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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 seven women and a couple; an 8th victim reported him in November 2023; in June 2024, one civil case was dismissed.
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Joseph Layton Bishop
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- Victims: Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Police investigation,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church.
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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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Chesley Nels Pierson
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- AKA Ches Pierson, Ches N. Pierson
- Latest update: 2021: died in Alberta, Canada
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1928
Died: 2021
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Other leader, Senior missionary, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- LDS mission:
United Kingdom - England
- Criminal case: Police investigation, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men.
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