
Case summary
Add info | Back to top09/01/89 Dallas, Texas
LDS Carlos Rodrigues abused a thirteen-year-old. The victim “told her school counselor
that her stepfather, Carlos Rodriguez, had raped her. The counselor called Child Protective
Services (CPS), who immediately sent a caseworker and David Wilson, a detective, to the
school to talk with the child. The victim told Detective Wilson that Rodriguez had been
sexually abusing her for approximately five years. Detective Wilson and the caseworker
went to the victims’s home to speak with her mother, Deanna Rodriguez. Deanna
expressed disbelief at the news that Carlos had raped her child.”
“Bishop Howard Romney, was Rodriguez’s bishop in the Mormon Church. “The prosecutor
elicited unfavorable testimony about Bishop Romney from other witnesses. He cites three
instances where witnesses testified that Bishop Romney was told about Rodriguez’s abuse
of the victim one year or more before the police investigation.”
RODRIGUEZ-Carlos Rodriguez v the State ofTexas.pdf Rodriguez v. State, Not Reported
in S.W.2d 1997 WL 527843 Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION. Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas. Carlos
RODRIGUEZ, Appellant v.The STATE of Texas, Appellee No. 05-95-01 356-CR. | Aug. 27,
1997. On Appeal from the 199th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas Trial Court
Cause No. 199-80309-95 (1997) Copy in my possession.
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LDS/Mormon church membership history
Add info | Back to topLDS mission information
The accused did not serve a full-time LDS mission.
LDS temple marriage information
FLOODLIT is not aware whether the accused was married in a Mormon temple.
Alleged victim(s)
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- Average age of alleged victim(s) at time of alleged crime(s):
LDS church response(s)
Add info | Back to top- Alleged failure to report by local LDS leaders? no
- Alleged misconduct by local LDS leaders? no
- Alleged misconduct by global LDS leaders? no
FLOODLIT is not aware whether the Mormon church paid any settlement amounts related to this case.