Alleged crime: 2010s, 
Alleged crime county:
crime-county-ca-el-dorado, - Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, - During alleged crime: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Hong Kong - Hong Kong - Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Victim's home,
- Criminal case(s): Jury trial, Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- AKA Alan R Andrus, Roman Andrus
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Alan Andrus (AKA Roman Andrus) was a Latter-day Saint bishop from at least 2005 to 2007 in the El Dorado Hills Ward, El Dorado California Stake. (Sources: 2005 official Mormon church leadership directory in FLOODLIT’s possession; Village Life in Placerville, California, Jan. 17, 2007, p. 11.)
In 2020, Andrus was arrested and accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a victim in El Dorado County, California in 2019. Andrus was not a bishop at the time of the alleged crime.
As of Oct. 31, 2025, the case disposition is still pending; a jury is set to deliberate.
Andrus’s father-in law, Kieth 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.
Sources
- BYU GRAD STUDENT READY TO BEGIN PRO HOOP CAREER IN JAPAN,
- temple wedding announcement of the accused,
- Arrest Information for Alan Roman Andrus,
- Closing arguments made in ex-bishop's sex abuse case,
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1. BYU GRAD STUDENT READY TO BEGIN PRO HOOP CAREER IN JAPAN
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2. temple wedding announcement of the accused
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3. Arrest Information for Alan Roman Andrus
Arrested For 289(E) - Rape By Foreign Object: (V) Intoxicated
Arrest Date May 9, 2020 -
4. Closing arguments made in ex-bishop's sex abuse case
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A jury is expected to begin deliberations soon in the trial of People v. Alan Andrus, a former bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a church member in 2019.
Andrus’ term as bishop had concluded by the time of the alleged event. He faces three charges: one count of sexual penetration with a foreign object or substance when the victim is intoxicated, one count of attempted sexual penetration under the same circumstances and one count of sexual battery. Prosecutors Kassie Cardullo and Blair Gue of the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office lead the case, while Linda Parisi of Sacramento’s Wing and Parisi Law represents Andrus.
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