22 cases found.
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Jason Gagnon
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Born: 1969
- LDS mission:
unknown
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Michael Alan Watson
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Born: 1964
LDS positions: Bishopric, Stake high council, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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James Walter Sirles
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- AKA Buster
- Latest update: Died in 2018
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1924
Died: 2018
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown,
- was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography.
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Thomas Evans-Southall
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- AKA Tom Southall
- Latest update: 2024: lives in England
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Bishop, Elders quorum presidency, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
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Christopher Lee Fleming
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- Latest update: Currently Incarcerated: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RICHMOND, VA 23225
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member in Chesapeake, Virginia; found guilty of 10 counts of various sexual abuse to a minor; currently incarcerated in Virginia.
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Frank Paul Ferrara
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- Latest update: Lives in : VIRGINIA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION, 4901 PATRICK HENRY HIGHWAY, BURKEVILLE, VA 23922
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- was a Mormon church member and doctor in Northern Virginia; convicted in 1997 of four counts of forcible sodomy.
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Charles Wesley Tyhurst
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- AKA Charles W. Tyhurst Jr, Chuck Tyhurst
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Richmond, Virginia. 2020: sentenced in Virginia to prison for five years for aggravated sexual battery of a minor
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1947
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a former LDS bishop and optometrist in southwest Virginia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; 2020: sentenced in Virginia to prison for five years for aggravated sexual battery of a minor; 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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John Earl Goodrich
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- AKA Dr. Goodrich
- Latest update: December 2023: AP story breaks about a secret $300,000 offer by the Mormon church to Goodrich's confessed sexual abuse victim
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Criminal charges dropped, Withheld judgment,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024.
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Timothy Turner
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- AKA Tim Turner, Mr. Turner
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- was an LDS church member and middle school band teacher in West Virginia; convicted in 2020 of child sexual abuse.
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Shawn Noble Frost
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- Latest update: December 2022: out on bail, awaiting trial; November 2023: reached a settlement agreement in a $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; settlement amount undisclosed
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Haiti - Haiti Port-au-Prince
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother.
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Cecil Bryan Jacobson
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- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1936
Died: 2021
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients.
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Alan Roman Andrus
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- AKA Alan R Andrus
- Latest update: May 2023: in pretrial; May 24, 2024 trial setting reconsideration of release of discovery
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1963
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Hong Kong - Hong Kong
- Criminal case: Jury trial, Ongoing,
- was a Mormon bishop in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; accused of sexual abuse in 2020; as of June 2024, the case is proceeding through the trial setting process.
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Calvin James McGee
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- AKA Elder McGee
- Latest update: May 2024: sentenced in Idaho to three to 25 years in prison
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 2002
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States -
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- was an LDS missionary in Virginia in 2022; accused of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and video from a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl, and inviting her to meet in person; arrested in Boise, Idaho in July 2023 and accused of rape of a minor; pleaded guilty to two charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in May 2024 to three to 25 years in prison.
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Robert Norman Dahle
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- AKA Bob
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1937
Died: 2022
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl.
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Adam Scott Phipps
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- Latest update: 2022-12-01: registered sex offender in Virginia; lives in Nokesville, Virginia
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown,
- was an LDS church member in Manassas, Virginia; accused of taking indecent liberties with children; charged and convicted in 1993; registered sex offender.
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Robert Glenn Kempton
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- AKA Robert G. Kempton, President Kempton
- Latest update: 2018: Died in Arizona
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1942
Died: 2018
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
United States - Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia - possibly the Eastern States mission 1962-1964
- Criminal case: Police investigation, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Arizona; was an attorney and served a mission as a legal counsel for the LDS church in Africa; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for prostitution.
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Keith Robert Vallejo
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- AKA Keith Vallejo
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1974
- LDS positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- was a Mormon bishop in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; sentenced in 2017 to five years to life in prison.
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Richard Kenneth Ray
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- AKA Kenny Ray, Kenneth Ray
- Latest update: 2019: died in Florence, Arizona
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
Died: 2019
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Settlement,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- was an LDS church member in Arizona; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing children; the LDS church was involved in a lawsuit regarding clergy-penitent privilege; the church settled out of court.
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Eric Patrick Avant
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- AKA Ricky Avant
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted on 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery; sentenced in 1988 to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
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John Misseldine
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- Latest update: 2024: lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Alford plea, Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $782,000
- was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two little children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a local LDS leader allegedly failed to report the abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender.
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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 F. Adams
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- Latest update: sentenced to prison for sexually abusing multiple children
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1954
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- was an elder in the LDS church in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing multiple children.
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