4,236 reports of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by Latter-day Saints (statistics »). Sources include court documents, public records, news reports, academic journals, and survivors or witnesses of alleged abuse.
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- Sean Dotson (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Oregon; convicted of a sex crime
Positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, - View report »
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- Matthew Doyle (1973 – ) was an LDS bishop in Copperas Cove, Texas (2nd Ward) in the 2000s; was a high school basketball coach; convicted in 2011 of sexual assault
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Aaron Drake was an LDS church member in the Bellingham, Washington area; accused of sexually abusing two underage girls, along with his brother Brian Drake, from 2002 to 2009
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Brian Drake was an LDS church member in the Bellingham, Washington area; accused of sexually abusing two underage girls, along with his brother Aaron Drake, from 2002 to 2009
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Tyler Draper was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Michael Driggs (1950 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Brazil in the early 1970s; allegedly sent to a different mission in the United States after being found having inappropriate relationships with young boys; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1985 in Arizona; convicted again of child sexual abuse in 2013 in Utah; he met his victim in the Utah case at church, according to court documents
- Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2013, - Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- James Duffin (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in California; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; incarcerated 2006 to 2011; allegedly groomed female students ages 7-10 with attention and candy and then forcing sexual contact in his classroom after school
- Convicted:
2006,
- Positions: Music leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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- Daniel Duke (1987 – ) was a BYU student in Provo, Utah; in January 2006 Duke attempted to meet with a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex; the person was an undercover agent of the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force; convicted of ATTEMPTED - ENTICING A MINOR OVER THE INTERNET
- Convicted:
2007,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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He told investigators he had been feeling lonely and jealous of his college friends'' [sic] sexual escapades over Christmas break, according to a statement released by Paul Amann, assistant attorney general. -The Daily Universe, Jan. 24, 2006-
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- Jeremy Dumas (1968 – ) was a Mormon bishop and boy scout leader in Indiana; pleaded guilty to charges related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2024; sentenced in September 2024 to 10 years in federal prison
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Alan Dunlap was a Mormon church member in Fresno, California; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Joseph Dunlop (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member and Primary teacher in South Jordan, Utah; accused in 2024 of attempting to meet a person he thought was a 9-year-old girl to sexually abuse her; pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and solicitation to commit sodomy on a child, both first-degree felonies; sentenced in 2024 to five years to life in prison
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Alan Dunn (1941 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Police investigation, Unknown result,
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- Nathan Dupuis (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in New York; sentenced in 2018 to four and a half years in prison for molesting a child
- Convicted:
2018,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Cesar Duran (1982 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in a Spanish-speaking LDS ward in Orem, Utah (Geneva Height Stake); arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place inside an LDS church building
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Joseph Durborow (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in Federal and State courts in 2003
- Convicted:
2003,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Isaac Durfey (1991 – ) was a Mormon church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2014, 2015 and 2018; accused each time of offering money or gifts to teen boys (ages 16-17) in exchange for sex or explicit pictures; charges of which he was convicted included sexual exploitation of a minor, sexual battery and sexual solicitation of a child
- Convicted:
2014, 2015, 2018,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"When he saw the victim on Instagram he had intentions of helping him, but the bad side kicked in and it progressed from there,"-
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- Thomas Durham was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Gary Durrant was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Adele Dye was a Mormon church member in Rexburg, Idaho; convicted in 2008 of child sexual abuse; sentenced to at least six months in prison; registered sex offender
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Edwin Dyer (1935 – 1986) was a Mormon church member and scoutmaster in central Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested as many as 15 boys over a 28-year period; convicted in 1985 of two misdemeanors related to sexual abuse; shot and killed in 1986 by one of his victims; the Mormon church settled out of court for $200,000 with one victim
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $200,000
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Disfellowshipped, Excommunicated,
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"Until we use names, until people understand that this happened to Johnny next door, it will keep on happening."Church officials asked Dyer to resign as scoutmaster and later disfellowshipped and excommunicated him, but allegedly did not tell police-
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- Larry Dyke was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Timur Dykes was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; reportedly admitted to molesting 17 boys; convicted multiple times; in 1987, three plaintiffs sued the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts of America; in about 2009, the Mormon church paid $350,000 to a victim to settle its portion of a civil lawsuit
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $350,000
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated,
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- Kevin Eagar was a Mormon church member in Eagar, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Oliver Eames (1948 – 2005) was an LDS church member, sixth grade teacher and Mormon Tabernacle Choir singer in Farmington, Utah; admitted to trying to fondle several children he had been hired to tutor; pleaded guilty in 1988 to two felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; local police had documented 52 alleged child sexual abuse incidents involving him
- Positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Frederick Edvalson (1920 – 2009) was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Todd Edwards (1964 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of one teenage girl in 2006 and another in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake president and LDS law firm Kirton McConkie hindered police
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2013,
- Positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Counseling/therapy for victim, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Douglas Egan (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member in McMinnville, Oregon; indicted in January 2026 by a grand jury on 16 charges related to alleged sexual abuse of two minor victims
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Chet Egley (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Weston, Idaho; tried to meet a 13 year old girl for sex in Utah; pleaded guilty and convicted to one count sexual abuse of a child and two counts of enticing a minor by internet or text
- Convicted:
2023,
- Positions: Elders quorum president/counselor, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Lynn Egley (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Benson, Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2018; the alleged abuse took place in the 1990s
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, No church discipline, Unknown church action,
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"The brethren are aware of the issue and it has been handled properly despite what [victim] and [victim's wife] have stated.""My [stake president] informed me that “Salt Lake” had called and asked him if there was a need for a disciplinary council for my wife and I because of our public opposition to the brethren. He told them no and that instead they should drive up to Idaho and apologize to us." -Alleged victim, Reddit 2019-
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- Michael Ehlert (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; convicted in 2017 in Guam of sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: BYU,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- David Eldredge was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
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- Jay Elggren (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to jail and probation
- Convicted:
2017,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Gerald Elison (1930 – 2019) was an LDS church member and junior high school drama teacher in Orem, Utah; accused in 2014 in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy student in the early 1980s; died in 2019
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed,
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- Anthon Ellsworth (1982 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in Arizona; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to seven years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2021,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Rowan Ellsworth (1948 – ) was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop Burgess, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007; is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona.
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Ryan Ellsworth (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona; accused in 1998 of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2000; sentenced to two consecutive terms of six years in prison; released in 2010; violated probation in the 2010s; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Show Low, Arizona
- Convicted:
2000,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Karl Elvik (1963 – ) was a Mormon church youth leader in Glasgow, Scotland; admitted indecency offenses against eight boys; was jailed for 18 months
- Convicted:
2014,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
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- Dennis Empey (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Driggs, Idaho and scout leader in Provo, Utah; accused of sexually abusing many children between 1981 and 1990; a stake president and four Mormon bishops allegedly failed to report abuse for years; convicted in 1991 in Utah of child molestation; sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation; charged in 2025 in Idaho with sex crimes
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1991,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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"This man has molested so many children that it involved four Bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."Empey's alleged sex crimes span at least 44 years (1981 - 2025)-
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- Gary Erickson (1968 – ) was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018; in 2019, pleaded guilty in Utah to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct
- Convicted:
2019,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Kelly Erickson was an LDS church member and US Air Force military member in Washington; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2023, incarcerated in Tucson, Arizona
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Robert Erickson (1932 – ) was an LDS church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; in 2023, charged with three first degree felony counts of aggravated child sexual abuse; he was 91 years old at the time of the charges
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Neil Erickson (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Verd Erickson (1936 – 2022) was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Riverton, Wyoming who moved to Utah; was accused of sexual misconduct and lost his dentistry license in 2010; died in 2022
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Dallas Erickson (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member in Terreton, Idaho; pleaded guilty to felony lewd conduct with a child under 16 years old June 2026; sentenced 7 years fixed and 20 years indeterminate in prison; Erickson will have to register as sex offender
- Convicted:
2026,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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"It essentially stated that it’s not just Mr. Erickson’s fault, it’s the victim’s fault, and says punishment should be divided […] The court needs to, for the benefit of not only the victim but to send a message to society, deterrence of you, Mr. Erickson."-
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- Carlos Escalante was an LDS branch president in San Nicolas, Argentina; sexually abused his stepdaughter for 5 years, including while branch president; the victim asked local LDS leaders for support, but allegedly received none; she was punished by the church for "refusing to forgive" and for "failing to comply with worthiness standards;" Escalante was sentenced in 2018 to 14 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2018,
- Positions: Branch president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Aaron Esplin (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Hurricane, Utah; accused of sexual exploitation of a 17-year-old student; convicted, sentenced in 2018 to jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- Miguel Estudillo (1969 – ) was an LDS primary teacher in Baker City, Oregon; arrested for crimes related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Pierre Euvrard (1949 – 2000) was a Mormon mission president from 1991 to 1994 in the Mascarene Islands mission / South Africa Durban mission; died in 2000; accused in a 2020 Arizona lawsuit of sexually abusing two underage teen boys for years while working as a mission president
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Christopher Evans was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- William Evans (1909 – 1991) was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"Glen Elden VanWagenen (d. 2002). VanWagenen, a former bishop, worked for the LDS Church Welfare and Missionary Departments. Glen allegedly said that the two relatives should just let the matter lie, that they shouldn't report the abuse to authorities, and that God would take care of Evans in the next life."When Evans died, the family of one of his children reportedly received a condolence letter from the First Presidency of the LDS church-
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