Location Crime: Canada

21 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

Crime location: Canada

- Cecil Cartwright was a Mormon branch president in Orillia, Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2015
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Branch president,
- Born: 1926
  Died: 2015
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Robert Cervo was an LDS youth leader and schoolteacher in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; agreed in 2015 to sign a peace bond (not a conviction, but an agreement to comply with certain conditions for a specified period) and the four criminal charges against him were stayed
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Canada,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1976
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Canada,
- Places when accused: Canada,
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- Craig Elford was a Mormon church member in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Mike Haire was a Mormon church member and middle school principal in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; arrested on suspicion of possession and distribution of CSAM; convicted, sentenced to 20 months in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Marvin Harker was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1968
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Canada,
- Places when accused: Canada,
- Latest update: September 2020: sentenced to five years in prison and made to register as a sex offender
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- James Hayes was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2001,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: 2002: convicted of sexual exploitation
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- Vance Hein was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison; the Mormon church settled a related lawsuit in 2014
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Convicted: 1999, 2000, 2012,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada, Pennsylvania,
- Places when accused: Pennsylvania,
- Latest update: 2012: sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for possessing child pornography
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- Bryant Litchfield was an LDS church member and physician in Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; acquitted; in 2008, was found guilty by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta of inappropriately touching women patients during breast and vaginal exams in 2001; stripped of his medical license
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1953
  Died: 2023
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: 2008: found guilty of inappropriately touching patients, was stripped of medical license
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- Melvin MacNeil was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Canada,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1943
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Chester Meek was a Mormon bishop in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada from 1990 to 1995; while bishop, he allegedly sexually sexual assaulted multiple female church members; at least one alleged incident of abuse occurred in the bishop's office inside an LDS church
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- Convicted: 2000,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Robert Musson was an LDS church member in Ontario, Canada; arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1961
- Mission: United States unspecified location
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Robert Muttenthaler was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Robert Nelson was an LDS bishop in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse of a "mentally handicapped" woman; pleaded guilty in 1989; placed on two years probation, ordered to do 150 hours of community service, and ordered to take a conducted tour of a local jail
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: 1989: pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a "mentally handicapped" woman
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- Randall Pickett was an LDS church member in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Chesley Pierson was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1928
  Died: 2021
- Mission: United Kingdom England
- Places lived: Canada,
- Places when accused: Canada,
- Latest update: 2021: died in Alberta, Canada
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- Errol Pilling was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1942
- Mission: 1962-1964 United Kingdom North British Mission
- Places lived: Canada,
- Places when accused: Canada,
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Twin Falls, Idaho
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- Thomas Quinton was an LDS church member in Alberta, Canada; allegedly drove to Great Falls, Montana to meet a 12-year-old girl he met through a Craigslist ad; was arrested in a sting operation
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Canada, Montana,
- Places when accused: Canada, Montana,
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- Zac Rhodenizer was an LDS church member and psychologist in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Born: 1974
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Jerry Thompson was an LDS church member in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Born: 1973
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- James Victor was a Mormon missionary in Canada in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy while on his mission; an LDS stake president and a mission president (David Sorensen) allegedly covered up abuse allegations; Sorensen later became an LDS general authority
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1960
- Mission: 1984-1986 Canada Canada [unknown - possibly New Brunswick]
- Places lived: Canada,
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