
About Franklin Mathias
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Franklin Mathias Mormon Sex Crime Case Summary
molested an 11 year old boy during a sunday school class
Now late 80’s in age, he allegedly abused over 70 victims in Eastern Oregon. Lives now in Jefferson Oregon.
09/22/87 Oregon – Franklin Leon Mathias was “sentenced for molesting an 11 -year-old boy during a
Sunday School class.” The DA Russ West claimed that “Mathias had sexually abused more
than 70 victims during his adult life.” Judge Gooding stated, “I am disappointed that this
matter wasn’t handled by the system in 1962-we wouldn’t have all this wreckage now.”
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