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Donate »7 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Coy Glen Ball
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- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 various abuses to a child; pled guilty to 3 counts of Molestation of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2014,
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James Chalmers Bayless
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Alleged coverup- was a Mormon church member in Gilbert, Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2015 to two counts of molestation of a child; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
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Larry Wright Judd
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- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Derek Marlan Layton
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse in the late 1980s; convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for "sexual with minor and dangerous crimes against children".
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Christopher Ryan Nuttall
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- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; arrested in an FBI sting operation and convicted of LURE MINOR FOR SEX EXPLOIT and ATTEMPT TO COMMIT - SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH MINOR .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
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William Arthur Whitmore
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- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; found guilty of sexual abuse .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Mitchell Blake Young
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS missionary in Canada; in 1980, sent home after allegedly molesting children; convicted in Arizona (1985) and Utah (1988) of child sexual abuse; in 1993, sentenced in Utah to 15 years in prison for molesting a child for five years; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for him; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah; registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arizona, Canada, Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s, 1990s,
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