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A judge fines Utahn for shouting ‘stop protecting sexual predators’ during LDS General Conference

A 25-year-old was convicted Monday of disrupting a meeting for shouting “stop protecting sexual predators” during a session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ General Conference.

Salt Lake City prosecutors originally charged Crystal Legionaires, who uses they/them pronouns, with a misdemeanor but reduced the charge before Monday’s trial, FOX 13 reported. A judge fined Legionaires $340, put them on probation and trespassed them from Temple Square for a year.

“I don’t think your message is wrong. I think your timing and your place is inappropriate and also is in violation of the law,” Judge Sydney Magid told Legionaires.