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Donate »5 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Curt Boyack
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- was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly said he would turn himself in to police; died by suicide.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Case report »
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Shawn Tyler Mortensen
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- was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in New Mexico,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2022,
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Patrick Robert Oliphant
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- was a Mormon missionary from Carlsbad, New Mexico who was serving a mission in Michigan in 2013; reportedly turned himself in for sexual abuse of a child he was babysitting; charged with six counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and three counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor; convicted in 2015 of nine felony charges and sentenced.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Eddie Padilla
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- was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Mark S Webster
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- was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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