was a Mormon bishop in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; accused of sexual abuse in 2020; as of June 2024, the case is proceeding through the trial setting process

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Summary

Alan Andrus, a former LDS bishop, was arrested and accused in 2020 of drugging and sexually assaulting a member of his LDS ward in El Dorado County, California in 2019.

As of May 2023, the case disposition is still pending, as it proceeds through pretrial motions.

Andrus was a son-in-law of Kieth Merrill; Merrill was commissioned by the LDS church’s First Presidency to produce the films Legacy and The Testaments, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Southern Virginia University and president of the BYU Alumni Association.

FLOODLIT is keeping track of this court case – El Dorado County case #P20CRF0225 in California.

Born in ~1964, served an LDS mission. Married in an LDS temple.

Sources

  1. BYU GRAD STUDENT READY TO BEGIN PRO HOOP CAREER IN JAPAN
    view source details | 26 Jul 1990 | Deseret News
  2. temple wedding announcement of the accused
    view source details | 20 Aug 1992 | Provo Daily Herald
  3. Arrest Information for Alan Roman Andrus
    view source details | 11 May 2020 | Local Crime News

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