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Donate »16 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Revere Wedekind Burnett
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- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and found guilty of multiple felonies; appealed and received a lesser conviction sentence for misdemeanors; was not required to register as a sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
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Jay Benjamin Elggren
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
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Thomas Alan Gibby
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- was an LDS church member and dentist in Salt Lake County, Utah; sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy; pleaded guilty to two felony counts: one second-degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child, and one third-degree charge of attempted sex abuse of a child.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Released,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Michael Colby Hare
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- was an LDS church member in Tooele, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Robert Wayne Larsen
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- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD in 1993, and SEX ABUSE CHILD in 1998, as well as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in 2009.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2009,
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Major Lynn Madon
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- was an LDS church member in Mapleton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse; as of 2024, serving time in prison in Central Utah Correctional Facility.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Shane Michael Murray
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- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded and convicted of 2 counts of FORCIBLE SEX ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony the victim was 14 year old female.
- Criminal: Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Vehicle,
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Bryce Stephen Ray
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- was a Mormon church member and former bank officer in West Haven, Utah; arrested in July 2024 and charged with enticing a minor and sexual solicitation of a child.
- Criminal: Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Public building,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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Thomas Theron Schofield
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Alleged coverup- was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS temple,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
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Matthew Gregory Shepard
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- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; In October of 2019 chatted with online 13year old persona to try and meet for sex; found guilty to 3 counts of entice a minor by internet or text; currently in jail in Duchese, Utah..
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
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Paul Edward Spencer
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- was a Mormon church temple prep instructor and mission leader in Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah; charged in December 2024 with multiple felonies related to arranging to meet a police detective posing as a 13-year-old girl for sexual assault in Lehi, Utah.
- Criminal: Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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Arturo Tenorio
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- was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
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Homer Lewis Van Matre
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- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake County, Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of child and sodomy on a child and charges were reversed in appeal when child recanted her story.
- Criminal: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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Charles Edward Weber
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- was an LDS church member and principal in Heber, Utah; convicted of forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse unlawful sexual activity with a minor; admitted to sexually abusing children throughout his 35 year career.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Victim's school,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013, 2014,
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Dale Ward Wilkinson
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- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake County and Tooele County, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD - Class A Misdemeanor.
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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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