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Donate »7 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
David Brown
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- was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Missouri,
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Anastasia Dawson
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- was a Mormon church member in Missouri; arrested in 2023 and charged with several counts relating to sexual abuse of a minor.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Missouri,
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Larry Deutsch
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- was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Sunday school, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Missouri,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Online,
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Burrell Mohler
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- was an LDS church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges dropped; civil case in 2013, results unknown.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Charges dropped, Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Missouri,
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Mark Sherry
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- was an LDS ward mission leader and church building supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri; found guilty in 2000 of Sexual Misconduct - 2nd Degree.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
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Joseph Smith
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- was the founder of the LDS church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church); was publicly accused during his life (1805-1844) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; never charged with a sex crime; in May 1844, a Hancock County, Illinois grand jury indicted Smith for perjury, fornication and polygamy; died in June 1844.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Apostle,
- Alleged crime: 1800s, in Illinois, Missouri, Ohio,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Larry Strain
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Missouri,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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