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Brett Candelaria
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- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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Cletus James Hanifin
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- was an LDS church member in Boulder, Colorado; accused of sexually abusing a young teenage girl in his home, while his wife was away.
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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David George McConkie
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- was a former Mormon stake president, Mormon bishop and deputy district attorney in Colorado, and paternal grandson of former Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in August 2023; charged in September 2023 with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; in November 2023, granted permission by the judge to move to Utah; pleaded not guilty in February 2024.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Colorado,
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Aaron Lyman Neff
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- was a Mormon church member in Grand Junction, Colorado; Convicted of abusing two teenage girls, one for many years; sentenced to 89 years prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
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Travis Julian Scott
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- was an LDS church member in Centennial, Colorado; found guilty of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/CHILD-INDUCE/ENTICE .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Brent E Taylor
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- was the Utah Valley Youth Symphony orchestra director and an LDS Sunday school teacher; accused in 2018 of sexually abusing multiple boys; a judge ruled in 2023 that he had exaggerated his health issues to avoid trial; pleaded guilty in June 2024; sentenced twice to prison in two separate child sex abuse cases in 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2024,
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