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Donate »7 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Todd Mitchell Edwards
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Alleged coverup- was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of an 18-year-old in 2006 and a child in 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse; in 2024, two victims sued the LDS church in separate lawsuits; one said a stake presidency member failed to report to law enforcement in 2006 when she told him Edwards had assaulted her.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in California,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
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Michael James Fischer
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- was a Mormon church member and young men's president; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, Vehicle,
- Crime: 1980s, in Washington,
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Tevita Hoihoi Mounga
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- was a former Mormon bishop and ward mission leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; arrested and charged in May 2024 with sexual assault and kidnapping.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Vehicle,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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Shane Michael Murray
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- 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.
- Criminal: Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Vehicle,
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David William Olson
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- was an LDS church member in Bozeman, Montana; found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy and sentenced to 8 years in prison, 12 years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Vehicle,
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Timothy Mark Shoemaker
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- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS youth activity, Scout activity/event, Vehicle,
- Crime: 1990s, in Georgia,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Arthur Stout
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- 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.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle, Victim's home,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in California,
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