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Donate »7 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Curt Boyack
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- 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: Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Albert Carlson
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- 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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- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, in Texas, Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Verd Erickson
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- 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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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
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Shawn Mortensen
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- 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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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Other leader,
- Crime: 2020s, in New Mexico,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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Patrick Oliphant
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- 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 and sentenced.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Missionary,
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Eddie Padilla
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- was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Bishop,
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Mark Webster
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- was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: Branch president, Other leader,
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