Case #667: Brian Mathew Bowen
- AKA Dr. Bowen
- February 2024: ongoing criminal case; nine victims have accused Bowen of sexual misconduct
- Victims:2+, 5+, 9,
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Born: 1975
- Missionary,
- United States - Arizona Tempe (Spanish speaking) 1994-1996
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- Ongoing criminal case,
- no civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and podiatrist in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse of at least nine women; as of February 2024, indicted with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of second-degree sexual abuse, nine counts of third-degree sexual abuse, and two counts of sex abuse by fraudulent representation.
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Case #804: Thomas John Thompson
- AKA Tom Thompson
- 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Yellville, Arkansas
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Born: 1944
- Unknown,
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- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Oregon, California and Arkansas; convicted of sex crimes in Oregon in about 2002; as of 2024, was a registered sex offender living in Yellville, Arkansas.
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Case #871: Keith Kenneth Bergstresser
- AKA Keith Bergstresser Jr
- 2023: registered sex offender in Idaho; lives in Star, Idaho
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1975
- Elders quorum presidency member,
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- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; made a registered sex offender; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho.
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Case #808: Sean Stirling Dotson
Case #859: Jeffrey Alan Gatlin
- Inmate No. 25110 Central Utah Correctional Facility Housing: CUCF Boulder
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1967
- Unknown,
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- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child/1st degree felony; as of October 2023, serving in Central Utah Correctional Facility Housing in Boulder, Utah, CUCF Boulder.
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Case #590: Jason Carl Brumble
- March 2023: is in prison in Oregon
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1972
- Stake Sunday school presidency,
- When accused: stake Sunday school presidency,
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- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and stake Sunday school presidency member in Oregon; found guilty in 2015 of child sexual abuse of his own daughters; is in prison in Oregon as of March 2023.
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Case #472: Connor Hammond
- Victims:Add info
- Missionary,
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- Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and BYU student in Utah; in 2019, pleaded guilty to rape of a child and was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
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Case #327: Michael Simms
- AKA Mike Simms
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- Unknown,
- no
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- He was a Latter-day Saints (LDS) church member, organist and music teacher in Oregon; accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy about 100 times between 1974 and 1976.
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Case #113: David Brian Farley
- AKA David B. Farley, Dr. Farley
- February 2024: lives in Nephi, Utah; February 2024: the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley
- Victims:200+,
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Born: 1958
- Primary teacher, Stake high council, Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime: Primary teacher, Stake high council, Sunday school teacher,
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- Never charged,
- no civil case,
- He was a former doctor and LDS church member in Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley.
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Case #104: Timur Van Dykes
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- no
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty,
Settlement paid by LDS church: $350,000
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; in about 2009, the Mormon church paid $350,000 to a victim to settle its portion of a civil lawsuit.
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Case #78: John Lee Cox
Case #110: Miguel Angel Estudillo
- AKA Mick Estudillo
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1969
- Primary teacher,
- no
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- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS primary teacher in Oregon; arrested for crimes related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
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Case #188: Kenneth I Johnson
- AKA Kenneth I Johnson, Jr.; Kenneth L Johnson (incorrect)
- Victims:Add info
- Home teacher,
- During alleged crime: Home teacher,
- When accused: Other leader,
- no
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- Alleged failure to report
- Civil case result unknown,
- He was a Mormon church member and home teacher in Beaverton, Oregon; a victim filed a $55.7 million lawsuit against the Mormon church saying Johnson had sexually molested him when Johnson was his home teacher; the alleged sexual abuse took place as often as twice a week for two years between 1987 and 1989.
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Case #84: Franklyn Richard Curtis
- AKA Franklin Richard Curtis, Frank Curtis, Brother Curtis
- 1995: died
- Victims:10+,
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Born: 1903
Died: 1995 - High priest, Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime: High priest, Sunday school teacher,
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty,
Settlement paid by LDS church: $3,000,000
- The accused 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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Case #12: Larren Bybee Arnold
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1935
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
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Case #437: Stephen Andrew Goode
- AKA Steve Goode
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1981
- Missionary,
- Philippines - Philippines Ilagan Mission 2002-2004
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- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member; found guilty of sexual abuse.
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Case #198: Ronald Lynn Kerlee
- AKA Ron Kerlee
- Victims:1,
- Seminary teacher, Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
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- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Civil case ongoing,
- He was a Mormon seminary teacher, Sunday school leader and youth leader in Corvallis, Oregon; convicted of Sodomy III (Class C Felony) for sexual abuse of a child; accused of sexually abusing multiple children; was also a licensed counselor in Oregon until his license was revoked in 2014 after he allegedly engaged in sexual activities with a male client.
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Case #261: Rand Darrell Newby
- AKA Mr. Newby
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1953
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- no
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- Convicted, Guilty, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Sentenced to probation,
- no civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Washington, Oregon and San Francisco, California; had a career as a schoolteacher; charged in Oregon in 1986 with sexual abuse of two children; convicted of two counts, one class C felony and one class A misdemeanor; sentenced in 1987 to 5 years probation.
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Case #189: Timothy Samuel Johnson
Case #237: Jay Douglas Mitchell
- Victims:Add info
- Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- The accused was an Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; sentenced to a total of sixty years in prison with a minimum of thirty years, for child sexual abuse.
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Case #50: Paul Douglas Burdick
- AKA Mr. Burdick
- Victims:10+, 20+,
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Born: 1972
- Bishop, Elders quorum president,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Guilty,
- He was an LDS bishop and drivers education teacher in Oregon; arrested in 2019 and charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving underage female students in his job as a drivers ed teacher.
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Case #171: James Francis Hogan
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1939
- Church employee, Scout leader,
- no
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty, Pleaded guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- Civil settlement,
Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million.
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Case #36: Douglas Ray Bowen
- AKA Doug Bowen
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1950
- Scout leader,
- no
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty,
- He 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.
- direct relative of Mormon apostle Albert E. Bowen and seventy Shayne M. Bowen.
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23 cases found.
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