Mormon Leader Charged With Sexting Underage Girl

The Cache Valley Daily reports:

A former local leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is facing criminal charges for allegedly sexting with a teenage girl in his congregation. Cortney Ted Andrew, a 38-year-old Trenton man is facing four counts of enticing a minor by internet or text, a second-degree felony.

Cache County Sheriff’s Lt. Doyle Peck said the crimes allegedly occurred between June 10 and July 14, 2021. The alleged victim told detectives how she originally began communicating with Andrew to receive counseling. Andrew would text the teen girl religious advice.

As the communications went on though, “the texts turned inappropriate and very sexually graphic.” The alleged victim reported the actions to the bishop, who reportedly removed Andrew from his position in the ward.

Read the full article. Floodlit, the website linked below, tracks cases of sexual abuse by Mormon leaders.

New LDS sexual abuse case: Cort Andrewhttps://t.co/oiFXdzoqEN

Cortney Ted Andrew was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in early 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text #lds #csa #churchtoo

— FLOODLIT.org (@floodlitorg) April 11, 2023

Alleged failure to report by the LDS bishop in this case.

— FLOODLIT.org (@floodlitorg) April 11, 2023