Case report #15: Eric Patrick Avant
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- AKA Ricky Avant
Victims:10+, 2+, 5+, - Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
Mission:
no- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- The accused was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; was sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
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Case report #563: Shawn Noble Frost
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December 2022: out on bail, awaiting trial; November 2023: reached a settlement agreement in a $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; settlement amount undisclosed- Victims:5+,
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Born: 1970
- Positions: Home teacher, Ministering brother, Missionary, Other leader, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime: Home teacher, Ministering brother,
- Mission:
Haiti - Haiti Port-au-Prince
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Ongoing criminal case,
- He was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother.
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Case report #134: Shawn Cory Gooden
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- November 2023: sentenced in Virginia to up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts; faces more charges in Pennsylvania
- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1974
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Mission:
United States - Ohio Cleveland (Spanish speaking)
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty, Sentenced to prison, Sentenced to probation,
- He was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges.
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Marriage:
December 2022: out on bail, awaiting trial; November 2023: reached a settlement agreement in a $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; settlement amount undisclosed
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