3 LDS sex abuse cases found
plea held in abeyance
- Criminal case result: Plea held in abeyance
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- Henry Gurule (1918 – 2012) was a Mormon church member in Utah; in 1994, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; was permitted to serve jail time on home confinement; was given therapy and ordered to pay $2,296 restitution; In 2005, two more second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse were dismissed without prejudice after Gurule complied with a plea agreement; died in 2012
Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 
Crime state:
Utah,
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LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Scout leader, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Plea held in abeyance, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, - Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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Crime state:
Alleged church actions: -
- Dennis Judd (1954 – ) 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
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2024, 
LDS positions: Missionary, 
Criminal case(s): No contest, Not convicted, Plea deal, Plea held in abeyance, Probation, Civil case(s): Ongoing, -
- Kenneth Prince (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; convicted of 5 counts of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, 2ND DEGREE FELONY in 2014; 2014 two counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child, dropped as part of plea deal; attempted suicide by drinking half a bottle of mercury, charged with reckless endangerment & use or possession of psychotoxic chemical; 2008 plead guilty lewd act, abeyance 2010 dismissed
- Convicted:
2014,
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea held in abeyance, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: unknown,
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Prince blamed his behavior on a painful past, saying he was sexually abused as a child.
"But back then, he said he began molesting and sexually exploiting young boys and young men because he had "needs.""After my last daughter was born, my wife didn't want to have sex anymore. And I had some needs. Especially when my doctor put me on testosterone replacement therapy because of the cancer. That's not an excuse. It was stupid. It's not a good excuse or any excuse at all. But that's the way I felt at that time. I don't now," "
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