LDS positions: Other leader, - During crime: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Uruguay - Unknown - Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, - Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- AKA Ken Jenks
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Ken Jenks was a Mormon in California convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age by force or fear in 2006 and released in 2018.
Jenks was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks’s abuse but allowed him to work with children
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Offense : LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE BY FORCE OR FEAR
Date Convicted : 2006
Statute : 288(b)(1)
Date Release : 2018
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Sources
- UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION - Case No.23-cv-03290-BLF,
- Kenneth Enos Jenks,
- Kenneth Enos Jenks,
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1. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION - Case No.23-cv-03290-BLF
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2. Kenneth Enos Jenks
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3. Kenneth Enos Jenks
Level : Unknown
Status : In ViolationPHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
DOB : 03/07/1941
Sex : MALE
Height : 5'11"
Weight : 185
Race : WHITE
Hair Color : GRAY/PARTIALLY GRAY
Eye Color : BROWN
Scars & Tattoos:
NoneOFFENSES
Offense : LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE BY FORCE OR FEAR
Date Convicted : 2006
Statute : 288(b)(1)
Date Release : 2018REGISTRATION DETAILS
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