12 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City
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- Kevin Garn (1955 – ) was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
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Alleged crime: 1980s,
Alleged crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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LDS positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
Alleged failure to report
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- Jay Grant (1902 – 1988) was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment
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LDS positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Melvin Hansen (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona
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Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Shane Murray (1982 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded and convicted of 2 counts of FORCIBLE SEX ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony the victim was 14 year old female
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Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Gordon Neeley (1935 – 2018) was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018
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LDS positions: High priest, Missionary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Byron Poelman (1934 – 2014) was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute
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Crime: 1990s,
Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Lloyd Pond (1945 – 2019) was a Mormon church spokesman and leader of an LDS church radio program in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1996 to one count of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 1997 to prison; died in 2019
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Crime: 1990s,
Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Byard Price (1940 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse, then reapplied to be a scout volunteer after his conviction
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LDS positions: Scout leader,
Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Noah Rada (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material in 2022; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three years in prison and 20 years probation
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Crime: 2020s,
Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Thomas Schofield (1955 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church
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Alleged crime: 2000s,
Alleged crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
Alleged crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Alleged crime state:
California, Utah,
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- Matthew Shepard (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; In October of 2019 chatted with online 13year old persona to try and meet for sex; found guilty to 3 counts of entice a minor by internet or text; currently in jail in Duchesne, Utah
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Crime: 2010s,
Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Crime state:
Utah,
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- Jared Tichy (1978 – ) was an LDS church member and elementary school teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah; in April 2023, charged with child sexual abuse; several other victims came forward in April 2023
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Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
Crime state:
Utah,
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