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Donation options »7 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Joseph Atwater
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- was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to trafficking and kidnapping.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Australia,
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John Doe
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Australia,
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Ronald Mills
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- was an LDS church member in Orange, New South Wales, Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in or around 1982 to 3 years in jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
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Geoffrey Powell
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- was an LDS bishop in Western Australia; accused of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place while he was a bishop; the victim twice complained to the LDS church, but said she was not believed and was chastised, and it was suggested she should move away if she felt uncomfortable; in 2019, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, in Australia,
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Philip Salt
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- was an LDS church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused in April 2023 of 16 charges of sexual abuse against two teenage male victims he met as their LDS youth leader.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Australia,
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Murray Stubbs
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- was a Mormon church member in Canberra ACT Australia; accused of grooming a child using the internet because of sexually explicit texts; was found guilty of using the internet in an offensive way.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, guilty,
- Crime: 2007, 2008,
- Crime scenes: internet,
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Orson Wright
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- was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Australia,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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