2 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

  • Crime location: Arkansas
    • William Hanson was a Mormon youth leader in several US states; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him
    • Alleged coverup
    • LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
    • Ralph Neeley was an LDS church member in the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020; the Mormon church reportedly paid several million US dollars in a settlement to the victim
    • Alleged coverup
    • LDS church payment: $3,000,000
    • Church discipline: Excommunicated,

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