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Donate »8 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Robert Tanner Cervo
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- was an LDS youth leader and schoolteacher in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; agreed in 2015 to sign a peace bond (often referred to in other jurisdictions as a restraining order) and the four criminal charges against him were stayed..
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- Criminal: Charges dropped, Protective order,
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Frank James Collins
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- was an LDS church member and traveling professional clown (as "Windy the Clown") in Whittier, California; accused of sexual abuse in 1986; charges dropped.
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- Criminal: Charges dropped, Not convicted,
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Abraham Isaac (possibly Issac) Cruz
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- was a Mormon missionary in Saratoga Springs, Utah; arrested in May 2024 on suspicion of sexual assault; charged with three first-degree felony counts (two of forcible sodomy, one of rape); charges were dismissed without prejudice in June 2024.
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- Criminal: Charges dropped, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
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David James Gomez
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- was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in Utah; arrested in 2004 and charged with 125 counts of sexual abuse; charges were dropped in 2005 due to issues related to the statutes of limitations.
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- Criminal: Charges dropped,
- Civil: No civil case,
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John Earl Goodrich
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- was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024.
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- Criminal: Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Civil: Settlement,
Alleged coverup-
LDS church payment: $300,000
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Burrell Mohler
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- was an LDS church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges dropped; civil case in 2013, results unknown.
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- Criminal: Charges dropped, Unknown result,
- Alleged coverup
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James Douglas Robinson
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- was an LDS bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl; charges were dropped.
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- Criminal: Charges dropped,
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Kyle Saucier
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- was a Mormon missionary in Utah; charged in 2007 with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, but the charges were dropped after prosecutors said they could not proceed due to "witness problems".
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- Criminal: Charges dropped,
- Civil: No civil case,
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