3 LDS sex abuse cases found
withheld judgment
- Criminal case result: Withheld judgment
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- Noah Bloomfield (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member in McKinney, Texas; convicted of charges related to sexual abuse in 2017; and given a deferred judgement in 2022
Convicted:
2017, 2022, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Withheld judgment, - View report »
The girl said Bloomfield told her it was their secret and had her "pinky promise that she would not tell anyone,""the girl said Bloomfield touched her private parts "multiple times" while buckling the jacket. He then asked the child if he could do something else to her, and she told him no."-
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- Rex Furness (1923 – 2005) was a former Idaho state senator and Mormon bishop in Idaho; in 1996, pleaded guilty to sexual battery for fondling an underage girl; was sentenced to 60 days in jail; given a withheld judgment: if he did not violate the terms of his probation, the felony conviction would be kept from his record
- Crime: 1990s,
Crime state:
Idaho,
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LDS positions: Bishop, - Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
Crime state:
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- John Goodrich (1959 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime state:
Idaho, Virginia,
Convicted:
2017, 
LDS positions: Bishop, 
Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment, Civil case(s): Settlement, 
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