Thomas Arthur Green (June 9, 1948 – February 28, 2021)[1][2] was an American Mormon fundamentalist in Utah who was a practitioner of plural marriage.
In the 1980s, while in his thirties, Green left the LDS Church and converted to a type of Mormon fundamentalism, which teaches that its adherents should practice plural marriage.
[citation needed] The prosecution, led by Juab County Attorney David Leavitt,[4][5] alleged that Green married teenagers, divorced them, and then collected the welfare payments they received as "single mothers" while he continued living with them.
[4] On June 24, 2002, Green was convicted of child rape for having sex with 13-year-old Linda Kunz, who ultimately was his legal wife.
[13] Green died from COVID-19 pneumonia in Salt Lake City at age 72 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Utah.