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Donate »2 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Frederick Merlin Edvalson
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- was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged coverup
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Ryan Christopher Hall
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- was a former Mormon bishopric member and veteran sheriff's department detective in Maryland; in 2024, arrested and charged with several sex crimes related to child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
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