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Donation options »17 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Joseph Atwater
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- was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to trafficking and kidnapping.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Australia,
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Bret Chesworth
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- was a Mormon church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to 7 charges of child abuse and bestiality including downloading images; he was caught in an international sting operation involving Australian and US agencies.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Positions: Sunday school,
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Gordon Crawford
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- was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
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John Doe
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- was an LDS church member in Adelaide, Australia; sentenced in 2021 to 10 years in prison for child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, in Australia,
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John Doe
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- was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
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John Doe
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Positions: Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Australia,
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Jane Doe
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- was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Jail,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Nicolas Faivre
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- was a former LDS bishop in Australia; charged with sending sexually explicit messages to a child.
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- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
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William Harding
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- was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop and ward clerk in Tasmania, Australia and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Ward clerk,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Australia,
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Caleb Horner
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- was an LDS church member in Melbourne, Australia; arrested in November 2021 and accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met in 2020; found guilty in 2024 of two counts of sexual assault by touch of a child under 16; sentenced in October 2024 to three years "community corrections," avoiding additional jail time.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Ongoing,
- Positions: Missionary,
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Stephen Kay
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- was a Mormon church member, school teacher and scout leader in Brisbane, Australia; charged multiple times with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 and was sentenced to jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in Australia,
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Ronald Mills
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- was an LDS church member in Orange, New South Wales, Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in or around 1982 to 3 years in jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
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Geoffrey Powell
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- was an LDS bishop in Western Australia; accused of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place while he was a bishop; the victim twice complained to the LDS church, but said she was not believed and was chastised, and it was suggested she should move away if she felt uncomfortable; in 2019, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime: 1980s, in Australia,
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Philip Salt
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- was an LDS church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused in April 2023 of 16 charges of sexual abuse against two teenage male victims he met as their LDS youth leader.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Australia,
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Darran Scott
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- was a Mormon church member and filmmaker in Archies Creek, Victoria, Australia; pleaded guilty in 2017 to 16 charges related to the sexual abuse of 11 boys over a 25-year period; sentenced in 2017 to 10 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Australia,
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Ruecha Tokputza
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- was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
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Orson Wright
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- was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Australia,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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