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Kevin Gerald Bowman
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's workplace,
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Revere Wedekind Burnett
- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and found guilty of multiple felonies; appealed and received a lesser conviction sentence for misdemeanors; was not required to register as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
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Kenneth Ray Copple
- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced in 2019 to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
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Jayne Allen Furness
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1970s, in California,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
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Caleb Horner
- was an LDS church member in Melbourne, Australia; arrested in November 2021 and accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met in 2020; found guilty in 2024 of two counts of sexual assault by touch of a child under 16; sentenced in October 2024 to three years "community corrections," avoiding additional jail time.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Ongoing,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Eric Whitney Jones
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
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Kurt Broderick Leppert
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Bryant Floyd Litchfield
- was an LDS church member and physician in Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; acquitted; in 2008, was found guilty by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta of inappropriately touching women patients during breast and vaginal exams in 2001; stripped of his medical license.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Canada,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Benjamin Michael Manning
- was a Mormon church member in Massachusetts and Utah; in 2014, molested a child while living with her family in Salt Lake City, Utah; charged with child sexual abuse in 2019; was a Sunday school teacher at some point between 2014 and 2024; found guilty by a jury in February 2024; sentenced in April 2024 to 120 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Massachusetts, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
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Bruce A McAskill
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Daniel Luke Taylor
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member and seminary teacher in New Zealand; found guilty in 2013 of sexual abuse of multiple underage boys; local Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report Taylor's abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in New Zealand,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
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Kelly James Teters
- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; in 2001, accused of sexual abuse; in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in Montana,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
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Keith Robert Vallejo
- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
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Alan Roy Willey
- was a Mormon church member and schoolteacher in Utah; honored as teacher of the year twice at local schools; sentenced to prison in 2007 for sexually molesting a child who was one of his students; accused of sexually abusing many other little children in his classes.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
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