- LDS positions: Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
Case report
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 of his granddaughters and/or had them touch his genitals. He also exposed his genital area to two other granddaughters during this time frame. All of the granddaughters 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
Case facts
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- AKA Rick Sampson
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Born: 1945
- LDS mission: unknown
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop, Church employee,
- When accused: Church employee, Stake high council,
- Lived in: Provo (Utah), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- During alleged crime, lived in: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- When accused, lived in: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2014,
- Latest update: 2024: Out on parole; registered sex offender, lives in Holladay, Utah
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Case information sources
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- Fourth District Judicial Court - American Fork - Utah County, Utah - Case Number 131101598
- the accused takes a job as MTC director of medical affairs - Hanford Sentinel -
- offender number: 217615
- Richard Sampson of Utah accessed
- biographical details about the accused
Case information source details
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Fourth District Judicial Court - American Fork - Utah County, Utah - Case Number 131101598
Publisher: Utah Courts Xchange
Date: 22 Sep 2023
Archive.org
Source type: Court record -
view all information sources the accused takes a job as MTC director of medical affairs - Hanford Sentinel -
Publisher: Hanford Sentinel
Date: 9 May 2003
Archive.org
Source type: News article -
view all information sources offender number: 217615
Publisher: Utah Corrections
Date: 22 Sep 2023
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Source type: Registered sex offender record -
view all information sources Richard Sampson of Utah accessed
Publisher: Offender Radar
Date: 26 Jan 2023
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Source type: Registered sex offender record -
view all information sources biographical details about the accused
Publisher: Mormon Stories
Date: 26 Mar 2018
Archive.org
Source type: Website
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