17 cases found.
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Richard Gunter
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Born: 1937
- LDS mission:
unknown
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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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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Aaron Lyman Neff
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- Latest update: Serving time in prison in Colorado, earliest parole possibility in Oct. 15, 2098
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1972
LDS positions: Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was a Mormon church member in Grand Junction, Colorado; Convicted of abusing two teenage girls, one for many years; sentenced to 89 years prison.
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Benjamin Michael Manning
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- AKA Ben Manning
- Latest update: April 2024: sentenced to 120 years in prison
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1991
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- was a Mormon church member in Massachusetts and Utah; in 2014, molested a child while living with her family in Salt Lake City, Utah; charged with child sexual abuse in 2019; was a Sunday school teacher at some point between 2014 and 2024; found guilty by a jury in February 2024; sentenced in April 2024 to 120 years in prison.
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Cletus James Hanifin
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- AKA Jim Hanifin
- Latest update: Died October 2021
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1939
Died: 2021
- LDS mission:
unknown
- was an LDS church member in Boulder, Colorado; accused of sexually abusing a young teenage girl in his home, while his wife was away.
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Darin Layne Ray
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1966
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member in Douglas County Colorado; found guilty of sex assault/child/postrust-vict under 15.
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Max Todd Cheatham
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- AKA CHEATMAN,MAX TODD CHEATHAM,MAX T CHEATHAM,MAX
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Argentina - Argentina 1979-1981
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was an LDS church member in Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse.
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David George McConkie
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- AKA Bishop McConkie, President McConkie
- Latest update: Feb. 7, 2024: pleaded not guilty; 2023-11-20 - preliminary hearing waived; McConkie was permitted to move to Utah
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1978
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Bolivia - Bolivia Cochabamba 1997-1999
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a former Mormon stake president, Mormon bishop and deputy district attorney in Colorado, and paternal grandson of former Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in August 2023; charged in September 2023 with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; in November 2023, granted permission by the judge to move to Utah; pleaded not guilty in February 2024.
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Allen Quinn Stailey
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- AKA Alan Stailey, Al Stailey
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender in Utah; lives in Spanish Fork, Utah
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown,
- was an LDS church member in Colorado and Utah; convicted in 1999 in Colorado of sexual assault on a child.
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David Oliver Homack
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- AKA Dave Homack
- Latest update: April 2023: registered sex offender in Colorado; lives in Arvada, CO
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1964
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; convicted of sexual abuse in 2009 in Colorado.
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Dan S Overholt
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- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Richard W Nelson
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- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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Joseph Layton Bishop
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- Victims: Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Police investigation,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church.
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David Scott Frank
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- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- was an LDS Sunday school teacher in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit.
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Brett Candelaria
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- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1972
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life.
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Brian Robbins
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- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; accused of child sexual exploitation.
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Martin Gillen
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- Victims: Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in Nevada and Colorado; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dismissed.
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