Latter-day Saint filmmaker Sterling Van Wagenen — placed on leave by the University of Utah after the release of an audio recording of him admitting he molested a 13-year-old boy in 1993 — has resigned as a film professor at the school.
A spokeswoman for the College of Fine Arts confirmed that Van Wagenen “will not be returning to work at the university.”
A faculty member in the U.’s Department of Film and Media Arts, Van Wagenen was placed on administrative leave a month ago when the Truth & Transparency Foundation — the nonprofit behind the MormonLeaks website — released a recording that Van Wagenen’s victim secretly made during a conversation with the filmmaker last year.