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
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2021, 2022, - Positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Stake official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of 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 failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Expunged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Stake official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward officials restricted accused from working with children,
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"We'd like to keep this low key."Despite excommunicating Gomez, church officials did not tell police of the alleged abuse for six or seven months until his 2004 arrest-
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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
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Convicted:
2011,
- 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,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, Stake official accused of failure to report, Stake official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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