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Donate »7 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Joseph Carlton Atwater
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- was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to trafficking and kidnapping.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
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John Doe
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church,
Alleged coverup
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William Harding
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- was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop and ward clerk in Tasmania, Australia and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia.
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- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Alleged coverup
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Ronald Albert Mills
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- was an LDS church member in Orange, New South Wales, Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in or around 1982 to 3 years in jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Geoffrey James Powell
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- was an LDS bishop in Western Australia; accused of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place while he was a bishop; the victim twice complained to the LDS church, but said she was not believed and was chastised, and it was suggested she should move away if she felt uncomfortable; in 2019, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Alleged coverup
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Philip Gordon Ronald Salt
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- was an LDS church member in Perth, Western Australia; accused in April 2023 of 16 charges of sexual abuse against two teenage male victims he met as their LDS youth leader.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
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Orson Davis Wright
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- was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Alleged coverup
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