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- Thomas Dawkins was an LDS church member in Columbia, South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1986; the conviction was later overturned
Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
Was Sunday school,
Crime: 1980s, in South Carolina,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: South Carolina,
- Latest update: 2023: lives in South Carolina
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- William Gillespie was an LDS church member in Montgomery, Alabama; accused of reaching inside the swimsuits of two girls and fondling them in his backyard pool in 1987; convicted in 1988 of three charges of first-degree sexual abuse and sentenced to one year in prison, plus four years of probation; conviction was reversed on appeal, then upheld; was allegedly excommunicated from the Mormon church
Alleged failure to report
Excommunicated,
Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
Was Unknown position,
Crime: 1980s, in Alabama,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1936
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Alabama,
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- John Parkinson 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
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
Was Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school,
Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1931
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Fairfield, California
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- Phillip Rimmasch was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah in the 1980s; had a 50-plus year career as a mortician; convicted of child sexual abuse; on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial in 1989
Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Unknown result,
Was Scout leader,
Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1937
Died: 2009 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Homer Van Matre was an LDS church member in Salt Lake County, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of child and sodomy on a child; charges were reversed on appeal when child recanted her story
Convicted, Found guilty, Overturned/reversed,
Was Unknown position,
Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1947
Died: 2017 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Died 2017; Guilty charges of sexual abuse of child and sodomy on a child were reversed from the original court hearing in 1984
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