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  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #0: 0 - The Unknown Survivor

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  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #1: George William Aaron

    • Born in 1941.
    • Also known as Bill Aaron.
    • George Aaron was a Mormon bishop in Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters; paid $25,000 in punitive damages after losing a civil lawsuit.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, .
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Aaron lost a civil trial and had to pay $25,000 in punitive damages after his daughters accused him of sexually abusing them when they were teenagers. Utah court case number: 990400601 — From the KUER article cited below: “Over the last few months, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has had a magnifying glass pointed on its leaders’ handling of sexual abuse complaints, including some that are decades-old. Among those allegations is the matter of a former church leader accused of raping a young missionary, who has since filed a lawsuit, and former White House aid Rob Porter’s domestic abuse. But many similar stories have yet to see the spotlight. One of those, told here publicly for the…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a001

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #2: James F. Adams

    • Born in 1954.
    • James Adams was an elder in the LDS church in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing his own children.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Other leader, .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • The LDS church paid a settlement or court ordered payment in this case. The amount is unknown.
    • James Adams was a Mormon church member in the Beckley, West Virginia area in the 1990s. A case was filed against Adams in Raleigh County Circuit Court in Beckley, WV in January, 1996. According to our source, “Adams was an “Ordained Elder” who sexually abused his own children, even forcing them to make pornography which was confiscated by the state police. The suit seeks $750 million dollars from the LDS Church and other defendants. The mother who brought the case is identified only as Rebecca Doe. She alleges that LDS Church leaders had known about the abuse since 1989 but did nothing about it until Adam’s arrest in 1994 (FIVE YEARS later).. Adams was sentenced to 76 to 185 years…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a002

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #3: Paul Douglas Adams

    • Born in 1982.
    • Died in 2017.
    • Paul Adams was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused his own daughters for several years after confessing to his bishop; died by suicide while in custody awaiting trial.
    • Was a Elder, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Paul Adams was excommunicated from the Mormon church in 2013. He died by suicide while awaiting trial. — from the Associated Press on August 4, 2022: “MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her. “The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an admitted pornography addict, was in counseling with his bishop when he revealed the abuse. The bishop, who was also a family physician, followed church policy and called what church officials have dubbed the “help line” for guidance. “But the call offered little help for MJ. Lawyers for the church, widely known as the Mormon church, who…
    • Latest update: 2023: multiple victims are involved in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a003

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #4: Michael Adamson

    • Also known as Mike Adamson.
    • Michael Adamson church caretaker and organist in York, England; abused at least four children as young as seven years old; convicted; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a church care taker, .
    • Was a church care taker, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • LDS Michael Adamson, “A CHURCH caretaker who abused children as young as seven has been jailed – more than 25 years after his crimes. Over a 16-year-period, Michael Adamson molested four girls in the congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints – including two in the church’s boiler room. He abused a third in her home when he came around to tune her piano while she was off school ill.” York Crown Court also heard how elders at the church knew of Adamson’s crimes as long ago as 1998 and allowed him to continue worshipping there .” “In the past Adamson was jailed for six years after pleading guilty to 11 charges of indecent assault committed between…
    • Latest update: sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a004

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #5: Brady Glenn Allen

    • Born in 1990.
    • Brady Allen was a Mormon church youth leader and Utah teacher in Davis County, Utah; admitted to trying to meet 13-year-old for sex; sentenced to 1-15 years in Utah State Prison.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Youth leader, .
    • Thanks to your donations FLOODLIT has obtained court records in Allen’s case. Brady Glen Allen, an LDS digital media teacher in the visual arts department at Roy High School, was arrested in 2020 in Davis County, Utah, as part of an FBI sting. From the NY Post: “A Utah high school teacher has been arrested for trying to meet up with a 13-year-old child to have sex, police said. Brady Glenn Allen, 30, who teaches digital media at Roy High School, was arrested Wednesday after he “engaged in a highly sexual conversation” with an officer posing as a 13-year-old on a popular chatting application, according to a probable cause statement obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune. Allen asked the undercover…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a005

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #6: Benjamin Aaron Alyk

    • Born in 1997.
    • Also known as Ben.
    • Benjamin Alyk was an LDS missionary, confessed to making child porn; lds church leaders allegedly didn't report his crime.
    • Was an LDS missionary in Dominican Republic .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Benjamin Alyk was a Mormon church member in Utah. According to news reports, Alyk claimed he told multiple LDS church officials and even appeared before a disciplinary council. He turned himself in to police in 2018. He pleaded guilty to six counts of voyeuristic image distribution and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a006

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #7: Elwood Anderson

    • Also known as Woody Anderson.
    • Elwood Anderson was a LDS church member in Washington state; allegedly downloaded and shared more than 9,000 images of young children engaged in sexually explicit activity; convicted.
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • This case arose in 2013 in Gig Harbor, Washington. LDS church member Elwood Anderson, “A Gig Harbor man described as an upstanding member of the community and his church has been deemed Washington state’s top downloader of child pornography, authorities said.” “Upwards of 9,000-10,000 images,” were found according to Lt. Ron Mead. And “these are hardcore graphic images of underage children,” said Mead. A neighbor told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that Anderson, who goes by Woody, is married, the father of four girls, and according to Tony, one of the nicest people you will ever meet.” “We knew him to be a very upstanding citizen, member of the community, and member of his church community with the Mormon Church,” said…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a007

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #8: Jared Anderson

    • Born in 1988.
    • Also known as Eldersing.
    • Jared Anderson was a high school teacher and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Missionary, .
    • Was an LDS missionary in United States from 2007 to 2009 .
    • LDS Jared Anderson was arrested for abusing “ten or more teens and was charged on two counts of sexual performance with a child and one count of indecency with a child after several teen boys from his church reported abuse to church officials.” The boys were ages 15-17. “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement” regarding this abuse. “When we learned of the situation, local leaders reported it immediately to law enforcement.” LDS ward of accused at time of alleged crime(s): Encino Park — From Fox News “A former high school teacher who hosted sex parties for teenage boys — including a “bros night” that featured a front-door sign urging them to get naked — has…
    • Latest update: Sentenced to prison in Texas for child sexual abuse.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a008

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #9: Noel Young Anderson

    • Born in 1996.
    • Noel Anderson was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Primary teacher, .
    • FLOODLIT’s sources indicate that Anderson was arrested at his own wedding reception. — From Fox News: “McKINNEY, Texas – A 23-year-old former church instructor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole after admitting that he sexually abused multiple children. The Collin County Criminal District Attorney’s Office called Noel Anderson a serial child predator. Anderson was an instructor for 7 and 8-year-olds at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was arrested last March after a little girl told her mother that he had abused her. He confessed to the abuse and admitted that he had sexually abused multiple children that he met through the church over a period of several years. His…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a009

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #11: Manuel Archibeque

    • Manuel Archibeque was a Latter-day Saints (LDS) church member; accused of sexual abuse.
    • 07/31/05 Arizona LDS Manuel Archibeque “molested his stepdaughter and on the very day the molestation took place, S. went to see David Snyder, a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints.” Archibeque confessed to Snyder that he had molested L three times but that he still did not have any memory of touching S. Archibeque subsequently met with Snyder Several times “as a part of (the Church’s) repentance process… to confess and try to unburden his soul and so repent.” Snyder then advised Archibeque to trun himself in to the police, but he did not.” Archibeque appealed Judge Lees ruling “If 7 Archibeque argues that the order denying his motion to suppress (“Judge Lee’s order”) was…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a011

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #12: Larren Bybee Arnold

    • Born in 1935.
    • Larren Arnold was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, .
    • Was a Scout leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • The LDS church paid a settlement or court ordered payment in this case. The amount is unknown.
    • 01/03/65 Idaho LDS Larren Arnold allegedly abuses 13 year old, “Arnold’s ecclesiastical leader.. had firsthand knowledge of child sexual molestations of one or more Scouts. No charges were filed as the mother was talked out of it at the time by church leaders” Another case was filed June 7, 2012 Tom Doe v the COP which contends that Tom (a pseudonym) the Plaintiff was sexually abused at the age of around 1 3 by Arnold and the “Church… ’’Knew that the Scouting program itself posed a danger to adolescent boys because the Scouting program had shown a concrete, longstanding, consistent, and widespread problem with sexual abuse by Scout leaders and adult volunteers. ARNOLD-Larren Bybee Arnold 2.pdf Perpetrator: Arnold, Larren –…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a012

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #13: Arlo Kay Atkin

    • Born in 1956.
    • Arlo Atkin former LDS bishop in Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, served time in prison.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, .
    • Was a Bishop, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was an LDS missionary in United States from 1975 to 1977 .
    • Was married in an LDS temple in 1978 .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Arlo Atkin raped and impregnated a 14-year-old girl. He was at one time an LDS bishop in the Chandler West stake in Arizona. According to court records, Atkin had an ongoing sexual relationship with the 14-year-old between October 1989 and June 1990. In 1990 in Arizona, Atkin was accused of raping a 14-year-old. He was arrested in June 1990 and charged with sexual conduct with a minor, a felony. A case was filed against him in Maricopa County. The plaintiff, Ellen LNU (last name unknown) had been molested twice by the time she was fourteen. Arlo Atkin took Ellen into his home. Soon after, Atkin sexually abused the child also. Ellen attempted suicide. When Church members became suspicious, Ellen moved…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a013

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #14: Joseph Carlton Atwater

    • Joseph Atwater was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to trafficking and kidnapping.
    • 09/30/05 Australia Joseph Carlton Atwater, “a man of high standing” in the LDS Church pled guilty to one count of stalking and one count of kidnapping involving two minors. He exposed himself; showed pornographic images and sketches to the children. “The former missionary sneaked into the teenagers’ house at night without their parents’ knowledge and entered the bedrooms of their younger siblings, the court was told.” “Judge Campton said Atwater had the support of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and said a bishop described him as “of high-standing in the church, devoted to his wife, family and grandchildren.”
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a014

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #15: Eric Patrick Avant

    • Also known as Ricky Avant.
    • Eric Avant was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader; was sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, .
    • Was a Scout leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • The LDS church paid an estimated $2,000,000 settlement or court ordered payment in this case.
    • 01/15/79 Norfolk, VA LDS Eric Patrick Avant “was a church cub scout leader. He sodomized eight boys. He had a prior conviction for sodomy, but the church never checked him out and never registered him with Boy Scouts of America which would have run a background check .The LDS Church settled in May 1992 for an undisclosed amount.” “According to the suit, Avant was convicted in 1979 of similar offenses, something the Boy Scouts could have easily discovered. The suit alleges that the Scouts and the church were negligent in not checking on Avant’s background.” “The families who initiated prosecution said they had cooperated with police in compiling a list of 41 victims from the Webelos den and church.”
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a015

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #16: Norman Carl Barber

    • Born in 1947.
    • Also known as Norm Barber, Dr. Barber, Norm C. Barber DDS.
    • Norman Barber was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Norman Barber was an LDS church member and dentist in Layton, Utah who sexually abused two 15-year-old girls while keeping them sedated with nitrous oxide during dental appointments at his office. Barber said he confessed to his bishop in December 1986, but that police didn’t learn of the abuse until months later, after one of his victims reported it. As of 2023, Barber’s LinkedIn profile says that he worked as a dentist at Red Rock Dental from 1977 to 2017. His license was revoked but later reinstated. from the Provo Daily Herald on 1989-06-09: “SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Layton dentist on probation for forcible sexual abuse of teenage patients has pleaded for his professional life as a panel…
    • Latest update: 1988: pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of two 15-year-old girls.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a016

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #17: Bryan A Barner

    • Bryan Barner was a Mormon church member; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison.
    • Was a Scout leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • 08/10/84 New York LDS Bryan A. Barner “A boy Scout official from Tully will serve no more than a year in prison for sodomizing a 12-year-old boy last year. When Barner was arrested in May, the state police identified him as unit commissioner with the Boy Scouts.” “The authorities said the victims were two 13-year-old boys Barner met through the Boy Scouts.”
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a017

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #18: Wanda Barzee

    • Wanda Barzee with Brian David Mitchell, held Elizabeth Smart captive.
    • Wanda Barzee was a Mormon church member and wife and accomplice of Brian David Mitchell. Together with Mitchell, she held an underage girl captive for nine months. On November 16, 2009, Barzee pled guilty to assisting in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. On May 19, 2010, federal Judge Dale A. Kimball sentenced Barzee to 15 years in federal prison. As part of a plea deal between the defense and federal prosecutors, he gave Barzee credit for seven years that she had already served.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a018

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #19: John Baysden

    • Also known as John Baysen (misspelled by an AP news release).
    • John Baysden was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Missionary, .
    • Was a Missionary, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was an LDS missionary in United States from 2005 to 2005 .
    • John Baysden was a Mormon missionary from Kinston, North Carolina. He served in the Ogden, Utah mission. While serving in Roy, Utah, Baysden sexually abused two victims, ages 15 and 18, and videotaped the abuse. In 2006, Baysden pleaded guilty to two felony counts of forcible sex abuse with minors.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a019

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #20: Christian Robert Bearnson

    • Born in 1963.
    • Christian Bearnson was a Mormon church member; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US).
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • The LDS church paid a settlement or court ordered payment in this case. The amount is unknown.
    • 08/01/92 Los Angeles, California LDS Christian Bearnson was allegedly not reported by LDS church Bishop Bradley Cutler and the church was found liable to acting with “conscious disregard.” “The Mormon Church has been found liable for the molestation of a 13-year-old girl by a church elder. A Pomona Superior Court jury Wednesday said leaders in the Azusa third ward of the church acted with “conscious disregard” for the girl’s rights and safety. LDS Church Bishop Cutler did not report LDS pedophile Christian Bearnson.” “I thank God for this,” said the girl’s mother, Patsy Mille “Now it won’t happen to other kids,” said her daughter, now 15. The girl was molested in a van during a church-sponsored camping trip in August,…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a020

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #21: Brandon Beckham

    • Brandon Beckham was a Republican candidate for Utah Senate; charged with forcible sexual abuse.
    • “Utah Republican Senate candidate charged with felony sexual abuse” “UTAH COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) – A Republican candidate running for the Utah State Senate has been charged with forcible sexual abuse. The candidate, Brandon Beckham, 46, is currently running to represent District 23. Beckham has been charged with a second-degree felony charge of forcible sexual abuse by a Pleasant Grove woman. Court documents say the incident happened in June 2021 when a woman reported a non-consensual sexual encounter with Beckham to law enforcement in Pleasant Grove. The victim says Beckham was a social acquaintance of hers and went to her home one day to watch a movie together. At one point, the victim says she left the room and when she…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a021

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #22: Gary Lee Bell

    • Born in 1956.
    • Gary Bell was an LDS church member and former prosecutor in Utah; pleaded guilty in December 2022 to four second degree felony charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in January 2023 to one to 15 years in prison; in June 2023, was convicted of 15 counts of 2nd degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of class B misdemeanor voyeurism; no additional prison time was added.
    • Was married in an LDS temple in 1986 .
    • Gary Lee Bell was married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1986. His father, also an LDS church member, died in 1971 when Bell was 14. From 2008-2020, Bell worked as an Assistant Attorney General at the Utah Attorney General’s Office, in the Child Protection Division. In 2020, Bell resigned from the Attorney General’s Office after allegations of misconduct. Pornography had been found on his work computer. Bell allegedly produced child pornography and allegedly sexually molested a baby girl who was one to two years old. He was arrested at his home in Spanish Fork, Utah in August 2022, released and then arrested again in September. On August 24, 2022, Bell was arrested. In August 2022, Bell’s wife told officers…
    • Latest update: July 2023: in prison in Utah.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a022

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #23: Robert Ersol Berchtold

    • Born in 1936.
    • Died in 2005.
    • Also known as Bob Berchtold.
    • Robert Berchtold was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Temple worker, .
    • Was an LDS missionary in Switzerland .
    • Was married in an LDS temple in 1961 .
    • In January 1974, a Mormon stake high council disciplined Bob Berchtold for his involvement with “another young girl,” perhaps not his main abuse victim. Berchtold had tried to victimize at least a half-dozen other young girls in that era and had been reprimanded by the LDS church in 1974. While we don’t know what that reprimand consisted of, it wasn’t an excommunication. The Netflix documentary/series: Abducted in Plain Sight covers Berchtold’s story.
    • Latest update: died in 2005.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a023

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #24: Donald Nelson Bills

    • Donald Bills was once in a Mormon bishopric in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Counselor in bishopric, .
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • 08/31/14 Provo, Utah LDS Donald Nelson Bills, a Bishop in the LDS church “55, pleaded guilty Thursday to forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony; object rape, a first-degree felony; forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony; obstructing justice, a second-degree felony; and tampering with a witness, a third-degree felony. In exchange for the plea, 10 additional charges were dismissed.” The child was 17 years old. “Bills would talk to the girl often about his personal life, including his experiences in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his service in an LDS Church bishopric, and his absent sex life with his wife, according to the charges.” “Bills used his position in an LDS bishopric to convince the girl that their behavior…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a024

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #25: Arthur Gary Bishop

    • Born in 1952.
    • Died in 1988.
    • Also known as Art Bishop, Roger Downs.
    • Arthur Bishop was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, .
    • Was a Scout leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was an LDS missionary in Philippines from 1971 to 1973 .
    • This case arose in 1978 in Utah. Art Bishop molested many children and killed five boys. He grew up LDS and served an LDS mission to the Philippines. He was excommunicated from the Mormon church in the 1970s. On his last day alive in Utah State Prison, Bishop read from the Book of Mormon prior to being executed by lethal injection. FLOODLIT.org is not aware of any instances of sexual abuse allegedly committed by Bishop before he left the LDS church; however, we believe his inclusion in our database is justified because of the possibility that he molested or harmed other victims who may not have been able or willing to come forward, and because we feel that the high-profile…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a025

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #26: Andrew Mack Bishop

    • Born in 1981.
    • Also known as Andy.
    • Andrew Bishop church member, admitted to abusing 5 individuals in 10 years.
    • Was an LDS missionary in United States .
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • 09/12/05 Pleasant Grove, Utah LDS Andrew Bishop arrested for sexual abuse against children. “He had admitted that he sexually abused five individuals in 10 years. Reports state Bishop, 33, told officers he sexually abused his first victim nine years ago. The last victim was abused over the past eight months. He was booked into the Utah County Jail on suspicion of 85 separate first- degree felony counts for sodomy on a child and one second-degree felony count for aggravated sexual abuse of a child. “Bishop “self-reported sexual abuse of children to Pleasant Grove police after he was confronted by LDS church leaders who learned of the abuse from an alleged victim.” There is no information about how long it took…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a026

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #27: Joseph Layton Bishop

    • Joseph Bishop was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Mission president, Other leader, .
    • Was a Other leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • When Joseph Bishop was the president of Weber State University, a sexual harassment charge was brought against him, which the state settled. — from the Salt Lake Tribune on 2018-03-22: “The former president of the Missionary Training Center for the LDS Church has admitted that he took a young woman into a small room at the Provo campus and asked to see her breasts in 1984, according to a December report released Wednesday by Brigham Young University police. The woman told BYU police in November that Joseph L. Bishop had sexually assaulted her at the center in 1984. After her initial report, but before she spoke in detail with officers, she flew to visit Bishop in Arizona after telling him…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a027

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #28: David Michael Blackner

    • Also known as Adam Wolfe.
    • David Blackner was an LDS church member in or near Washington Terrace, Utah; registered sex offender who used an alias whilst in leadership positions.
    • LDS Adam Wolfe whose legal name David Michael Blackner is “a registered sex offender who used an alias without permission while holding leadership positions and working with minors in his LDS ward, police say.” “51 -year-old Adam Wolfe, who formerly went by the legal name of David Michael Blackner, is charged with two counts of violating his sex offender registry, both third-degree felonies.” “While in that (ward), he was involved in several programs where he had access to minors,” Findlay said. “Because this person had access to children, there’s some concern there may be victims out there that haven’t been identified.”
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a028

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #29: Donald Mark Blanchard

    • Donald Blanchard was an LDS church member; convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.
    • 12/20/01 California LDS Donald Mark Blanchard was convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 (criminal record). Attorney Breinholt stated, “Of course the Brethren in Salt Lake knew about these cases.” (The Growing Mormon Sex Abuse Scandal, September 23, 2009 by Jeff Breinholt) Blanchard appealed the conviction but the Appellate court “rejected the defendant’s claim of cumulative error and affirmed the judgement. “
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a029

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #30: Wyman C Blankenship

    • Wyman Blankenship was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, .
    • “01/02/69 Palmdale, California LDS Wyman C. Blankenship was placed on the BSA Confidential file in 1969. Within the file is a letter which reads: “”1 have been advised that Wyman C. Blankenship, Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 335 Palmdale has been arraigned on charges of molesting boys. The arrest came after an investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department. He pled guilty and was released on parole with the condition that he no longer involve himself with any youth program. He was also active in the little league Baseball program. He was released after being registered under Penal Code 290 as a sex offender. The registration department of the council has been alerted to pull his plate and remove him…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a030

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #31: Charles John Blome

    • Charles Blome was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim.
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • The LDS church paid an estimated $4,000,000 settlement or court ordered payment in this case.
    • A jury found that four former LDS bishops failed to protect a child victim from being abused by Blome. At the time Blome’s crimes were revealed his Mormon bishop notified him that he was a suspect. Blome was thereby able to destroy evidence that may have led to a longer prison term. — LDS church found liable for $4 million 10/08/83 Texas LDS BLOME-Charles John “Chuck” Blome “a 60-year-old retired Army officer, is known to have molested at least five boys from the Magnolia church and is being sued along with the church. He pleaded guilty in 1994 to two counts of indecency with a child and is serving two concurrent, 15-year prison terms.” “Former bishop denies he knew molester’s…
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  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #32: Gordon Brent Bodily

    • Born in 1949.
    • Gordon Bodily former Mormon bishop in Hyrum, Utah; accused of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, .
    • Was a Bishop, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was an LDS missionary in United States from 1968 to 1970 .
    • Was married in an LDS temple in 1971 .
    • Former Mormon bishop Gordon Bodily was sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison for luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex. He was also sentenced to 24 months probation after the prison term and ordered to undergo sex offender treatment. He was also a former high school gym teacher. Bodily was serving as an LDS bishop at the time of his crime and and when he was arrested. According to the sentencing report, Bodily contacted at least one other girl through the Internet. Bodily was supported in the courtroom by his wife and children, according to the Salt Lake Tribune on 2001-03-30. — from “RANDY BISHOP HAD SEX WITH GIRL OF 15“: “A RANDY bishop…
    • Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Ogden, Utah.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a032

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #33: David James Borg

    • David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, Youth leader, .
    • Was a Scout leader, Youth leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • 06/01/89 Arizona David James Borg, “In 1989, thirty-six-year-old David James Borg, a Mormon Scoutmaster in Sierra Vista, Arizona, pled guilty to a charge of molesting three boys, ages eleven, thirteen and fifteen years old, at his home and on scouting trips for five months in 1988 and admitted that there were at least twelve more victims. He was convicted and sentenced to thirty-four years in prison.” “He was placed on the BSA confidential files June 1989 (was in the BSA program since May 1987 as Scout Master. In the files there is a memorandum dated November 8, 1988 which included the following statements. “The existence of molestations in the Troop and Post sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a033

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #34: Timothy William Bothell

    • Born in 1969.
    • Also known as Tim Bothell.
    • Timothy Bothell was a LDS church employee and LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 for sexual abuse of 2 girls ages 11 and 13.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Church employee, Stake high council, .
    • This case arose in 2013 in Utah. When Bothell was arrested, the LDS Church dismissed him from his position in the church stake high council. Bothell pleaded guilty to one count of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of lewdness involving a child. — from the Salt Lake Tribune on 2013-03-01: ” Bountiful • A 43-year-old Centerville man who is a former LDS Church employee was sentenced Friday to two years in jail for sexually abusing one child and showing his genitals to a second child last year. Timothy William Bothell was charged in 2nd District Court with two counts of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child stemming from incidents at a home between…
    • Latest update: Pleaded guilty.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a034

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #35: Dennis Bough

    • Dennis Bough was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges.
    • 11/24/87 Washington LDS Denis Bough “pled guilty to sexual activity with minors.” His case is described via the Boy Scouts “perversion files” – their Ineligible Volunteer records.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a035

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #36: Douglas Ray Bowen

    • Born in 1950.
    • Also known as Doug Bowen.
    • Douglas Bowen was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
    • Connection to Mormon leaders: direct relative of Mormon apostle Albert E. Bowen and seventy Shayne M. Bowen.
    • This case arose in Boise, Idaho in the 1990s. Douglas R. Bowen, a Mormon church member, was accused in the 1990s of sexual abusing several boys in Boise, Idaho in the 1970s. Doug Bowen was arrested in 1997 for attempted sexual abuse of a Scout – see Deseret News AP story 12/16/97. Registered sex offender – Utah. Convicted of Attempted Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child in September, 1997. Perpetrator: Bowen, Douglas R. – Mormon Place: Boise Troop & Location: Boise LDS Boy Scout Troop Years in BSA: No IV File Late 70’s Early 80’s We have obtained a detailed timeline for Doug Bowen’s abuse case. Timeline for Douglas Ray Bowen: DOB: 4/1950 (SSN Issued in California) Late 1970’s May…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a036

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #37: Allen J Brinkerhoff

    • Born in 1929.
    • Died in 2019.
    • Allen Brinkerhoff was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; in 2007, found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Counselor in bishopric, Other leader, Stake president, .
    • Was married in an LDS temple in 1955 .
    • Floodlit’s sources indicate that Brinkerhoff was Bishop of the Lovelock Nevada ward in the early 1980s and Stake President of the Winnemucca Nevada Stake in the mid-late 1980s. Brinkerhoff was arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children. He was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child. In 1957, as a 28 year old, Brinkerhoff served as second counselor in the LDS Lovelock branch presidency in Lovelock, Nevada. He was still serving in that Mormon church calling in 1961, when he was made second counselor in the Lovelock ward bishopric as that…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a037

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #38: David Harrison Broadbent

    • Also known as Dr. David H. Broadbent, Dr. David Broadbent, Dr. Broadbent.
    • David Broadbent was an LDS church member and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; as of August 2023, has not been charged with a crime despite the fact that nearly 300 victims have come forward.
    • David Broadbent was an active LDS church member and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah. In 2022, dozens of women came together in a class action lawsuit in Utah, accusing Dr. David Broadbent of sexually abusing them. A judge dismissed the case, “determining that because their alleged assailant is a doctor, the case must be governed by medical malpractice rules rather than those that apply to cases of sexual assault” (ProPublica, 2023-02-22). As of April 2023, Broadbent has not been charged with a crime. — From the Provo Daily Herald on 2023-01-20: “The sign for David Broadbent’s office in the North University Medical & Dental facility in Provo is shown on Thursday, March 17, 2022. On Oct. 4, 2022, Fourth…
    • Latest update: April 2023: has not been charged with a crime.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a038

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #39: Rachel Katherine Brock

    • Rachel Brock was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting.
    • Daughter of Susan Brock. Brock pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse with sexual motivation for having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old victim. At the time of much of the abuse, Brock was 18. The victim was a family friend the Brock family met through the LDS church. Sentenced to 10 years supervised probation and a deferred one-year in jail.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a039

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #40: Susan Marie Brock

    • Born in 1962.
    • Susan Brock was an LDS church member; was sentenced in April 2011 to 13 years in prison for engaging in a three-year-long sexual relationship with a boy, beginning when he was 14 years old; was released in December 2021.
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Susan Brock engaged in a three-year-long sexual relationship with a boy, beginning when he was 14 years old. Sentenced in April 2011 to 13 years in prison; was released after 10 years. Released from prison in Perryville (ASPC-PV santa Cruz I) on 2021-12-18. Offense date: 2007-08-17 Sentence date: 2011-04-07 Crime description: attempt to commit sexual conduct with a minor Fulton Brock, Susan’s estranged husband, was a Maricopa County Supervisor at the time of Susan’s sex crimes. Her daughter Rachel Brock was also charged. The county attorneys considered charging the two LDS bishops who knew of the offenses. — From CBS News on 2011-05-23: “(CBS/AP) PHOENIX – Prosecutors say two Mormon church bishops won’t be charged in the sex abuse case…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a040

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #41: Ronald Terry Brockner

    • Born in 1959.
    • Also known as Ronnie Brockner.
    • Ronald Brockner former Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; found guilty in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Stake president, .
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • Ronald Brockner was charged with simple battery on 10/20/1998 in Caddo Parish, LA. Case Number 198581 — “A 60-year-old Boise man is accused of sexually exploiting a minor. The Idaho Attorney General’s Office says the U.S. Marshals Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force arrested Ronald T. Brockner on Wednesday. He’s alleged to have possessed sexually exploitative material. He’s been booked into the Ada County Jail on five felonies. The investigation is on-going, state officials say. Anyone with information about this case or Brockner is asked to call 208-947-8700.” — counselor in stake presidency (Shreveport, Louisiana Stake, Feb 1991), stake president (Shreveport, Louisiana Stake, August 1996), high councilor, bishop, seminary teacher, elders quorum president — Brockner’s wife filed for divorce in 2020.…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a041

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #42: David Bromley

    • David Bromley was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse.
    • 02/24/09 Illinois LDS David Bromley “A lawsuit was filed February 24, 2009, in the Circuit Court of Cook County against, brother-in-law of Christopher W. Kite, sexually abused Markeisha in Kite’s home from 1991 through 1996. In 2002 Markeisha obtained an order of protection against defendants Bromley and Kite.” “The Mormon Church is named as defendant in the suit because Kite sexually abused the minor Markeisha on at least ten occasions in the church facility at 2727 West Lake Street in Wilmette, Illinois, and as an ordained priest of the church, Kite was under direct supervision and control of the church.” Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed by Edmund J. Scanlan Against Mormon Priest & Church of Latter-Day Saints
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a042

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #43: Jimmy Earl Brooks

    • Jimmy Brooks accused.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Sunday school teacher, .
    • Was a Sunday School teacher, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • 07/01/94 Texas LDS Jimmy Earl Brooks, “used his position as an LDS Sunday School teacher to find his victims. He was a known pedophile and had been arrested in GA, CA, NM, FL, and TN. Jimmy Earl Brooks, 52, who was living on a boat docked in the Galveston area and is described as “associated with the Mormon Church in Galveston,” was charged on 22 July 1994 with molesting four children. He had earlier been arrested in Georgia, California, New Mexico, Florida, and Tennessee, on charges ranging from exposing himself to aggravated sexual assault, usually involving children under age ten. Police from Morristown, Tennessee, had been looking for him since March 7, when he was charged with the aggravated sexual…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a043

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #45: Keith Brown

    • Keith Brown was an LDS church member; father of five famous piano playing children; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his daughters when they were children; sentenced to a minimum of ten years and up-to-life in prison.
    • Keith Brown “pleaded guilty to sodomy on a child, a first-degree felony, and two counts of sex abuse of a child, a second-degree felony. The charges against him were only filed last week. Shapiro said his client first went to his LDS bishop to confess the abuse. But prosecutor David Sturgill said it was the daughters who first reported the abuse to police. In a statement released late Thursday, a spokesman for the 5 Brown said the daughters initiated the case against their father. “The women were motivated to approach law enforcement out of concern for the welfare and protection of other young women and girls,” Kimball Thomson said. He said the daughters are “at peace” with the agreement and…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a045

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #46: David Neil Brown

    • David Brown was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, .
    • Was a Scout leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • This case arose in 1997 in Kansas City, Missouri. David Neil Brown was charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy. Brown molested 5 boy scouts. “Accused pedophile David Neil Brown was an active Mormon and a Boy Scout Leader in the LDS Church. The Jackson County Missouri prosecutor’s office brought 32 charges of statutory sodomy against Brown. Court documents allege that Brown had molested five boys between 1997 and 2001 . In 2003 Brown pled guilty to two counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree and three counts of statutory sodomy in the second degree. He is serving a state sentence of 15 years at this time but on Dec. 28, 2005 Brown plead guilty to downloading child images…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a046

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #47: Gary Wade Brown

    • Born in 1967.
    • Also known as Wade Brown.
    • Gary Brown was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prsion for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, .
    • 06/15/06 Orem, Utah Gary Wade Brown, “42, pleaded guilty in June to four counts of sexual abuse of a child and sexual exploitation of a minor, second-degree felonies, and one count of lewdness involving a child”. Seven additional charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement. Brown faced one to 15 years in prison for his crimes The sexual abuse took place between 2005 and 2006.” “The boy was 12 years old “A friend of Sheri Brown, (wife of Gary) read a statement from her to the judge. She wrote that Brown had an affair early in their marriage with another man, and he has never shown an interest in changing or remorse. Over the years, Wade’s behaviors have…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a047

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #48: Jarom Christopher Brown

    • Born in 1983.
    • Jarom Brown was a Mormon church member and Utah Valley University professor; accused in 2021 of voyeurism and electronic communication harassment; convicted and sentenced in 2022.
    • from ABC4 on 2021-03-23: “SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – The alleged victim of a former Utah Valley University professor is speaking out publicly for the first time. 37-year-old Jarom Brown is accused of filming the victim without her permission and then electronically harassing her. UVU professor accused of voyeurism and harassment steps down ABC4 agreed not to identify this woman and will call her Sue. Sue says she feels like she’s being retaliated against because she’s coming forward and that this case may cost her, her acting career. “I’ve done so many shows in the theatre community. I have so many friends, and you’d be surprised how many of those friends will come to you when you’re saying, ‘this…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a048

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #49: Paul J Bryant

    • Born in 1968.
    • Paul Bryant was a Mormon church member in Utah; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; in 2016, was sentenced to prison.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary teacher, Scout leader, Youth leader, .
    • Was an LDS missionary in Argentina from 1987 to 1989 .
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • Paul Bryant was a former HOA president and LDS church member. Bryant served a full-time mission for the LDS church in Cordoba, Argentina. LDS church callings Bryant held include branch president (on his mission to Argentina), cub scout leader, Primary teacher, young men’s leader, and elders quorum presidency member. Bryant was married in the Salt Lake LDS temple. He was later divorced and his temple sealing was cancelled (often informally called a “temple divorce”). In 2016, Bryant was convicted of child sexual abuse. He took a plea deal and served two years in prison. Bryant was convicted in 2016 of: Description : 76-5-404.1 – AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD-ATTEMPTED/1ST DEGREE FELONY (attempted) According to FLOODLIT’s sources, Bryant’s LDS bishop…
    • Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Utah.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a049

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #50: Paul Douglas Burdick

    • Born in 1972.
    • Paul Burdick former LDS bishop in Oregon; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving students.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Elders quorum president, .
    • Was a Bishop, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • Paul Burdick was bishop of the Hillsboro Ward until shortly before being arrested. Accused (and sentenced) of sexually abusing teenage girls in his job as a drivers ed teacher. Served 6 months in jail. FLOODLIT’s sources indicate that Burdick had previously served as the Hillsboro Ward’s elders quorum president. “Oregon driver’s ed teacher, accused of sexually abusing 21 students, gets 6 months in jail Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 1:12 p.m. Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The Oregonian/OregonLive A Portland Community College driving instructor, accused by nearly two dozen girls or women of sexually abusing them during lessons, was sentenced Feb. 20 to six months in jail, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office said. Paul Douglas Burdick, 48, pleaded guilty to six…
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a050

  • FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #51: Gerald W Burgie

    • Gerald Burgie was a Mormon church member and scout leader; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, .
    • 11/15/81 Utah LDS Gerald W. Burgie was convicted of “attempted sexual abuse (victim was a young boy).” He was placed on the BSA confidential files on November 15, 1981.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a051
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