News of a 1993 child-molestation admission has prompted the University of Utah and a Salt Lake City arts nonprofit to distance themselves from filmmaker Sterling Van Wagenen.
The report that Van Wagenen molested a 13-year-old boy some 25 years ago during a sleepover was made public Monday by the Truth & Transparency Foundation, the nonprofit behind the MormonLeaks website. The group released an audio recording made secretly by the now-adult victim, identified by the pseudonym David, of a conversation he held with Van Wagenen last year.
Van Wagenen admitted to the abuse in 1993, confessing to police and his lay leaders within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.