Showing 4 of 4,071 Mormon church members accused of sex crimes or Mormon leaders accused of failure to report sexual abuse
Timothy Shoemaker
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- was a Mormon church member in Newnan, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; as of 2024, lives in Newnan, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Georgia,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Scout activity, Vehicle,
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Samuel Gardner
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- was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
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Ronald Phelps
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- was an LDS bishop and stake executive secretary, and attorney, in Oklahoma; arrested for indecent exposure before becoming an LDS bishop; accused of child sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly covered up the abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Other leader,
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Matthew Hack
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- was a Mormon church member and stake high council member in Oklahoma; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to an amended charge of child neglect.
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- Criminal: Convicted, No contest,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
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