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Case report #502: Terry George Allen
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- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Grapevine, Texas
- Victims: 10 or more victims,
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Born: 1943
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, High priest, Music leader, Stake high council, Stake public communications director, Sunday school president, Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas.
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Case report #524: Mark Kevin Anderson
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- AKA Dr. Anderson; Dr. Mark Anderson, DDS; Mark K. Anderson
- Latest update: 2018: out of prison
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Born: 1959
LDS positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- He was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in Woodland, California; accused by 27 former female patients of touching them inappropriately in office visits; found guilty in 2009 of 11 felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for sexual abuse of several of his female patients; sentenced to six years in California state prison; required to register for life as a sex offender.
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Case report #534: Alan Roman Andrus
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- AKA Alan R Andrus
- Latest update: May 2023: in pretrial; May 24, 2024 trial setting reconsideration of release of discovery
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Born: 1963
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Hong Kong - Hong Kong
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; accused of sexual abuse in 2020; as of June 2024, the case is proceeding through the trial setting process.
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Case report #851: Michael Dennis Antrobus
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- AKA Mike Antrobus
- Latest update: 2023-09-16: died by suicide in prison
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1947
Died: 2023
LDS positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - West Central States Mission (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho) 1966-1968
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; our sources report that he had at least a dozen victims.
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Case report #363: Jose Antonio Arias
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- AKA John Doe
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Born: 1962
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - California [unknown city - served in Palm Desert] 1985-1986
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church,
- He was a Mormon church missionary in Palm Desert, California; accused of sexual abuse; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against Arias in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable.
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Case report #698: John Ray Baca
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- Latest update: released from prison in 1995 is a registered sex offender, lives in Lodi, California
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Born: 1954
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member in California; found guilty of LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE.
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Case report #20: Christian Robert Bearnson
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- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1963
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Probation,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- He was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US).
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Case report #403: David William Bennett
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- AKA Dave Bennett
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1954
LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him.
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Case report #30: Wyman C Blankenship
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- Victims: Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
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Case report #64: Dustin Scott Cassady
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- Latest update: 2024: lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender
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Born: 1981
LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in the Sacramento, California area (Carmichael); accused of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty; as of March 2024, lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender.
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Case report #668: Richard Cole
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1975
Died: 1975
- LDS mission:
unknown
- The accused was an LDS church member in Santa Rosa, California; accused of sexually and physically abusing his wife; in 1975 was murdered by his wife when she said needed the abuse to stop.
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Case report #707: Frank James Collins
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- AKA Frank Collins Jr., Frank J. Collins, Windy the Clown
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Criminal charges dropped,
- He was an LDS church member and traveling professional clown (as "Windy the Clown") in Whittier, California; accused of sexual abuse in 1986; charges dropped.
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Case report #610: John Doe
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- Latest update: 2023-04-27: Plaintiff awarded $2.28 billion by a California jury in civil lawsuit
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Born: 1955
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $995,000
- He was a Mormon church member in Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion.
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Case report #99: Alan Craig Dunlap
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LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Fresno, California; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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Case report #100: Alan Keith Dunn
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- AKA Keith Dunn, Allan Dunn
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1941
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police.
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Case report #103: Larry Van Dyke
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LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #106: Todd Mitchell Edwards
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- AKA Todd Michael Edwards
- Latest update: 2013: sentenced to three years in prison for child sexual abuse
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1964
LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Menifee, Riverside County, California; in 2013, sentenced to three years in prison for child sexual abuse that occurred in 2006 and 2012; was bishop at the time of the 2012 abuse.
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Case report #114: Stephen D Field
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LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
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Case report #946: Richard Freeman
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1963
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Fresno, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; moved to Provo, Utah.
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Case report #119: Jayne Allen Furness
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- AKA Allen Furness
- Latest update: 1987: died
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Born: 1935
Died: 1987
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987.
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Case report #124: Lawrence Wayne Gilbert
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- AKA Larry Gilbert
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Born: 1939
LDS positions: High priest,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and high priest group leader in California; convicted of sexually abusing three girls; sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Case report #132: Luis Gonzales
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- Victims: 1 victim,
LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Sacramento, California; charged with 20 counts of child molestation, battery, rape, bigamy, stalking, and fraud; in 2002, was found guilty of bigamy, spousal abuse (battery) and child molestation.
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Case report #138: Mark Gum
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- Latest update: 2012: named in a lawsuit won by the plaintiff, who accused Gum of molesting him; the Boy Scouts of America and the LDS church were also named and paid settlements
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: Settlement,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- He was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #151: Kenneth L Hanigan
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LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #152: Eugene Albert Hansen
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- AKA Jene Hansen
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Born: 1940
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of child sexual abuse.
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Case report #157: Harvey William Harper
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- AKA Will Harper, William Howard Boger
- Latest update: 2014: died
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1935
Died: 2014
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- The accused was an LDS church member and deputy county district attorney in Los Angeles, California; arrested in 1984 and charged with child sexual abuse; jumped bail; found guilty; sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison; lived secretly in Colorado for 20 months until federal investigators found him; local LDS church coverup alleged.
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Case report #158: Kenneth Morgan Harper
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- AKA Kim
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #160: Craig Allen Harward
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- AKA Mr. Harward
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in San Jose, California; not a registered sex offender
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1948
LDS positions: Bishopric, Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- LDS mission:
Uruguay - Uruguay 1972-1974
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and former "teacher of the year" at an elementary school in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges relating to sexual abuse of four children; sentenced to 14 years in prison for lewd and lascivious acts on four children spanning a six year period; as of 2024, lives in San Jose, California.
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Case report #161: James Glenn Haskell
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- AKA Bishop Haskell
- Latest update: June 2024: found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child; hearing set for July 15
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1982
LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; pleaded not guilty; in June 2024, found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child.
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Case report #167: Christopher Todd Hettinger
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- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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Case report #173: Joel Elisla Houck
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LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #175: Christine Shreeve Hubbs
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LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- She was an LDS church member in California; was charged with sexual abuse of two underage boys (ages 14 and 15); convicted in 2011, sentenced to five years in prison.
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Case report #177: Hayden Hoss Hunter
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- AKA Elder Hunter
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Born: 2001
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He was a Mormon missionary in California; arrested for distribution of child pornography while on his mission; found guilty.
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Case report #943: Kenneth Enos Jenks
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- AKA Ken Jenks
LDS positions: Other leader, Ward executive secretary, Ward librarian,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- The accused was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children.
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Case report #185: Thad Andrew Jesperson
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- Latest update: Conviction reversed
- Victims: 8 victims,
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Born: 1964
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - Somewhere in South America
- Criminal case: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Murietta, California; accused of sexually abusing 8 of his elementary students at Toler Elementary School.
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Case report #200: Willis Dale King
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LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
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Case report #675: Kevin Patrick Kirkland
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- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
LDS positions: Seminary teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- The accused was a Mormon seminary teacher and school teacher in the Redlands, California area; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2016 to molesting four female students from May 2015 to May 2016; sentenced to two years in prison; released in June 2017.
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Case report #803: Marion Dean Klingler
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- AKA Dean
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Born: 1944
LDS positions: Primary teacher, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- The accused was an LDS church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; now lives in Springville Utah as registered sex offender.
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Case report #202: William Eugene Knox
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- AKA Bill Knox, Bill E. Knox
LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader; accused of sexually abusing multiple children.
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Case report #206: Jason Chad Larsen
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Born: 1977
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- He was an LDS missionary from Idaho in Bakersfield, California; accused in 1997 of sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl at a school; as of 2024, lives in Meridian, Idaho.
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Case report #212: Frank Arthur Lind
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- Latest update: 2022: convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1956
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in California; sentenced before the early 2000s to 30 years to life in prison for sexually molesting a child; in the 2000s, a Mormon bishop allegedly supported Lind's decision to be baptized into the LDS church despite his prior conviction; in 2022, again convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced to three consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison.
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Case report #217: Craig Ralph Mathias
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- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Granada Hills, California; was in the Northridge ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting multiple boy scouts; sentenced to six years in prison.
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Case report #226: Maynard Scott McFarland
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- AKA Scott McFarland
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- He was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender.
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Case report #759: Glen Burnell McGhie
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- Latest update: Lives in Lynnwood, Washington and had his name removed from sex offender database
- Victims: 1 victim, 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1958
- LDS mission:
Japan -
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; found guilty of lewd or lascivious act on a child age 14/15 a felony; lost his physical therapy license.
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Case report #228: Melvin E McKinney
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- AKA Mel McKinney
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #230: Robert Gene Metcalf
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- AKA Gene Metcalf
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1949
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- The accused was an LDS church member in California and Arizona; convicted three times of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1979 to 6 years in prison for sexually abusing a child; returned to the Mormon church after being released from prison, was made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a civil lawsuit; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison.
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Case report #232: John Allen Midgett
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- Latest update: 2024: lives in Bountiful, Utah; is a registered sex offender
- Victims: 5 victims, 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1962
LDS positions: Primary teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and Sunday school teacher in the San Diego area, California; also was a Navy petty officer first class; initially pleaded not guilty to 43 felony counts of child molestation; later pleaded guilty; sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing eight girls ages 5 to 10 in his LDS sunday school class; as of 2024, lives in Bountiful, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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Case report #241: Daniel Montoya
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- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse.
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Case report #257: Joseph H Neipp
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- AKA Bishop Neipp, Joe Neipp
- Victims: Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp.
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Case report #854: Samuel David Neipp
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- AKA Mr. Neipp, Sam Neipp
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Born: 1982
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in California; once named "teacher of the year" by the Union School District in the San Jose, California area; son of convicted child sexual abuser Joseph Neipp; pleaded no contest in 2019 to 12 charges related to sexual abuse; sentenced to 56 years in prison.
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