5 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Crime county: Ada
    • "Bowers offered $300 to "party" and said he would bring "party supplies." Investigators interpreted the messages as an offer to pay for a sexual encounter."
      — (summarized) The reporting party to police - Cowboy State Daily, July 28, 2026
      He reportedly said his conduct was "morally wrong" but denied solicitation
    • John Bowers (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Afton, Wyoming and former Bishop of the Smoot ward in the Afton Wyoming stake; called as bishop Nov. 2017, released Dec. 2024; an Afton lawyer, and former Lincoln Deputy County prosecutor, and finalist in a judgeship was charged with Soliciting Commercial Sexual Activity July 26, 2026; pretrial conference scheduled Sept. 9, 2026
    • Church positionsPositions: Bishop,
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    • Loren Hurd (1964 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho; convicted in Idaho of Hurd was convicted of Kidnapping -First Degree - ransom ; is registered sex offender as of 2023; lives in Ogden, Utah; attempted to kidnap a 16-year-old female from Boise in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, parking lot
    • ConvictedConvicted: 1993,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: unknown,
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