9 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

  • Crime location: Tennessee
    • Gerald Bowen 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
    • Emer Broadbent was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2017
    • John Burrell was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
    • Carlo Lorge was an LDS church member in Clarksville, Tennessee; arrested in 2022 for sexual exploitation of a minor
    • Steven Murdock 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
    • Jeffery Parks 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
    • Keith Salmon was an LDS church member in Tennessee; found guilty of distributing CSAM
    • Anthony Webster was an LDS church member and fitness center employee in Collierville, Tennessee; accused of sexually molesting three young girls; in 2013, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated sexual battery and was sentenced to 16 years in prison
    • James Westergard was an LDS church member in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; convicted

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