3 LDS sex abuse cases found
Alleged church action: Stake officials accused of failure to report allegations to civil authorities
- Church action: Stake official accused of failure to report
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- Michael Antrobus (1947 – 2023) was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; allegedly had at least a dozen victims
Convicted:
2021, 2022, 
LDS positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - Alleged failure to report
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- David Gomez (1946 – ) was an LDS bishop in West Valley City, Utah in the late 1980s and early 1990s; allegedly raped, sodomized and fondled several boys he met as their bishop; charged in 2004 with six felonies; charges were dropped in 2005 due to statutes of limitations issues; church officials excommunicated Gomez, but allegedly failed to report to civil authorities for six or seven months
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
Alleged crime city:
crime-city-ut-west-valley, - Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Expunged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Alleged failure to report
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Despite excommunicating Gomez, church officials did not tell police of the alleged abuse for six or seven months until his 2004 arrest
"We'd like to keep this low key."
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- Jared Wilson (1976 – ) was an LDS church member in Raleigh, North Carolina; convicted in 2011 of crimes related to child sexual abuse (six total counts of indecent liberties with a child); released from prison in 2015; no longer a registered sex offender as of 2025; in 2013, the alleged victims' mother sued the Mormon church, a stake president and two bishops; the case settled in 2015
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime city:
crime-city-nc-raleigh,
- Crime county:
crime-county-nc-wake,
- Crime state:
North Carolina,
Convicted:
2011, 
LDS positions: ever-ward-missionary, Music leader, Sunday school, Sunday school teacher, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result, 
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