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John Doe
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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John Doe
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Settlement paid by LDS church: $100,000
- was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse.
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George Anthony Brown
- Latest update: Died without charges against him
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- LDS mission: United States - South Pasadena
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- was a Mormon church member in Benicia, California; accused of sexually abusing an infant until age 4, and of creating/having CSAM on computer; allegedly attempted sexual abuse on a second infant.
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Scott Kinzie
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Mikel Wayne Marshall
- AKA Mike, Michael
- LDS mission: unknown
- 2022
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Danny Michael Cassidy
- Born: 1970
- LDS mission: unknown
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Micahel Dominic Florio
- AKA Michael Dominic Florio, Michael Florio
- Born: 1958
- LDS mission: unknown
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Kevin Scott Thorpe
- Born: 1978
- LDS mission: unknown
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Larry M Johnson
- LDS positions: Church employee, Other leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Joseph Alma Davis
- Born: 1970
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Thomas Hannett
- Born: 1959
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in California; accused in 2024 of sexual abuse.
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Bryce Kinzie
- Born: 2024
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Raymond Lewis Rorvik
- AKA RAY LEWIS RORVIK RAYMOND L RORVIK RAY RORVIK
- Latest update: Is a registered sex offender that lives in Vacaville, California
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was a Mormon church member in Benicia, California; convicted of LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE.
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Glen Burnell McGhie
- Latest update: Lives in Lynnwood, Washington and had his name removed from sex offender database
- Victims: 1 victim, 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1958
- LDS mission: Japan -
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; found guilty of lewd or lascivious act on a child age 14/15 a felony; lost his physical therapy license.
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Craig Steven Nebeker
- Latest update: Craig Nebeker is currently serving in the Utah Department of Corrections
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- yes
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was a Mormon church member in California and St. George, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and convicted of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD and one count SODOMY ON A CHILD.
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Kevin Patrick Kirkland
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Seminary teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
- 1982
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- was a Mormon seminary teacher and school teacher in the Redlands, California area; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2016 to molesting four female students from May 2015 to May 2016; sentenced to two years in prison; released in June 2017.
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Richard Cole
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1975
  Died: 1975
- LDS mission: unknown
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- was an LDS church member in Santa Rosa, California; accused of sexually and physically abusing his wife; in 1975 was murdered by his wife when she said needed the abuse to stop.
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Eric Robertson Senior
- AKA Erick Senior
- Latest update: March 2024: lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- was an LDS church member in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse in the 1990s; convicted; sentenced to prison; lost an appeal with the California Supreme Court; as of March 2024, lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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David Roy Phipps/Verity
- AKA David Phipps, David R. Phipps, David R. Verity, David Verity
- Latest update: 2024: Lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and works as a business consultant to dentists offices; has legally changed his name to David Verity
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS mission: unknown
- 1977
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Civil case: Liable,
- was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded nolo contendere in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded nolo contendere two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked.
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James Robert Ungricht
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, No contest, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and junior high school science and math teacher in San Diego, California; arrested in 2017 for lewd conduct in public; pleaded no contest in 2018 to a misdemeanor charge of lewd conduct in a public place; sentenced to serve 30 days in county jail, plus three years probation.
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David William Bennett
- AKA Dave Bennett
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1954
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him.
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Roger David Gunn
- Latest update: As of 2024-01-22 Gunn was reported to live in Bonita California. (San Diego area)
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- LDS mission: Unknown country -
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; found guilty of SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD - 2nd Degree Felony; currently lives in Bonita, California.
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Richard Freeman
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1963
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Fresno, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; moved to Provo, Utah.
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Neil Rennis Shumate
- Victims: 9 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Pleasanton, California; was also a kindergarten teacher; arrested in 1994 and charged with molesting several of his students; convicted on all 16 counts; sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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James Marlo Duffin
- AKA James Marlo Duffin Jr
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1952
- LDS positions: Music leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- was an LDS church member in California; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; incarcerated 2006 to 2011; allegedly groomed female students ages 7-10 with attention and candy and then forcing sexual contact in his classroom after school.
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Grant Peck Packer
- AKA Grant P Packer Jr
- Latest update: 2008-06-02: died in Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1925
  Died: 2008
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president, Missionary, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: Canada - Canada 1946-1948
- 1948
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008.
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Frank John Selas
- AKA Frank John Szeles, Frank John Selas III
- Latest update: Aug. 5, 2021: died
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1939
  Died: 2021
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown,
- When accused: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- 1999
- Criminal case: Pleaded guilty,
- was an former childrens TV host/entertainer who joined the LDS church in the 1990's; pleaded guilty to one count of indecent behavior with a child; The crime took place in the 1970's .
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Samuel David Neipp
- AKA Mr. Neipp, Sam Neipp
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in California; once named "teacher of the year" by the Union School District in the San Jose, California area; son of convicted child sexual abuser Joseph Neipp; pleaded no contest in 2019 to 12 charges related to sexual abuse; sentenced to 56 years in prison.
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Michael Dennis Antrobus
- AKA Mike Antrobus
- Latest update: 2023-09-16: died by suicide in prison
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1947
  Died: 2023
- LDS positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop, Branch president,
- LDS mission: United States - West Central States Mission (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho) 1966-1968
- 1969
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; our sources report that he had at least a dozen victims.
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Frank Cornelis Lefrandt
- AKA Frank Lefrandt Jr., Franci Cornelis, Francis Cornelis, Frank Cornelis Jr.
- Latest update: 2009: presumed dead
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1961
  Died: 2009
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- was an LDS church member in Honolulu, Hawaii; served a Mormon mission to Guatemala; accused of sexual abuse; admitted in 2007 to sexually molesting a 13-year-old newspaper carrier; pleaded guilty in November 2008; disappeared while out on bail awaiting sentencing.
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Kent Charles Staheli
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Sandy, Utah
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1958
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- LDS mission: Sweden - Sweden Goteborg 1977-1979
- 1979
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- was an LDS church member in California and Utah; served as first counselor in a Mormon bishopric; convicted in federal court in 2010 of charges related to child sex trafficking.
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David Evans Webb
- AKA Dave Webb, Dr. Webb
- Latest update: March 2024: a criminal case and several civil cases in California are ongoing
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1977
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: Thailand - Thailand [unknown city; dates approximate] 1996-1998
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- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- was an LDS church member and oral surgeon in Vacaville, California; accused of sexual abuse of multiple patients in 2021 and again in 2022; gave up his license to practice in 2023; got a license to practice dentistry in Idaho; as of March 2024, a criminal case and several civil cases in California are ongoing.
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Thomas Frank Waitman
- AKA Tom Waitman
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1944
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- was an LDS church member in Cupertino, California; convicted of felony child sexual abuse in 1995 in California; as of 2023, registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington.
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Daniel Waddington
- AKA Dan Waddington
- Latest update: December 2023: Waiver/status hearing scheduled for January 16, 2024; August 2023: arrested and charged with 11 felonies related to child sexual exploitation
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1955
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Ongoing, Police investigation,
- was an LDS church member and retired police officer in American Fork, Utah; arrested in August 2023 and charged with 11 felony counts related to child sexual exploitation.
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John Doe
- Latest update: 2023-04-27: Plaintiff awarded $2.28 billion by a California jury in civil lawsuit
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1955
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: $995,000
- was a Mormon church member in Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion.
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Roland Edwin Westrup
- AKA Ronald Westrup (misspelled)
- Latest update: March 2023: arrested and charged in Utah
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1999
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: United States - Missouri St. Louis (also served in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois) 2018-2020
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- Criminal case: Ongoing, Unknown,
- was a Mormon church member and returned missionary (St. Louis, Missouri) in approximately 2018-2020; arrested in Salt Lake County, Utah in March 2023; charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted to possessing and sharing child pornography, and to having sexual fantasies for many years about having sex with male children as young as infants to teens.
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Donnie Rue Boring
- AKA Donnie Boring, Donny Boring
- Latest update: died in December 2017
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1950
  Died: 2017
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: United States - Northern California 1969-1971
- 1973
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- was a Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017.
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Alan Roman Andrus
- AKA Alan R Andrus
- Latest update: May 2023: in pretrial; May 24, 2024 trial setting reconsideration of release of discovery
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1963
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- LDS mission: Hong Kong - Hong Kong
- 1992
- 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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Mark Kevin Anderson
- AKA Dr. Anderson; Dr. Mark Anderson, DDS; Mark K. Anderson
- Latest update: 2018: out of prison
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Other leader, Stake high council,
- When accused: Other leader, Stake high council,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in Woodland, California; accused by 27 former female patients of touching them inappropriately in office visits; found guilty in 2009 of 11 felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for sexual abuse of several of his female patients; sentenced to six years in California state prison; required to register for life as a sex offender.
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Terry George Allen
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Grapevine, Texas
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1943
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, High priest, Music leader, Stake high council, Stake public communications director, Sunday school president, Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas.
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Robert Preston Wily
- AKA Preston Wily, Robert Wily, Rob Wily, Bob Wily, Bobby Wily
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1979
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- yes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- was an LDS member in Utah arrested for allegedly possessing several child exploitation images ; convicted of one felony count in 2020; Also found guilty of 4 SEXUAL BATTERY - Class A Misdemeanor and sentenced to 365 days in jail and 48 months probation.
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Chauncey Joseph Worthley
- AKA Buzz Worthley, CJ Worthley
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1931
  Died: 1998
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- yes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- was a former LDS bishop in Orange County, California; adñmitted to sexual abuse and had his foster parent license taken away.
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Robert Norman Dahle
- AKA Bob
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1937
  Died: 2022
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl.
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Christopher Todd Hettinger
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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James Edrick Denos
- AKA Bishop Denos, James Denos Jr.
- Latest update: 2017-10-25: died in Draper, Utah
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2017
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop,
- LDS mission: Netherlands - Holland 1947-1950
- 1951
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four of his granddaughters living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950.
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Christine Shreeve Hubbs
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Violated parole/probation,
- was an LDS church member in California; was charged with sexual abuse of two underage boys (ages 14 and 15); convicted in 2011, sentenced to five years in prison.
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Todd Mitchell Edwards
- AKA Todd Michael Edwards
- Latest update: 2013: sentenced to three years in prison for child sexual abuse
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1964
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- yes
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for child sexual abuse that occurred in 2006 and 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse.
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Maynard Scott McFarland
- AKA Scott McFarland
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown,
- When accused: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- 1981
- 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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Luis Gonzales
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- yes
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was a Mormon bishop in Sacramento, California; charged with 20 counts of child molestation, battery, rape, bigamy, stalking, and fraud; in 2002, was found guilty of bigamy, spousal abuse (battery) and child molestation.
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Robert Gene Metcalf
- AKA Gene Metcalf
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1949
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- was an LDS church member in California and Arizona; convicted three times of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1979 to 6 years in prison for sexually abusing a child; returned to the Mormon church after being released from prison, was made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a civil lawsuit; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison.
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Luis Perez
- LDS mission: no
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- was an LDS church member in California; accused in 2007 of sexual abuse.
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Luke Elbert Dalton
- AKA Lee Dalton; Luke Elbert Dalton Jr.
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1941
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
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Jason Chad Larsen
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1977
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Missionary,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- was an LDS missionary from Idaho in Bakersfield, California; accused in 1997 of sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl at a school; as of 2024, lives in Meridian, Idaho.
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Craig Ralph Mathias
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Granada Hills, California; was in the Northridge ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting multiple boy scouts; sentenced to six years in prison.
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Frank Arthur Lind
- Latest update: 2022: convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1956
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in California; sentenced before the early 2000s to 30 years to life in prison for sexually molesting a child; in the 2000s, a Mormon bishop allegedly supported Lind's decision to be baptized into the LDS church despite his prior conviction; in 2022, again convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison.
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Erik Wayne Hughes
- AKA Bishop Hughes
- Latest update: July 2023: out on parole
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1966
- LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop, Church employee,
- When accused: Bishop, Church employee,
- LDS mission: United States - California Anaheim 1985-1987
- yes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah and a Mormon church senior product manager when he sexually abused two underage children in his LDS ward dozens of times; was sentenced to prison in 2017; released in 2023; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Utah.
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Eric Norman Olsen
- AKA Mr. Olsen
- Latest update: 2007: convicted in California of six felony counts of child sex abuse; 2023: registered sex offender, lives in Brigham City, Utah
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1977
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Bakersfield, California; admitted to Ontario, California police that he had sexually abused between 200 to 300 girls, with as many as 30 victims in Kern County; convicted in 2007 in California of 6 felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced to five years in prison; lifetime registered sex offender; as of 2023, lives in Brigham City, Utah.
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Jon Rick Carpenter
- AKA Rick Carpenter, Jon Ricks Carpenter, John Ricks Carpenter, Jon Rick Carpenter, Jon Richard Carpenter
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1964
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime/failure: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was an LDS church member; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the day after sentencing, injured himself to avoid serving longer in prison.
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Mark Gum
- Latest update: 2012: named in a lawsuit won by the plaintiff, who accused Gum of molesting him; the Boy Scouts of America and the LDS church were also named and paid settlements
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- yes
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- was an LDS church member and scout leader; accused of sexual abuse; could not be located, so the plaintiff filed against the Boy Scouts of America; plaintiff won his case.
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Hayden Hoss Hunter
- AKA Elder Hunter
- Latest update: 2021: convicted in California of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 2001
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Missionary,
- When accused: Missionary,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon missionary in California; he was from Pleasant Grove, Utah; arrested in 2020 for distribution of child sexual abuse material (child pornography) while on his mission; convicted of possession of CSAM in 2021.
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Grant O
- LDS mission: unknown
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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William Eugene Knox
- AKA Bill Knox, Bill E. Knox
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: no
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader; accused of sexually abusing multiple children.
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Kenneth Morgan Harper
- AKA Kim
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Stephen D Field
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
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Thad Andrew Jesperson
- Latest update: Conviction reversed
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1964
- LDS mission: Unknown country - Somewhere in South America
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- was an LDS church member in Murietta, California; accused of sexually abusing 8 of his elementary students at Toler Elementary School.
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Michael Rex Shean
- AKA Mike Shean
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1947
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- LDS mission: Uruguay - Uruguay 1966-1968
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent, Settlement,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys.
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Franklyn Richard Curtis
- AKA Franklin Richard Curtis, Frank Curtis, Brother Curtis
- Latest update: 1995: died
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1903
  Died: 1995
- LDS positions: High priest, Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime/failure: High priest, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: no
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- 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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Alan Keith Dunn
- AKA Keith Dunn, Allan Dunn
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1941
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police.
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Todd Summers
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: United States - Ohio Cleveland
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: $100,000
- was an LDS church member in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a Mormon chapel and other locations; civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff.
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Jayne Allen Furness
- AKA Allen Furness
- Latest update: 1987: died
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1935
  Died: 1987
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987.
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Vance Paul Hein
- Latest update: 2012: sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for possessing child pornography
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1951
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- 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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Richard Blaine Sampson
- AKA Rick Sampson
- Latest update: 2024: Out on parole; registered sex offender, lives in Holladay, Utah
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop, Church employee,
- When accused: Church employee, Stake high council,
- LDS mission: unknown
- yes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; Director of Medical Affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah.
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Craig Allen Harward
- AKA Mr. Harward
- Latest update: July 2024: is a registered sex offender, lives in St. George, Utah; lawsuit filed against the LDS church and Harward, claiming local LDS leaders knew of his abuse but didn't report or try to stop it
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1948
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Ward executive secretary,
- When accused: Unknown,
- LDS mission: Uruguay - Uruguay 1972-1974
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah.
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Alan Craig Dunlap
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was a Mormon church member in Fresno, California; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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Lon Harvey Kennard
- AKA Lon Kennard Jr., Lon Kennard Sr.
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1941
  Died: 2019
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop,
- LDS mission: Germany - North Germany 1961-1963
- 1964
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in November 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison.
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Jimmy Earl Brooks
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime/failure: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994.
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James Glenn Haskell
- AKA Bishop Haskell
- Latest update: June 2024: found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child; hearing set for July 15
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown,
- When accused: Stake high council,
- LDS mission: unknown
- yes
- Criminal case: Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; pleaded not guilty; in June 2024, found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child.
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Glen Howard Sexton
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Melvin E McKinney
- AKA Mel McKinney
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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John Allen Midgett
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Bountiful, Utah; is a registered sex offender
- Victims: 5 victims, 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1962
- LDS positions: Primary teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
- yes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and Sunday school teacher in the San Diego area, California; also was a Navy petty officer first class; initially pleaded not guilty to 43 felony counts of child molestation; later pleaded guilty; sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing eight girls ages 5 to 10 in his LDS sunday school class; as of 2024, lives in Bountiful, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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Lawrence Wayne Gilbert
- AKA Larry Gilbert
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1939
- LDS positions: High priest,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- was a Mormon church member and high priest group leader in California; convicted of sexually abusing three girls; sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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William Schubeck
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church,
- was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse.
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Larry Van Dyke
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Donald Mark Blanchard
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.
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Wyman C Blankenship
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
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Joel Elisla Houck
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- was an LDS church member in California; accused in the 1960s of sexual abuse; convicted of vagrancy in 1966 and served 10 days in jail; in 1967, placed in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) "perversion files".
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John Edward Parkinson
- AKA John E. Parkinson
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Fairfield, California
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1931
- LDS positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime/failure: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president,
- LDS mission: unknown
- yes
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed.
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Kenneth L Hanigan
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Unknown,
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Dennis Walter Schult
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1935
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California.
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James Mitchell Victor
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Missionary,
- When accused: Unknown,
- LDS mission: Canada - Canada [unknown - possibly New Brunswick] 1984-1986
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Police investigation, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon missionary in Canada in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy while on his mission; an LDS stake president and a mission president (David Sorensen) allegedly covered up abuse allegations; Sorensen later became an LDS general authority.
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Steven Paris
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1952
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member in Anaheim, California; accused in 1986 of sexual abuse of seven boys; pleaded guilty to abusing six of them; was scheduled to receive a 30-year sentence.
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Douglas Ray Bowen
- AKA Doug Bowen
- Latest update: Lives in St. George, Utah
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1950
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
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Donald L Wright
- Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- was allegedly a Mormon church member; was a Boy scout leader, allegedly sexually abused multiple children.
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Jose Antonio Arias
- AKA John Doe
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1962
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Missionary,
- LDS mission: United States - California [unknown city - served in Palm Desert] 1985-1986
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church,
- was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable.
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Dustin Scott Cassady
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1981
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Youth leader,
- When accused: Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in the Sacramento, California area (Carmichael); accused of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty; as of March 2024, lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender.
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Christian Robert Bearnson
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1963
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Probation,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US).
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Melvin Kay Johnson
- AKA Kay Johnson
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1936
- LDS positions: BYU professor, Church employee, Other leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- was a seminary teacher, BYU religion professor; accused by his children of sexually abusing his daughters; excommunicated, rebaptized; confessed to sexual abuse, but has not been arrested or criminally charged.
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Willis Dale King
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
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Tony Lee Burleson
- LDS mission: no
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- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member; accused of a sex crime.
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