5 LDS sex abuse cases found
case overturned or reversed
- Criminal case result: Overturned/reversed
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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
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Crime: 1980s, 
Crime state:
South Carolina,
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LDS positions: Sunday school, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
Crime: 
Crime state:
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- William Gillespie (1936 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Alabama,
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Probation, Unknown result, 
Alleged failure to report-
- John Parkinson (1931 – ) 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
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- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Phillip Rimmasch (1937 – 2009) 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
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Overturned/reversed, Unknown result, -
- Homer Van Matre (1947 – 2017) 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
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- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Crime county:
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Overturned/reversed, Filters
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