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Kevin Gerald Bowman
- Latest update: June 2024: found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1980
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- LDS mission: Taiwan - Taiwan Taipei (Da Xi, Yi Lan, Tao Yuan, San Xia, Tai Pei) 1999-2001
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in Spanish Fork, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Taiwan 1999-2001; accused of sexual abuse of a teenage girl who worked in his restaurant; arrested in July 2023; in June 2024, found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024.
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Jayne Allen Furness
- AKA Allen Furness
- Latest update: 1987: died
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Born: 1935
Died: 1987
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987.
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Eric Whitney Jones
- Latest update: March 2024: sentenced to two to 20 years in prison
- Victims: 2 victims, 3 victims,
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Born: 1981
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member in Blackfoot, Idaho; arrested for alleged sexual contact with a toddler; convicted in January 2024 of battery with the intent to commit lewd conduct of a child after a one-day trial; sentenced in March 2024 to two to 20 years in prison; required to register as a sex offender.
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Kurt Broderick Leppert
- Latest update: 2018: sentenced to 21 years and 4 months in prison
- Victims: 3 victims,
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Born: 1958
- LDS positions: Primary teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a former LDS church primary teacher in Spokane Valley, Washington; found guilty in 2018 by a jury of seven counts of sexually abusing 3 children between the ages of 8 and 12; sentenced in 2018 to 21 years and 4 months in prison.
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Bruce A McAskill
- Latest update: 1994: convicted of child sexual abuse, sentenced to prison
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1928
- LDS positions: Other leader, Ward clerk,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church ward clerk in Jackson, Michigan; before becoming ward clerk, was convicted of rape; after becoming ward clerk, in 1994, was found guilty by a judge of kissing and fondling an 8-year-old boy whom he was babysitting; McAskill had met the boy's mother at church; a police officer said McAskill told him 'he didn't see any problem' with an adult sleeping naked with a child.
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Keith Robert Vallejo
- AKA Keith Vallejo
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Born: 1974
- LDS positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; sentenced in 2017 to five years to life in prison.
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