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George William Aaron
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- AKA Bill Aaron
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1941
LDS positions: Bishop, - LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Liable,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters; paid $25,000 in punitive damages after losing a civil lawsuit.
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Paul Douglas Adams
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- Latest update: 2023: multiple victims are involved in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1982
Died: 2017
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed,
- He was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial.
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Jose Antonio Arias
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- AKA John Doe
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Born: 1962
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - California [unknown city - served in Palm Desert] 1985-1986
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church,
- He was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable.
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Timothy Blain Ballard
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- AKA Tim Ballard
- Latest update: November 2023: amended complaint filed by five women against Tim Ballard for sexual misconduct and misusing funds from donors
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1976
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Chile - unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and anti-sex trafficking activist; claimed to be friends with LDS apostle M. Russell Ballard (no blood relation); accused in 2023 of sexual misconduct by at least 7 women, according to VICE News; in September 2023, five women and a couple filed civil lawsuits in Utah against Tim Ballard for sexual misconduct; an 8th victim reported him in November 2023.
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Curt Boyack
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- Latest update: Died by Suicide
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- The accused was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly said he would turn himself in to police; died by suicide.
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Abraham Isaac (possibly Issac) Cruz
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- AKA Elder Cruz
- Latest update: June 2024: charges were dismissed without prejudice
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 2004
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - unknown - Saratoga Springs area 2023-2024
- Criminal case: Criminal charges dropped, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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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John Doe
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- AKA Mr Daniels
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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John Doe
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- LDS positions: Other leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Failed attempt to sue LDS church,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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William Sterling Evans
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- AKA William Sterling Evans Sr.
- Latest update: 1991: died
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1909
Died: 1991
- LDS positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- LDS mission:
no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s.
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David Brian Farley
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- AKA David B. Farley, Dr. Farley
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Nephi, Utah; February 2024: the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1958
- LDS positions: Primary teacher, Stake high council, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a former doctor and LDS church member in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley.
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Samuel Howard Gardner
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- AKA Sam Gardner, William Howard Mercer
- Latest update: August 8, 1968: died in Utah
- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1932
Died: 1968
- LDS positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
United States - Central States 1951-1953
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968.
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Kevin Stacy Garn
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1955
- LDS positions: Bishop, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28.
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Floyd Keith Godfrey
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- AKA Dr. Godfrey
- Latest update: 2023: forced to surrender his license after sexual misconduct allegations by two employees
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and sexual orientation conversion therapist in Arizona; accused of sexual misconduct by two employees; in 2023, Godfrey was forced to surrender his license.
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Timothy David Kimball
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- AKA Tim Kimball, Dr. Kimball
- Latest update: 2023: died by suicide
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1979
Died: 2023
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
United States - Carlsbad California (Spanish speaking) 1998-2000
- Criminal case: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment.
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Thomas Smith Kimball
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- AKA Tom Kimball
- Latest update: 2020-10-13: died by suicide
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Born: 1967
Died: 2020
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- He was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse by multiple women; died by suicide in October 2020, shortly after allegations became public.
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Paul H Lewis
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Seattle, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2006.
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Mikel Christain Massey
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- AKA Matt Massey, Mikel Christian Massey, Mikel Massey
- Latest update: 2024: no charges have been filed
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Lufkin, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; police investigated, but no charges were filed.
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Bill McKay
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- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and mayor of Kennewick, Washington; admitted in 2023 to police he paid for sexual services at multiple massage parlors in Kennewick; was not criminally charged.
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Brenda Nelson Miles
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- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse.
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Gerald Elbert Mortimer
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- AKA Gerry Mortimer, President Mortimer
- Latest update: 2021: civil lawsuit dismissed with prejudice
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Born: 1943
- LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Temple president,
- LDS mission:
United States - North Central States (including time in Ontario, Canada) 1962-1964
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- He was an OB/GYN doctor in Idaho and former Mormon temple president and mission president in the Philippines; admitted in 2019 to secretly using his sperm to artificially inseminate multiple women; a civil suit against him was dismissed with prejudice in 2021, possibly because of a private settlement agreement.
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Keven Brad Nelson
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- He was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended.
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Hugh Winder Nibley
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- Latest update: 2005-02-24: died in Provo, Utah
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1910
Died: 2005
- LDS positions: BYU professor, Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
Germany - Germany 1927-1930
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a prominent LDS scholar in Utah; in 2005, was publicly accused by his daughter of childhood sexual abuse against her; died in 2005 in Provo, Utah; was never charged with a sex crime.
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Spencer John Palmer
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- Latest update: 2000: died
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1927
Died: 2000
- LDS positions: Bishop, BYU professor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school teacher, Temple president,
- LDS mission:
United States - California 1947-1949
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- He was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson.
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Brian Richard Pickett
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- LDS positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse.
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Carl Dee Pratt
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1930
Died: 2006
- LDS positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006.
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Gary Fuller Reese
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- Latest update: 2014: died
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1938
Died: 2014
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher,
- LDS mission:
Finland - Finland (unknown) 1961-1964
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- He was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
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Christine Hinckley Robinson
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- Latest update: 1991: died
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; sister of Mormon church president Gordon Hinckley; accused posthumously of child sexual abuse, along with her husband Preston Robinson.
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Lowell Robison
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- Latest update: 2018: died by suicide
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1944
Died: 2018
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum presidency, Elders quorum president, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Mexico - Southeast Mexican 1963-1965
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) when he allegedly sexually abused multiple missionaries; accused in 2018 of the alleged abuse; two months later, died by suicide.
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Jack Lund Schofield
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- Latest update: Died 2015
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Born: 1923
Died: 2015
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas.
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Stephen Wayne Stokes
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- AKA Steve Stokes, Professor Stokes
- Latest update: 2022: Civil lawsuit dismissed with prejudice
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Born: 1948
Died: 2016
- LDS positions: Bishopric, BYU professor, High priest group leader, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward mission leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
United States - New York Cumorah 1967-1969
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- He was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice.
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Kendall Doyle Traxler
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- Latest update: 1991: died
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1969
Died: 2015
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Gallman and Hazelhurst, Mississippi; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT that Traxler sexually abused them when they were a child; the abuse allegedly took place during Sunday branch meetings; the branch president and stake president allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report it to law enforcement.
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Mark S Webster
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- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- The accused was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit.
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Robert Lewis White
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota in the late 1960s; accused in a civil lawsuit in 2008 of sexually abusing a boy while on his mission.
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Richard Joseph White
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - South Dakota [city unknown]
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- The accused was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota; allegedly sexually abused a 10-year-old child.
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Chauncey Joseph Worthley
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- AKA Buzz Worthley, CJ Worthley
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1931
Died: 1998
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- The accused was a former LDS bishop in Orange County, California; adñmitted to sexual abuse and had his foster parent license taken away.
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Orson Davis Wright
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- AKA Orson D. Wright, President Wright
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1928
Died: 2017
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple Square tour guide, Temple worker,
- LDS mission:
Australia - Australia [unknown]
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal.
- Case report »
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