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Bishop Baldwin
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Alleged coverup- was a Mormon bishop in Pittsburg, California in 1989; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse that allegedly lasted from 1989 to 1997, when the victim was 5 to 13 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon 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, Recreational trip/outing,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in California,
- Case report »
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George Barnett
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
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Carlfred Bartholomew Broderick
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon stake president in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
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John Doe
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- was a Mormon bishop in or near Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy; the alleged sexual assault took place in the Salt Lake Temple in the 1980s (approximately 1986), during a visit to perform baptisms for the dead.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, LDS temple,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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John Doe
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon temple worker in Los Angeles, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually assaulting a man in 1984 while performing a private anointing ritual in the Los Angeles LDS temple.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, LDS temple,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
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Juan Guerrero Regalado
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: Unknown timeframe, in California,
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Gary Jones
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- was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
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George Koford
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- was a Mormon bishop in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
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Timothy Bradbury Monzello
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishop in Azusa, California (Azusa 1st Ward, Glendora California Stake) from about 2005 to 2010; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexual abuse that allegedly took place between 2008 and 2010, starting when the victim was seven years old; the alleged abuse took place in the bishop's office at church and at Monzello's home.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
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- was an LDS bishop in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in California,
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Brian Richard Pickett
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice, lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Hawaii,
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Nefi Rubalcava
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- was a Mormon bishop in Norwalk/Cerritos in southern California; accused of child sexual abuse in two lawsuits filed against the Mormon church in 2025; he was the foster father of one of his alleged victims and the bishop of both of them; he allegedly participated in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one other bishop and a stake president.
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
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UNKNOWN Smith
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- was a Mormon bishop in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with two Melchizedek priesthood holders in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in California,
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Bruce Van Horn
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Case report »
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