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Donate »3 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Ralph Burlingame
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- was an LDS church member in Minnesota; sentenced in 1989 to prison for 2nd degree criminal sexual abuse of a child.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
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Michael Davis
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- was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Minnesota, Utah,
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Maynard McFarland
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- 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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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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