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- Spencer Dixon was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial
Alleged failure to report
Acquitted, Found not guilty, Jury trial,
Was Bishop,
Alleged crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1964
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Kevin Garn was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
Alleged failure to report
Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
Was Bishop, Sunday school,
Alleged crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Jay Grant was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment
Excommunicated,
Convicted,
Was Bishop, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1902
Died: 1988 - Mission: United States Southern States / Northern States [Ohio]
- Places lived: California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1988: died in Orem, Utah
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- Melvin Hansen was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona
Convicted, Police investigation,
Was Other leader, Tabernacle Choir,
Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: is in prison in Utah
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- Shane Murray was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded and convicted of 2 counts of FORCIBLE SEX ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony the victim was 14 year old female
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Crime scenes: Vehicle,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Gordon Neeley was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018
Excommunicated,
Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
Was High priest, Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1935
Died: 2018 - Mission: 1955-1957 Unknown country
- Places lived: Idaho, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: died
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- Byron Poelman was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute
Alleged failure to report
Excommunicated,
- The woman was taken to jail, while Poelman was released immediately.
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1934
Died: 2014 - Mission: Netherlands Netherlands
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2014: died
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"President and sister Poelman's lives need to be private now. [...] We are a family. A family keeps things private. A family draws close together. These things are to be kept private."-
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- Lloyd Pond was a Mormon church spokesman and leader of an LDS church radio program in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1996 to one count of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 1997 to prison; died in 2019
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
Unknown result,
Was Missionary,
Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1945
Died: 2019 - Mission: 1964-1966 Georgia West German
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2019: died
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- Byard Price was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse, then reapplied to be a scout volunteer after his conviction
Convicted,
Was Scout leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1940
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Noah Rada was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material in 2022; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three years in prison and 20 years probation
Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
Crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1999
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: sentenced to three years in prison and 20 years probation
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- Thomas Schofield was a Mormon bishop in Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California; accused in a 2024 civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a 16-year-old child in 2004-05 while he was a Mormon Bishop; some of the alleged abuse took place in the Salt Lake City and Oakland LDS temples and the bishop's office at church
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Was Bishop,
Alleged crime: 2000s, in California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS activity, LDS building, LDS temple,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Washington,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Sandy, Utah
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- Matthew Shepard was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; In October of 2019 chatted with online 13year old persona to try and meet for sex; found guilty to 3 counts of entice a minor by internet or text; currently in jail in Duchesne, Utah
Convicted, Jail,
Was Unknown position,
Crime: 2010s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
Convicted: 2021,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1974
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Currently in DUCHESNE CO JAIL in Utah
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- Jared Tichy was an LDS church member and elementary school teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah; in April 2023, charged with child sexual abuse; several other victims came forward in April 2023
Ongoing, Unknown result,
Was Missionary,
Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1978
- Mission: United States Nebraska Omaha
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: April 2023: Criminally charged, awaiting pre-trial
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