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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #1: George William Aaron
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- AKA Bill Aaron
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1941
LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Liable,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters; paid $25,000 in punitive damages after losing a civil lawsuit.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #517: David Roy Phipps/Verity
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- AKA David Phipps, David R. Phipps, David R. Verity, David Verity
- Latest update: 2024: Lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and works as a business consultant to dentists offices; has legally changed his name to David Verity
- Victims: 8 victims,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Civil case: Liable,
- The accused was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded nolo contendere in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded nolo contendere two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #147: Wendell Shan Thompson
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Born: 1963
LDS positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- LDS mission:
Sweden -
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Liable,
- The accused was a former LDS bishop and stake presidency member in Clinton, Mississippi; found guilty of gratification of lust; convicted in 2011 of felony child sexual abuse; some of the abuse took place while Thompson was in an LDS stake presidency role.
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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.
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