1 LDS sex abuse cases found
civil lawsuit against LDS church
- Criminal case result: Registered sex offender
- Civil case result: Lawsuit v. LDS church
- Crime state: Utah
- Crime city: UT - Provo
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- Dennis Empey (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Driggs, Idaho and scout leader in Provo, Utah; accused of sexually abusing many children between 1981 and 1990; a stake president and four Mormon bishops allegedly failed to report abuse for years; convicted in 1991 in Utah of child molestation; sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation; charged in 2025 in Idaho with sex crimes
Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 
Crime city:
UT - Provo, - Crime state:
Idaho, Utah,
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- Convicted:
1991,
LDS positions: Scout leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Probation, Registered sex offender, - Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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Empey's alleged sex crimes span at least 44 years (1981 - 2025)
"This man has molested so many children that it involved four Bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."
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