Richard Sampson (1945 – ) was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah.

Richard Blaine Sampson is a convicted child sexual abuser and former Provo, Utah MTC doctor.

FLOODLIT has obtained copies of Utah court documents confirming Sampson’s status as a sex offender.

Description of Sampson’s sex crimes by a Provo Police Department officer:

“Between approximately 2002 and continuing up through 2011, the defendant touched the genitalia of 5 [girls] and/or had them touch his genitals. He also exposed his genital area to two other [girls] during this time frame. All of the [girls] were under the age of 14 when they were molested. These incidents occurred primarily in Provo, Utah but also happened in Gilbert, Arizona and Phoenix, Arizona.”

From approximately 1988 to 2003, Sampson worked at Kings Health Medical Group in Hanford, California.

In 2003, Sampson moved from the Hanford, California area to Provo, Utah to take a position as Director of Medical Affairs for the Missionary Training Center, the LDS church’s flagship training center for full-time missionaries.

Sampson lived in Provo, UT in 2010.

He was bishop of the Provo Peak 7th Ward from 2005-2010.

He was a stake high council member, Hanford, CA, unknown dates.

He was a stake presidency member, Hanford, CA, 1997.

He was serving as a high council member in the Provo Utah East Stake at the time of being accused.

Sampson was convicted on 2014-03-25.

Sampson’s wife filed for divorce in 2015.

Sampson was paroled on 2022-10-04.

As of January 2023, Sampson’s status was marked as “parole” by the Utah state government website.

Offender Number: 217615
Location: PAROLE

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Sources

  1. Fourth District Judicial Court - American Fork - Utah County, Utah - Case Number 131101598, Utah Courts Xchange, September 22, 2023.
  2. the accused takes a job as MTC director of medical affairs - Hanford Sentinel - , Hanford Sentinel, May 9, 2003.
  3. offender number: 217615, Utah Corrections, September 22, 2023.
  4. Richard Sampson of Utah accessed , Offender Radar , January 26, 2023.
  5. biographical details about the accused, Mormon Stories , March 26, 2018.

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