Lionel Drage (1925 – 2022) was an LDS bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah (Yale Second Ward, Bonneville Stake) in 1965; accused of child sexual abuse; was allegedly excommunicated from the LDS church for sexually abusing one or more children; died in 2022.

Lionel Drage was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah (Yale Second Ward, Bonneville Stake) in 1965.

He died in 2022.

A source who requested anonymity told FLOODLIT that Drage was excommunicated from the LDS church for child sexual abuse.

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  1. Lionel Lamar Drage, Holbrook Mortuary, December 2, 2022.
  2. From Heart To Heart: An Autobiography, Russell Marion Nelson, April 8, 2022.

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