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Jared Anderson
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- was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Noel Young Anderson
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- was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
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Albert Eugene Carlson
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- was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Raymond Casillas
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- was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Bryce Conrad Chatland
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- was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
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Prescott Louis De Jean
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
Alleged coverup
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John Doe
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- was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop in Alabama, Alaska and Texas; in 2022 or 2023, confessed to child sexual abuse to his LDS bishop and stake president in Texas, according to a person familiar with the case; they reported him to local police in 2023; in 2024, a plaintiff filed a civil lawsuit against him.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Ongoing,
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Matthew Thomas Doyle
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- was an LDS church member in Texas; found guilty of sexual assault.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
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Stanley Benjamin Green
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- was a former Mormon bishop in Athens, Texas (in or before 1998 to 1999 or later); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; died in 2009.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
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James Frank Johannes
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- was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Timothy David Kimball
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- was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment.
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- Criminal: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Eustacio Munioz
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- was an LDS ward religious and missionary class leader in the Brownsville, Texas area; in 2011, was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy; the victim, as an adult, filed a lawsuit against the LDS church and won.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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Norman Edwin Smith
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Kenneth Wilstead
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- was an LDS church member in Garland, Texas; accused of sexual misconduct.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
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