9 cases found.
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Michael Coy
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Percy Wilbur Rock
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- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1943
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- was an LDS church member in Greencastle, Pennsylvania; accused of possessing CSAM; pleaded guilty in 2023.
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Stewart Leroy Singley
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- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender; lives in East Waterford, Pennsylvania
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1937
LDS positions: Unknown, - LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was an LDS church member in Ohio; convicted in 1975 of child molestation that occurred in 1974; in 1997, convicted and sentenced to one year in jail or prison; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender; lives in East Waterford, Pennsylvania.
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Carl Edward Sepos
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- Latest update: 2015: convicted of third degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1945
- LDS positions: High priest, Temple worker,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Community service, Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- was an LDS temple worker and high priest in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing an adult woman with Down syndrome and autism at a hotel swimming pool; he blamed his sex crime in part on an addiction to pornography; sentenced to 150 days in jail, 36 months of probation and 100 hours of community service.
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LaVar Madsen Withers
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- AKA Dr. Withers
- Latest update: 2005: died
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1936
Died: 2005
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; was accused of sexual abuse by at least 133 women and children (some as young as 13 years old) over a period of 30 years or more; admitted to sexual abuse; found guilty of misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005.
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Franklyn Richard Curtis
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- AKA Franklin Richard Curtis, Frank Curtis, Brother Curtis
- Latest update: 1995: died
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1903
Died: 1995
- LDS positions: High priest, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $3,000,000
- was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Oregon; excommunicated in 1983 in Pennsylvania for sex abuse; rebaptized in 1984; molested five boys in Oregon; local LDS bishop knew but didn't report to police; convicted in 1995 in Oregon of sexual abuse; died in 1995.
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Vance Paul Hein
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- Latest update: 2012: sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for possessing child pornography
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1951
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison.
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Shawn Cory Gooden
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- Latest update: November 2023: sentenced in Virginia to up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts; faces more charges in Pennsylvania
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1974
- LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
United States - Ohio Cleveland (Spanish speaking)
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges.
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James William Penrod
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- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1997-1997
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church missionary in Pennsylvania in 1997; originally from Utah; sent home to Utah from his mission and arrested in July 1997 and charged with child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison for sexual abuse.
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