8 LDS sex abuse cases found
New Mexico
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- 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
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Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
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- Albert Carlson (1944 – ) 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
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Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, - Crime state: Texas, Utah,
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
- Alleged failure to report
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse
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- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Verd Erickson (1936 – 2022) 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
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
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- Shawn Mortensen (1965 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state: New Mexico,
Convicted:
2022, 
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, 
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Patrick Oliphant (1992 – ) 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
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- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state: New Mexico,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Eddie Padilla was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Mark Webster was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit
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- LDS positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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