11 cases found.
Case #375: James Cletus Hanifin
- AKA Jim
- Died October 2021
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1939
Died: 2021 - Add info
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- The accused 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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Case #894: Darin Layne Ray
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1966
- Home teacher,
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- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Douglas County Colorado; found guilty of sex assault/child/postrust-vict under 15.
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Case #819: Max Todd Cheatham
- AKA CHEATMAN,MAX TODD CHEATHAM,MAX T CHEATHAM,MAX
- Victims:10+, 100+, 2+, 20+, 5+, 50+,
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Born: 1960
- Missionary,
- Argentina - Argentina 1979-1981
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- Convicted, Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse.
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Case #720: David George McConkie
- AKA Bishop McConkie, President McConkie
- Feb. 7, 2024: pleaded not guilty; 2023-11-20 - preliminary hearing waived; McConkie was permitted to move to Utah
- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1978
- Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Young men's president,
- Bolivia - Bolivia Cochabamba 1997-1999
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- Ongoing criminal case, Pleaded not guilty,
- He 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.
- Paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; Bruce's brother Oscar McConkie was a founding partner of LDS church law firm Kirton & McConkie.
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Case #624: Allen Quinn Stailey
Case #599: David Oliver Homack
Case #271: Dan S Overholt
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- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
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- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #259: Richard W Nelson
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- Scout leader,
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- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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Case #27: Joseph Layton Bishop
- Victims:2+,
- Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- During alleged crime: Other leader,
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- Police investigation,
- Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- The accused 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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Case #62: Brett Candelaria
- Victims:5+,
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Born: 1972
- Unknown,
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- Guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- The accused 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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Case #305: Brian Robbins
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- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
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- The accused was a Mormon church member in Colorado; accused of child sexual exploitation.
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