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Donate »8 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Gerald Wayne Bowen
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- was an LDS church member in Tennessee; convicted in 2008 of: SOLICITATION TO COMMIT SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, AGGRAVATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS .
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2008,
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John Haws Burrell
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Carlo Alan Lorge
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- was an LDS church member in Clarksville, Tennessee; arrested in 2022 for sexual exploitation of a minor.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Tennessee,
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Steven Dean Murdock
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Alleged coverup- was a Mormon stake high council member and former LDS bishop in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah; allegedly sexually harassed multiple women in his ward while he was their bishop (he was bishop from 2013 to 2017); in 2019, was caught taking photos of a young woman in a dressing room in Tennessee; pleaded guilty in November 2019; sentenced in 2019 to one year probation, 48 hours community service .
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Public building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime: 2010s, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
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Jeffery Brian Parks
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- was a Mormon church member in Tennessee; in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2000s, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2003,
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Keith Eric Salmon
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- was an LDS church member in Tennessee; found guilty of distributing CSAM.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2013,
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Anthony Webster
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- was an LDS church member in Collierville, Tennessee; sentenced to prison for molesting three girls.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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James LaMar Westergard
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- was an LDS church member in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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