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David William Bennett
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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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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Robert D Campbell
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- was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Kevin F Curlew
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Claims against LDS church dismissed, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2006,
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David Scott Frank
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- was an LDS Sunday school teacher in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Dustin Hall
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member in Washington state; accused of sexually abusing boys in the Shelton Ward near Olympia.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1970s,
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Darrell Howe
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; the minor abuse victim and his mother filed suit against the LDS church and its officers deemed responsible; upon appeal, the judgment of the court again ruled against the plaintiff.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Melvin Kay Johnson
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a seminary teacher, BYU religion professor; accused by his children of sexually abusing his daughters; excommunicated, rebaptized; confessed to sexual abuse, but has not been arrested or criminally charged.
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Crime years: 1960s, 1970s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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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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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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William Eugene Knox
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader; accused of sexually abusing multiple children.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s,
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Jack LaHolt
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and Boy scout leader in Kent, Washington; accused of sexual abuse in the 1970s; court records show that two Mormon bishops knew about the abuse allegations but did not tell police.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Paul H Lewis
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Seattle, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2006.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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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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Franklin Leon Mathias
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- was a former Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30 year period.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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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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Brian Richard Pickett
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- was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Errol Kent Pilling
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- was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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James Phillip Schmidt
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1980s, 1990s,
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Michael Simms
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- was a Latter-day Saints (LDS) church member, organist and music teacher in Oregon; accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy about 100 times between 1974 and 1976.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime years: 1970s,
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Bradley Grant Stowell
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000s, 2005, 2008,
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Jason Strong
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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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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Robert Lewis White
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- was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota in the late 1960s; accused in a civil lawsuit in 2008 of sexually abusing a boy while on his mission.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1960s,
- 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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