2 LDS sex abuse cases found
Case dismissed due to incompetence
- Criminal case result: Case dismissed due to incompetence
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- Earl Bleak (1936 – 2000) was an LDS bishopric counselor and physician in Tempe, Arizona; accused in 1998 of sexual abuse of a 36-year-old patient and friend; charges were dismissed in 1999 due to mental incompetence; Bleak died in 2000 of complications from a form of dementia
Alleged crime: 1990s, 
Alleged crime state:
Arizona,
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LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, - Criminal case(s): Case dismissed due to incompetence, Not convicted,
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Orin Searle (1926 – 2014) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014
- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president/counselor, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker, 
Criminal case(s): Case dismissed due to incompetence, Not convicted, 
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