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James F. Adams
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Alleged coverup- was an elder in the LDS church in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing multiple children.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime: 1980s, in West Virginia,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Timur Van Dykes
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- Alleged coverup
- 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: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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LDS church payment: $350,000
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Shawn Noble Frost
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- was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
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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: Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho, Virginia,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
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Mark Gum
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader; accused of sexual abuse; could not be located, so the plaintiff filed against the Boy Scouts of America; plaintiff won his case.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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James Francis Hogan
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Christopher Michael Jensen
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- Alleged coverup
- 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: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in West Virginia,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Kevin Patrick Kirkland
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- was a Mormon seminary teacher and school teacher in the Redlands, California area; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2016 to molesting four female students from May 2015 to May 2016; sentenced to two years in prison; released in June 2017.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
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Thomas Lee Monson
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- was an attorney for the LDS church's law firm, Kirton McConkie; In 1989, Monson paid a $75 fine and was placed on probation after he pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a prostitute; sued in the 1990s for sexual harassment; reached a settlement with the victim; was a Mormon bishop in Utah in 2008.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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Richard Kenneth Ray
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Arizona; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing children; the LDS church was involved in a lawsuit regarding clergy-penitent privilege; the church settled out of court.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Arizona,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Michael Rex Shean
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- Alleged coverup
- 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: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in California,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Todd Summers
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a Mormon chapel and other locations; civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
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LDS church payment: $100,000
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Peter Taylor
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, LDS church ordered to make payment, Settlement,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2001,
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LDS church payment: $2,500,000
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Sean David Woolf
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- Alleged coverup
- 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: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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