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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #630: Kevin Gerald Bowman
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- Latest update: June 2024: found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1980
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
Taiwan - Taiwan Taipei (Da Xi, Yi Lan, Tao Yuan, San Xia, Tai Pei) 1999-2001
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in Spanish Fork, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Taiwan 1999-2001; accused of sexual abuse of a teenage girl who worked in his restaurant; arrested in July 2023; in June 2024, found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #479: Brandon Rex Brown
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- Latest update: 2024: arrested and charged
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1978
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately .
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #898: Raymond Casillas
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- Latest update: March 2024: lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1970
LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #93: Broch Clyde DeGraff
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- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1985
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Costa Rica - Costa Rica San Jose 2004-2006
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and private school teacher at Liahona Preparatory Academy in Pleasant Grove, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2013 to up to 20 years in prison.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #113: David Brian Farley
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- AKA David B. Farley, Dr. Farley
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Nephi, Utah; February 2024: the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1958
LDS positions: Primary teacher, Stake high council, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a former doctor and LDS church member in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #569: Brent Dixson Hansen
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- Latest update: Died in 2015
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1938
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest group leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school president, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- The accused was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #155: Maurice Wade Harker
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- AKA Dr. Harker
- Latest update: 2023: charged with aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping, both second-degree felonies
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1969
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Michigan Dearborn 1988-1990
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member and therapist in Utah; accused of psychologically and physically harming sexual abuse victims who came to him as patients; charged in September 2023 with felony aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #874: Dennis L Judd
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- Latest update: June 2024: accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1954
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Hawaii [unknown]
- Criminal case: Plea agreement, Probation,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #247: Gerald Elbert Mortimer
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- AKA Gerry Mortimer, President Mortimer
- Latest update: 2021: civil lawsuit dismissed with prejudice
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Born: 1943
LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Temple president,
- LDS mission:
United States - North Central States (including time in Ontario, Canada) 1962-1964
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- He was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #801: 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.
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #268: Eric Norman Olsen
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- AKA Mr. Olsen
- Latest update: 2007: convicted in California of six felony counts of child sex abuse; 2023: registered sex offender, lives in Brigham City, Utah
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1977
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- He was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Bakersfield, California; admitted to Ontario, California police that he had sexually abused between 200 to 300 girls, with as many as 30 victims in Kern County; convicted in 2007 in California of 6 felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced to five years in prison; lifetime registered sex offender; as of 2023, lives in Brigham City, Utah.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #276: John Edward Parkinson
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- AKA John E. Parkinson
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Fairfield, California
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1931
LDS positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- He was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #517: David Roy Phipps/Verity
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- AKA David Phipps, David R. Phipps, David R. Verity, David Verity
- Latest update: 2024: Lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and works as a business consultant to dentists offices; has legally changed his name to David Verity
- Victims: 8 victims,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement,
- Civil case: Liable,
- The accused was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded nolo contendere in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded nolo contendere two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked.
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #516: Derrick Evan Pickering
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- Latest update: An active civil sexual harassment lawsuit is ongoing.
- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1984
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and nurse practitioner in Utah; accused by multiple former patients in a civil lawsuit of touching them in sexually inappropriate ways.
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #749: Jeremy Roland Rose
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- Latest update: 2014: convicted in Utah
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1977
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Tremonton, Utah; accused and charged with 16 charges in Box Elder, County; case was transferred to Ogden, Utah courts.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's home,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #939: Neil Rennis Shumate
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- Victims: 9 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1945
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Pleasanton, California; was also a kindergarten teacher; arrested in 1994 and charged with molesting several of his students; convicted on all 16 counts; sentenced to 12 years in prison.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #354: Arturo Tenorio
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- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1953
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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