Civil Result: Dismissed with prejudice

11 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

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- Arlo Atkin was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona, California,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
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- 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; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Church positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Utah,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
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- Timothy Johnson was a Mormon church member in Oregon; pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree sexual abuse and was sentenced to 15 years in prison; a lawsuit against the Mormon church was dismissed with prejudice
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- Brenda Miles was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Church positions: ever-bishop-wife, ever-mission-president-wife, ever-relief-society-president,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Gerald Mortimer was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Church positions: Mission president, Missionary, Temple president,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1943
- Mission: 1962-1964 United States North Central States (including time in Ontario, Canada)
- Places lived: Idaho, Philippines,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2021: civil lawsuit dismissed with prejudice
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- Terry Parker was a former Mormon bishop and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1953
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
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- Brian Pickett was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Branch president, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Hawaii,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
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- Gary Reese was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy Scout leader in Washington; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops; never charged; died in 2014
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1938
  Died: 2014
- Mission: 1961-1964 Finland Finland (unknown)
- Places lived: Washington,
- Latest update: 2014: died
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- Stephen Stokes was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1948
  Died: 2016
- Mission: 1967-1969 United States New York Cumorah
- Places lived: Idaho, Iowa,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2022: Civil lawsuit dismissed with prejudice
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- Drew Tutt was a Mormon church member, school teacher and soccer coach in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two girls on his soccer team; in 2017, convicted of two counts of third degree felony sexual abuse of a minor student; in 2018, sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1988
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Roy, Utah
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- Ruth Worthen was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse; died in 2025
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Public,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: June 2024: arrested and charged with child sexual abuse
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