Location Ever: New Mexico

9 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- Curt Boyack was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly said he would turn himself in to police; died by suicide
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, New Mexico,
- Latest update: Died by Suicide
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- Albert Carlson was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1944
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Mexico, Texas, Utah,
- Places when accused: Texas, Utah,
- Latest update: 2025: sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in New Mexico,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: New Mexico,
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- Verd Erickson was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Riverton, Wyoming who moved to Utah; was accused of sexual misconduct and lost his dentistry license in 2010; died in 2022
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1936
  Died: 2022
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, New Mexico, Rexburg (Idaho), Utah, Wyoming,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 2022: died
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- Shawn Mortensen was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1965
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Mexico, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: New Mexico,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: September 2022: sentenced to prison in New Mexico for child sexual abuse
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- Patrick Oliphant was a Mormon missionary from Carlsbad, New Mexico who was serving a mission in Michigan in 2013; reportedly turned himself in for sexual abuse of a child he was babysitting; charged with six counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and three counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor; convicted in 2015 of nine felony charges
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 2012, in New Mexico,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1992
- Mission: 2013-2013 United States Michigan [unknown city]
- Places lived: Michigan, New Mexico,
- Places when accused: New Mexico,
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- Eddie Padilla was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Mexico,
- Places when accused: New Mexico,
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- Ivan Shelden was a Mormon church member in Long Beach, Mississippi; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested hundreds of children across several US states over a period of decades; died in 2009
- Born: 1938
  Died: 2009
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico,
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- Mark Webster was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in New Mexico,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: New Mexico,
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