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Alan Roman Andrus
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- was a Mormon bishop in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; accused of sexual abuse in 2020; as of June 2024, the case is proceeding through the trial setting process.
- Criminal: Jury trial, Ongoing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in California,
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Kevin Gerald Bowman
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- 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
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- 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
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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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George S Davis
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Rhode Island,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Reed Nathaniel Decker
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- was a Mormon church member in Davis County, Utah; charged in March 2023 with two felony counts of child sexual abuse; as of March 2024, a jury trial is scheduled for September 2024.
- Criminal: Jury trial, Ongoing,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
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Spencer Remde Dixon
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- was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial.
- Criminal: Found not guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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Dale Harland Heath
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- was an LDS church member and chiropractor in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Eric Whitney Jones
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- 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
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- 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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Benjamin Michael Manning
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- 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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John Edward Parkinson
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
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Keith Robert Vallejo
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- 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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Craig David Whiting
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- was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; charged in 2018 with child sexual abuse; as of Feb 2023, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial; jury trial was scheduled to move forward in 2023.
- Criminal: Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah,
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Alan Roy Willey
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- 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,
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