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Donate »4 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Brandon Bednarz
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- was an LDS church member; found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
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Max Cheatham
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- was an LDS church member in Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Lawrence Huffman
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- was an LDS church member in Mound City, Kansas; pleaded guilty to charges related to sodomizing a minor; as of 2024, lives in Hutchinson, Kansas as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Kansas,
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Charles Richmond
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- was an LDS church member and LDS addiction recovery specialist in Hutchinson, Kansas; convicted of aggravated indecent liberties w child; Offender =>18 fondle child <14; in prison in Kansas as of 2024.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Other leader, Sunday school,
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