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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #363: Jose Antonio Arias
- AKA John Doe
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Born: 1962
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: United States - California [unknown city - served in Palm Desert] 1985-1986
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church,
- He was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable.
- Case report »
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #679: Frederick Merlin Edvalson
- AKA Frederick Merlin Edvalson, Frederick Melvin Edvalson, Frederick Edvalson, Fredrick Edvalson, Fred Edvalson
- Latest update: 2009: died in Utah
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1920
Died: 2009
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- The accused 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.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #201: Christopher W Kite
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- He was an LDS church member in Chicago, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #211: Lawrence Libey
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #317: William Schubeck
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church,
- He was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #325: Michael Rex Shean
- AKA Mike Shean
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Born: 1947
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- LDS mission: Uruguay - Uruguay 1966-1968
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent, Settlement,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- He was a Mormon bishopric counselor, attorney and temple worker in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys.
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FLOODLIT.org has a free public database of hundreds of reports about people who committed or allegedly committed sex crimes, including sexual abuse, while they were active Mormon church members. You can browse the entire database in all sorts of ways, including by LDS church position, number of victims, places where crimes took place, or criminal/civil case result.
Browse by LDS position and more »