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Donate »2 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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John Earl Goodrich
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Alleged coverup- was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Criminal charges dropped, Withheld judgment,
- Civil: civil-lds-payment-victim-out-court, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
- Case report »
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John Misseldine
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two little children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a lawsuit said a local Mormon leader failed to report abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Alford plea, Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed, civil-lds-payment-victim-out-court, lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
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LDS church payment: $782,000
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