.
According to who?... not the NEA.
The guy is a pig but they better get some sense into this girls head soon
Indeed, in the olden days, Brigham Young did "Bring 'em young"--as did Joseph Smith. They, at least, didn't ambush the innocence of such teens by assuming a side-door route (a video camera). They walked directly through the front door of marriage, gaining family consent. [Then again, even current LDS don't consider polygamy a front-door route; the point is, they didn't sneak into the presence of these young teens even if the polygamy rouse was a sneaky doctrine].
45-year-old Brigham married 16-year-old Lucy Bigelow in 1847; that was three years after he married 15-year-old Clarissa Clara Decker. (To see the ages of Brigham's wives, go here: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ancestorsearchresults.asp).
That doesn't beat Joseph Smith's record of marrying a 14-year-old in May, 1843 (Helen Mar Kimball). http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ancestorsearchresults.asp
That is odd. Steve Young(QB) is Brighams great great grandson. I heard Steve liked them young to.
Only took three posts...
The underlying assumption we all make is that anybody of any religious stripe is good --or has the potential for exaltation into the "good stratosphere" based upon their measure of goodness. Jesus did not share this presumption: "'Why do you call me good?' Jesus answered. 'No one is good--except God alone.'" (Mark 10:18).
Jesus levels the playing field before the cross by undercutting any spiritual pride that presumes we don't Him as our great physician ("It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick...For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."--Mt 9:12) Jesus is for the person who understands the cancerous diagnosis of sin.
We're all spiritually unhealthy and depraved [depraved doesn't mean being as bad as we can be; it's just no part of our being is untouched by sin]. Yet that doesn't pre-empt people from accomplishing good works.
Some folks do good works and give the credit for those works to God the Holy Spirit working through them; some folks do outwardly good works and assume the credit for themselves, stealing God's glory. Theft of God's glory thereby defeats any act otherwise qualifying itself as "good."
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (KJV)
The 63-year-old man is being investigated
Why the investigation=resignation?
The same goes for all religions. Claiming to be of one religion or another doesn't automatically make anyone perfect. Every mortal is susceptible to temptation.
A 63-year-old assistant professor?
63-y.o. assistant professors unveil a defensive gatekeeper mentality. Can't have rambuctious whipper-snappers sticking their noses in places that defaces the rep of the church. History, in part, is for P.R. purposes to defend the status quo, not for letting truth fall where it may.
That's why historical docs in the archives of the church are under greater raps than ever...see (ex-BYU prof) Quinn's writings & what he's revealed about historical queries into church writings of gen authorites and the ensuing crackdown of access to such materials.
Only the Lord knows what in each of our hearts and minds!
To mock is careless you might attract something you wished you never tempted!
Some get gratification through sex, some by eating, hording too much, and some by tearing others down!
Pick your poison!
He who is without sin cast the first stone as the Savior would say!
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