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Michael Adamson
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- AKA Mike Adamson
- Latest update: sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Building supervisor, Music leader,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a church caretaker and organist in York, England; abused at least four children as young as seven years old; convicted; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse.
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Joseph Layton Bishop
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- Victims: Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Police investigation,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church.
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Robert D Campbell
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- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Tennessee Nashville 1987-1988
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse.
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Mark Chapman
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- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1971
LDS positions: Church janitor, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel.
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Kevin F Curlew
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- Victims: 1 victim,
LDS positions: Other leader,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Claims against LDS church dismissed, Unknown result,
- The accused 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.
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John Scott d'Aquin
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Born: 1966
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Arizona Phoenix 1986-1988
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles.
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Buckland Lee Darrell
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- AKA Buck Darrell
- Latest update: 2023-12-12: omnibus hearing scheduled
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1979
LDS positions: Primary teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member in the Redmond, Washington area; charged with first degree felony child molestation in December 2022, March 2023 and April 2023 (5 total victims, all young boys); admitted to sexually abusing around 6-8 children.
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George S Davis
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- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel.
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John Doe
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LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $1,100,000
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Tacoma, Washington; sexually abused a preschooler in his ward in the 1980s; the LDS church settled with the abuse survivor for $1.1 million in 2023.
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John Doe
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- AKA Mr Daniels
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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Cesar Duran
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1982
LDS positions: Bishopric,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon bishopric member in Salt Lake City, Utah; arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl in his ward.
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Frederick Merlin Edvalson
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- AKA Frederick Merlin Edvalson, Frederick Melvin Edvalson, Frederick Edvalson, Fredrick Edvalson, Fred Edvalson
- Latest update: 2009: died in Utah
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1920
Died: 2009
LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison.
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Dennis Joe Empey
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- Latest update: 2023: lives in Driggs, Idaho
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1957
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Probation,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Blackfoot, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing many children; his stake president allegedly knew Empey was abusing kids; convicted of child molestation in May 1991; sentenced to two years probation.
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Christopher Lee Fleming
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- Latest update: Currently Incarcerated: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RICHMOND, VA 23225
- Victims: 1 victim,
LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Chesapeake, Virginia; found guilty of 10 counts of various sexual abuse to a minor; currently incarcerated in Virginia.
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Armando Flores
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LDS positions: Branch president,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail,
- The accused was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl on two separate occasions at their local LDS chapel: once in his office and once in another room; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail.
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Samuel Howard Gardner
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- AKA Sam Gardner, William Howard Mercer
- Latest update: August 8, 1968: died in Utah
- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1932
Died: 1968
LDS positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
United States - Central States 1951-1953
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968.
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Gene Audra Guinn
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- Latest update: 2008: died of cancer in Palestine, Texas
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1932
Died: 2008
LDS positions: High priest,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Larry E Harmston
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- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse which allegedly took place at a Mormon chapel in Orem, Utah; convicted; charged again (result unknown).
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James Hayes
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- Latest update: 2002: convicted of sexual exploitation
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Born: 1956
LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop.
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Brandon Osorio Hernandez
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1999
LDS positions: Other leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing a victim inside a Mormon church; convicted of four fourth degree felony counts of abuse of a child or vulnerable adult.
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James Francis Hogan
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Born: 1939
LDS positions: Church employee, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: Settlement,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- The accused 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.
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Kenneth Enos Jenks
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- AKA Ken Jenks
LDS positions: Other leader, Ward executive secretary, Ward librarian,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- The accused was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children.
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Christopher W Kite
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- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- He was an LDS church member in Chicago, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse.
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James Steven Larsen
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LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; accused of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to jail.
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Chester Lewis Meek
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- AKA Chet Meek
- Victims: 1 victim,
LDS positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- He was a Mormon bishop in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada when he sexually abused a woman; convicted of sexual assault against a female church member; there were several victims in this case over a period of five years; at least one reported abuse taking place in the bishop's office inside an LDS chapel.
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John Allen Midgett
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- Latest update: 2024: lives in Bountiful, Utah; is a registered sex offender
- Victims: 5 victims, 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1962
LDS positions: Primary teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and Sunday school teacher in the San Diego area, California; also was a Navy petty officer first class; initially pleaded not guilty to 43 felony counts of child molestation; later pleaded guilty; sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing eight girls ages 5 to 10 in his LDS sunday school class; as of 2024, lives in Bountiful, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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Ronald Albert Mills
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- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member in Orange, New South Wales, Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in or around 1982 to 3 years in jail.
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John Misseldine
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- Latest update: 2024: lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1982
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Alford plea, Convicted, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $782,000
- The accused was a Mormon missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two little children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a local LDS leader allegedly failed to report the abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender.
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Aaron Marcos Montoya
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- Latest update: March 2024: out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender
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Born: 1972
LDS positions: Primary teacher,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- He was a Mormon primary teacher in Utah; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing children; as of March 2024, is out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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Ralph Edward Neeley
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- AKA Ralph E. Neeley
- Latest update: 2020: died of COVID-19 in Texas while serving life in prison
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Born: 1949
Died: 2020
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $5,000,000
- He was an LDS church member in the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020.
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Gordon Ariel Neeley
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- Latest update: 2018: died
- Victims: 3 victims,
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Born: 1935
Died: 2018
LDS positions: High priest, Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - 1955-1957
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; plead guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018.
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Joseph H Neipp
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- AKA Bishop Neipp, Joe Neipp
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- He 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.
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Carl Dee Pratt
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1930
Died: 2006
LDS positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006.
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Michael Simms
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- AKA Mike Simms
- Victims: 1 victim,
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He 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.
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Todd Summers
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- Victims: 1 victim,
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Ohio Cleveland
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Settlement,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $100,000
- He 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.
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John William Tonks
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- Latest update: PENDING CASE as of 2024-04-19
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1957
- LDS mission:
New Zealand -
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused and charged with two counts of rape.
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Kendall Doyle Traxler
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- Latest update: 1991: died
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1969
Died: 2015
LDS positions: Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Gallman and Hazelhurst, Mississippi; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT that Traxler sexually abused them when they were a child; the abuse allegedly took place during Sunday branch meetings; the branch president and stake president allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report it to law enforcement.
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Thomas Michael Wallin
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- Latest update: Is a registered sex offender in Utah
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1999
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; admitted to sexually abusing a child within an LDS chapel.
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Ryan Dee Whitaker
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- Latest update: 2023 - registered sex offender in Washington state
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Born: 1953
LDS positions: Missionary, Primary teacher, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
Spain - Spain - unknown city/area
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He 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; found guilty; registered sex offender.
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Ruth Zurcher Worthen
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- Latest update: June 2024: arrested and charged with child sexual abuse
- Victims: 4 victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1949
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse.
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Jeffrey Aaron Young
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- Latest update: Is a registered sex offender, lives in Bountiful, Utah
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1976
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; convicted of 12 counts of VOYEURISM BY ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CONCEALED OR DISGUISED, one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of obstructing justice.
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