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Born: 1928
Died: 2017
- AKA Grant Stringham; Dr. Stringham; J. Grant Stringham, Jr.
2017: died
Bishopric counselor, Missionary, 
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1954
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Dr. James Grant Stringham was a pediatric physician in Salt Lake City, Utah, a prominent local LDS church member, and a convicted child sexual abuser.
In 1948, Stringham left the United States to serve a full-time LDS mission in Hawaii. LDS apostle Henry D. Moyle spoke at Stringham’s missionary farewell.
In 1950, Stringham returned home from his completed LDS mission.
On 1954-08-10, Stringham was married in the Salt Lake temple of the LDS church, with apostle Elder Richard L. Evans officiating.
After marrying, Stringham and his wife moved to Baltimore, Maryland while he attended medical school.
On July 2, 1980, Stringham made a video recording of a sexual nature involving one of his child patients. According to Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney Paul Farr, Stringham made the recording in his doctor’s offices at 2026 S. 1300 East in Salt Lake City and used the film for his own sexual gratification.
In or before June 1982, Stringham (age 54) was arrested by Salt Lake City police detectives. They executed a search warrant at Stringham’s medical office and discovered the film Stringham had made in 1980.
In June 1982, Stringham pleaded no contest to a second-degree felony charge of sexual exploitation of a minor.
In or before July 1982, Stringham was sentenced to one to five years at the Utah State prison, but that sentence was suspended upon completion of probation and rehabilitation programs.
In July 1982, he was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution. His medical license was also suspended for 90 days, and the judge (3rd District Judge David B. Dee, also a Mormon) placed restrictions on the ages of patients the doctor would be allowed to treat.
The probable cause statement on the complaint was sealed by court order.
In 2022, during a Mormon Stories podcast episode, a woman alleged that Stringham had sexually molested her daughter.
Sources
- Grant Stringham LDS mission announcement
- Grant Stringham LDS mission announcement
- Grant Stringham completed his Mormon mission to Hawaii
- Grant Stringham LDS temple marriage reported
- Grant Stringham graduated from the University of Maryland
- Doctor Gets Sentence for Abuse
- Pediatrician's Trial Set Sept. 7
- Doctor's License Revoked for Alleged Lewd Acts
- Obituary - James Grant Stringham
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Grant Stringham LDS mission announcement
Source type: News article
Publisher: Salt Lake Tribune
Date published/accessed: 13 Jun 1948
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Source type: News article
Publisher: Deseret News
Date published/accessed: 13 Jun 1948
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Source type: News article
Publisher: Deseret News
Date published/accessed: 11 May 1950
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back to online sources list Grant Stringham LDS temple marriage reported
Source type: News article
Publisher: Salt Lake Tribune
Date published/accessed: 10 Aug 1954
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back to online sources list Grant Stringham graduated from the University of Maryland
Source type: News article
Publisher: Baltimore Sun
Date published/accessed: 8 Jun 1957
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back to online sources list Doctor Gets Sentence for Abuse
Source type: News article
Publisher: Salt Lake Tribune
Date published/accessed: 30 Jul 1982
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back to online sources list Pediatrician's Trial Set Sept. 7
Source type: News article
Publisher: Salt Lake Tribune
Date published/accessed: 24 Jun 1984
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back to online sources list Doctor's License Revoked for Alleged Lewd Acts
Source type: News article
Publisher: Salt Lake Tribune
Date published/accessed: 5 Feb 1985
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Source type: Website
Publisher: Legacy.com
Date published/accessed: 1 Dec 2017
archive 1 | archive 2James Stringham Obituary
James Grant StringhamJune 1, 1928 - Nov. 24, 2017
James Grant Stringham passed away peacefully at home on November 24, 2017 of causes incident to age. Grant was born the treasured only child to John Grant Stringham and Isabelle Armstrong Stringham on June 1, 1928 in Salt Lake City. He grew up in the avenues area, and attended East High School where he served as editor of the year book and ran track. He attended the University of Utah and affiliated with the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Upon graduation, Grant attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine and subsequently completed a residency in Pediatrics at Children's Memorial Hospital in Evanston, Illinois. He returned to Salt Lake City where he practiced Pediatrics for many years and was devoted to his patients.
Grant was an active member of the LDS Church, and served a full-time proselyting mission to Hawaii at a time when the Hawaiian Islands were relatively primitive. He was able to master the original Hawaiian language and gained a deep love for the Polynesian people. Grant was married for time and all eternity to [REDACTED] in the Salt Lake Temple on August 10, 1954.
Grant approached life with a cheerful attitude and a big smile. He loved the out of doors, and enjoyed many diverse hobbies which included hunting, fishing, boating, and especially flying his trusty 3366C Beechcraft Bonanza. He loved being with his family and friends during these outings, and had the gift of making these trips fun and filled with laughter. He will be greatly missed.
Videos: James Stringham Mormon sex crime case
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- Video title: 1621: Suffering Abuse in the Shadow of Mormon Prophets - Christine Burton
- Video description: "Christine Burton tells her heartbreaking story of abuse, neglect and dismissal by multiple Mormon Prophets while they simultaneously publicly extolled the "virtues" of her abusive mother and father. Listen as she expresses her growth in healing the generational abuse, loving her gay son in troubled times, losing loved ones to shame and finding her voice!"