141 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Crime decade: 1990s
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- Errol Pilling (1942 – ) 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
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Crime: 1980s, 1990s, - Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,
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Was Bishop, Missionary, 
Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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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,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
The woman was taken to jail, while Poelman was released immediately.
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school, 
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, 
Alleged failure to report"President and sister Poelman's lives need to be private now. [...] We are a family. A family keeps things private. A family draws close together. These things are to be kept private."
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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,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime city: UT - Salt Lake City,
Was Missionary, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Unknown result, -
- Robert Price was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 2002 and sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Convicted:
2002, Was Scout leader, Youth leader, Convicted, Prison, -
- Grayson Redd was a Mormon church member and former sheriff's deputy in Monticello, Utah; accused in 2024 of sexual abuse; died by suicide in July 2024, days after posting bail; alleged abuse dated back to 1967
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- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Redd's alleged sexual abuse dated back to 1967
Was Unknown position, Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide, "My first thought was, at least he can't hurt anyone else. The abuse is over for everyone."
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- Pappy Reese (1928 – 2001) was an LDS ward clerk in Ohio; accused of sexual abuse of a young girl (aged 8-11); the alleged abuse took place in Wilmington, Ohio during 1990-1993
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Ohio,
- Crime state: Ohio,
Was Ward clerk, Never charged, -
- Shonn Ricks was an LDS church member in Benson, Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; found guilty by a jury in 1997; served about 14 months in prison; attempted to serve a Mormon mission and was supported by his stake president, Jerry Toombs; his mission call was withdrawn
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Lowell Robison (1944 – 2018) was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) and stake president of the Provo, Utah Edgemont Stake (2001-2006); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Mexico, Utah,
- Crime country: Mexico,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Tim Ryan was allegedly an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2008 to a felony charge of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16; detectives said the victim's family reported the abuse in 1999, but that it was dropped when they wouldn't cooperate with investigators
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Convicted:
2008, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Alleged failure to report-
- Eldon Saling (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in California and Utah; convicted in 1987 in California and in 1993 in Utah of charges related to sexual abuse; as of 2024, lives in Burley, Idaho as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California, Idaho, Utah,
- Crime state: California, Utah,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Registered sex offender, -
- James Schmidt (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in Idaho; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Maryland,
- Crime state: Idaho, Maryland,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Darran Scott (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member and filmmaker in Archies Creek, Victoria, Australia; pleaded guilty in 2017 to 16 charges related to the sexual abuse of 11 boys over a 25-year period; sentenced in 2017 to 10 years in prison
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Australia,
- Crime country: Australia,
Convicted:
2017, Was Youth leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Orin Searle (1926 – 2014) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014
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- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Eric Senior was an LDS church member in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse in the 1990s; convicted; sentenced to prison; lost an appeal with the California Supreme Court; as of March 2024, lives in Provo, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: California,
Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, -
- Timothy Shoemaker (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in Newnan, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; as of 2024, lives in Newnan, Georgia as a registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Georgia,
- Crime state: Georgia,
Was Scout leader, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, -
- Stewart Singley (1937 – ) was an LDS church member in Ohio; convicted in 1975 of child molestation that occurred in 1974; in 1997, convicted and sentenced to one year in jail or prison; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender; lives in East Waterford, Pennsylvania
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- Crime: 1970s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Ohio, Pennsylvania,
- Crime state: Ohio,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released, -
- Allen Stailey was an LDS church member in Colorado and Utah; convicted in 1999 in Colorado of sexual assault on a child
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Colorado, Utah,
- Crime state: Colorado,
Was Unknown position, Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, -
- Roselle Stevenson (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused in August 2023 of child sexual abuse; ex-wife of ritualistic abuse suspect David Hamblin; charge dismissed with prejudice in May 2025
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
- Crime city: UT - Provo,
Was Unknown position, Ongoing, -
- Terry Stidd (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Kearns, Utah; in 1998, pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years in prison; as of 2024, is out on parole and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released, -
- Arthur Stout was a Mormon church member in Littlerock, California; in 2024, a civil lawsuit said he sexually assaulted a girl "on a weekly basis" from 1991 to 1997, starting when she was 5 years old; some of the alleged abuse took place in an LDS church building
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Other leader, Never charged, Not convicted, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Convicted:
2005, 2008, Was Missionary, Scout leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Todd Summers was an LDS church member and videographer for local children's events in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in a Mormon chapel and other locations; a 2009 civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff
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- Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Missionary, Never charged, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Peter Taylor 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; the church appealed and the amount was reduced to $1.2 million
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Convicted:
2001, Was Unknown position, Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to report-
- Brent Taylor (1948 – ) was the Utah Valley Youth Symphony orchestra director and an LDS Sunday school teacher; accused in 2018 of sexually abusing multiple boys; a judge ruled in 2023 that he had exaggerated his health issues to avoid trial; pleaded guilty in June 2024; sentenced twice to prison in two separate child sex abuse cases in 2024
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2024, Was Sunday school, Youth leader, Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Keele Taylor was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted of possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material / CSAM); in July 2019, pleaded guilty to possession of CSAM; the distribution charge was dropped due to a plea agreement
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2019, Was Youth leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Alleged failure to report-
- Glendon Templeton was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; was bishop of the Maryvale Ward in West Phoenix from 2014 to 2019; excommunicated in 2019; also was a volleyball coach for high school-aged girls; accused numerous times and arrested, but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes; sued in 1997 for alleged sexual abuse; allegedly sexually assaulted multiple teenage girls
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Crime state: Arizona,
- Crime county: AZ - Maricopa,
Was Bishop, Sunday school, Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Kelly Teters (1963 – ) was an LDS church member in Montana; in 2001, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 1997; in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent and sentenced to 10 years in prison
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Montana,
- Crime state: Montana,
Convicted:
2002, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- George Tilson (1942 – 2020) 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
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was High priest, Scout leader, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- James Tolman (1972 – ) was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah), Wyoming,
- Crime state: Utah, Wyoming,
- Crime county: UT - Utah,
Convicted:
2006, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, -
- Jay Toombs (1956 – ) was an LDS scout leader and private investigator in Benson, Utah; allegedly told his stake president (a Cache County prosecutor) in 1994 that he had molested boys; three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother) allegedly knew of abuse but did not tell police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to five years to life in prison; released in 2025; lives in Logan, Utah
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
admitted to molesting at least 53 victims
Convicted:
2000, Was Scout leader, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report"I felt like I was going to the authorities [by reporting to multiple bishops]. I wanted to do what was right. I didn't want to see him go to prison. I wanted him to get help. [...] I was always told to be patient with Jay, he was a good man. That's what I was told again and again and again. I was even given priesthood blessings that I had been chosen to help him."
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- Robert Tubbs (1952 – ) was an LDS scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; admitted he told a Mormon bishop in the early 1970s he had molested multiple boys; Tubbs said the bishop kept the abuse secret; nearly 20 years passed and Tubbs molested others; in the 1990s, Tubbs pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced to six years to life in prison; paroled in 2000; violated parole; released in 2008
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Was Scout leader, Admitted guilt, Convicted, Parole, Prison, Released, Violated parole/probation, Alleged failure to report-
- Sterling Van Wagenen (1947 – ) was a co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2019, Was BYU, Stake high council, Sunday school, Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Thomas Waitman (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in Cupertino, California; convicted of felony child sexual abuse in 1995 in California; as of 2023, registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington
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- Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: California, Washington,
- Crime state: California,
Was Scout leader, Seminary teacher, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, -
- Matthew Wallis (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and in Ogden, Utah; pleaded guilty to a charge related to child sexual abuse
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Louisiana, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Crime state: Louisiana,
Convicted:
2015, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Alleged failure to report-
- Christopher Warnock (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member in Waukesha County, Wisconsin; pleaded guilty to two counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of Child and one 2nd Degree Sex Assault-Intoxicated Victim
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Kentucky, Wisconsin,
- Crime state: Wisconsin,
Convicted:
2021, Was Stake seventy, Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Ryan Whitaker (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and divorce lawyer in Vancouver, Washington; charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his Sunday School class during church meetings; convicted in 2013 and sentenced to prison; registered sex offender
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Washington,
- Crime state: Washington,
Convicted:
2013, Was Missionary, Primary, Sunday school, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to report-
- Alan Willey (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and schoolteacher in Utah; honored as teacher of the year twice at local schools; sentenced to prison in 2007 for sexually molesting a child who was one of his students; accused of sexually abusing many other little children in his classes
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- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
Convicted:
2007, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, -
- LaVar Withers (1936 – 2005) was a Mormon and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing at least 133 women and children as young as 13 years old over a period of 30 or more years; admitted to sexual abuse; in 1996, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Idaho, Rexburg (Idaho),
- Crime state: Idaho,
- Crime city: ID - Rexburg,
Was Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Alleged failure to report-
- Timothy Wright was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; convicted in 1994 of one or more felonies related to child sexual abuse; a 1994 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church said he molested a boy between 1989 and 1992, when the boy was 14 to 17 years old (actions for which he was convicted); the suit was dismissed in 1995 for failure to appear by the plaintiff's attorneys
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
Was Other leader, Convicted, Jail, Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, -
- Mitchell Young (1960 – ) was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, was 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Places lived: Arizona, Canada, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Crime country: Canada,
- Crime state: Arizona, Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Weber,
Was Missionary, Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, Alleged failure to report-
- Stephen Young (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and police officer in Idaho; allegedly abused 20 babies over a 30-year period; pleaded guilty in 2010 to lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced to 25 years in prison
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- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Crime state: Idaho,
Convicted:
2010, Was Unknown position, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to reportFilters
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