6 cases found.
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Ryan Pugh
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- Latest update: March 2024: charged in Idaho with sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
United States - Minnesota Minneapolis (Spanish speaking) 2019-2021 - Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- was a former Mormon missionary and BYU-Idaho student in Rexburg, Idaho; arrested and charged in 2024 with sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online.
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Matthew LeRoy Faerber
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- AKA Matt Faerber, Mr. Faerber
- Latest update: 2023: not a registered sex offender; lives in Duluth, Minnesota
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1962
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Brazil - Brazil Porto Alegre 1981-1982
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Probation, Released,
- was an LDS church member and high school choir director in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1990 or 1991 to two counts of attempted sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in February 1991 to six months in jail (two of those months under house arrest) followed by three years of supervised release.
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Michael W Fritchen
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- AKA Mike Fritchen
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1955
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison twice for child sexual abuse.
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Ralph Hayden Burlingame
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1947
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- was an LDS church member in Minnesota; sentenced in 1989 to prison for 2nd degree criminal sexual abuse of a child.
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Maynard Scott McFarland
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- AKA Scott McFarland
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender.
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Michael Adam Davis
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- AKA Mike Davis
- Latest update: March 2024: appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction, claiming ineffective counsel and a violation of his constitutional rights
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1985
- LDS positions: Elders quorum president, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction.
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