was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church

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Tom Schofield was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, California. In a 2024 civil lawsuit, an abuse survivor sued the Mormon church saying that Schofield sexually abused him in 2004-2005 when he was 16 years old, and that church leaders failed to report the abuse to police or provide emotional support.

Some of the alleged abuse took place in Oakland and Salt Lake LDS temples as well as the bishop’s office in an Elk Grove LDS church building.

Schofield’s uncle and cousin also were LDS church members who allegedly sexually abused children.

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