4 LDS sex abuse cases found
Maryland
- Crime state: Maryland
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- Frederick Edvalson (1920 – 2009) 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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LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, - Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Ryan Hall (1970 – ) was a former Mormon bishopric member and veteran sheriff's department detective in Maryland; in 2024, arrested and charged with several sex crimes related to child sexual abuse
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
Alleged crime state:
Maryland,
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
Alleged crime state:
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- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024
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Crime: 1990s, - Crime city:
MD - Bethesda,
- Crime state:
Maine, Maryland, North Carolina,
Crime city:
Convicted:
2002, 
LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, 
Alleged failure to report-
- 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,
- Crime state:
Idaho, Maryland,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Civil case(s): Unknown result, Alleged failure to reportFilters
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