3 LDS sex abuse cases found
South Carolina
- Crime state: South Carolina
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- Thomas Dawkins was an LDS church member in Columbia, South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1986; the conviction was later overturned
Positions: Sunday school, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Overturned/reversed, - View report »
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- Leo Lopshire (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, Iowa and South Carolina; arrested June 30, 2026 and charged with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; a source told FLOODLIT that the church excommunicated Lopshire in the 2010s
- Positions: Boyscouts, Church employee, Elders Quorum President, high priest president, Young Mens Leader,
Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Excommunicated, - View report »
"He is still allowed to attend his ward and while the local leaders are aware of his crimes, they have not warned or told adults with young children in his ward about him."June 30, 2026: arrested and charged with four felonies related to child sex abuse-
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- Wayne Sells was a Mormon church member in South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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