3 LDS sex abuse cases found
North Carolina
- Crime state: North Carolina
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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
Crime: 1990s, 
Crime state:
Maine, Maryland, North Carolina,
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- 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
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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Crime state:
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- Matthew Nash was a former Mormon missionary from Utah who served a mission in North Carolina in 1999; accused in 2001 of sexually molesting 11 girls while on his mission; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Jared Wilson (1976 – ) was an LDS church member in Raleigh, North Carolina; convicted in 2011 of crimes related to child sexual abuse (six total counts of indecent liberties with a child); released from prison in 2015; no longer a registered sex offender as of 2025; in 2013, the alleged victims' mother sued the Mormon church, a stake president and two bishops; the case settled in 2015
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
North Carolina,
Convicted:
2011, 
LDS positions: ever-ward-missionary, Music leader, Sunday school, Sunday school teacher, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result, 
Alleged failure to reportChurch paid $unknown
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn stake members, Stake official accused of failure to report, Stake official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of failure to report, Filters
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