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Donate »4 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Melvin Eugene Barhite
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- was a Mormon church member in Michigan; convicted of sex crimes; sentenced in 2001 to prison; while in prison, argued that prison officials violated his religious rights by confiscating photos of scantily clad females between the ages of 14-26.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
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Mark Chapman
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- was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Rowland Wayne James
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- was an LDS church member in Lansing, Michigan; found guilty of sexually abusing young girls and a young boy he met at church; serving time in prison as of January 2024.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
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Bruce A McAskill
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- was a Mormon church ward clerk in Jackson, Michigan; before becoming ward clerk, was convicted of rape; after becoming ward clerk, in 1994, was found guilty by a judge of kissing and fondling an 8-year-old boy whom he was babysitting; McAskill had met the boy's mother at church; a police officer said McAskill told him 'he didn't see any problem' with an adult sleeping naked with a child.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
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