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James F. Adams
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- was an elder in the LDS church in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing multiple children.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Jose Antonio Arias
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Charles John Blome
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; Blome died in 2005.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent, LDS church ordered to make payment, Liable,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $4,000,000
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Peter Curtis Brackner
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Purvis, Mississippi; served as second counselor in an LDS ward bishopric, and as scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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David Bromley
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse.
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
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Larry Deutsch
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Online,
- Crime years: 2010s, 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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Timur Van Dykes
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; in about 2009, the Mormon church paid $350,000 to a victim to settle its portion of a civil lawsuit.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $350,000
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Frederick Merlin Edvalson
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
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Craig Allen Harward
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS Sunday meetings, Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2004,
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Christopher Michael Jensen
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member in Utah and West Virginia; sentenced to 35 to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing two children; local LDS church coverup alleged; LDS church settled civil lawsuit out of court for an undisclosed amount.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2013,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Kenneth I Johnson
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and home teacher in Beaverton, Oregon; a victim filed a $55.7 million lawsuit against the Mormon church saying Johnson had sexually molested him when Johnson was his home teacher; the alleged sexual abuse took place as often as twice a week for two years between 1987 and 1989.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Timothy Samuel Johnson
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- was a Mormon church member in Oregon; found guilty of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Failed attempt to sue LDS church, lawsuit against LDS church,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2017,
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Christopher W Kite
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Chicago, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
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Lawrence Libey
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Eustacio Munioz
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- was an LDS ward religious and missionary class leader in the Brownsville, Texas area; in 2011, was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy; the victim, as an adult, filed a lawsuit against the LDS church and won.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
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Joseph H Neipp
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS Primary activity,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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William Schubeck
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- was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1960s,
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Michael Rex Shean
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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George Kermit Tilson
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
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Sean David Woolf
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and full-time missionary; accused of sexual abuse of a child; the alleged abuse occurred during his mission; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2020; the church settled with the victim.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Mitchell Blake Young
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, sent home after allegedly molesting children; convicted in Arizona (1985) and Utah (1988) of child sexual abuse; in 1993, sentenced in Utah to 15 years in prison for molesting a child for five years; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for him; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah; registered sex offender.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1980s, 1990s,
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