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34 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

- Keith Bergstresser was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; made a registered sex offender; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Elders quorum,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1975
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender in Idaho; lives in Star, Idaho
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- Keith Biggs was a Mormon church member in Multnomah County, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Music leader,
- Born: 1975
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- Keith Biggs was a Mormon church member in Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Music leader,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- Brian Bowen was an LDS church member and podiatrist in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse of at least nine women; as of February 2024, indicted with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of second-degree sexual abuse, nine counts of third-degree sexual abuse, and two counts of sex abuse by fraudulent representation
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Victims: 9 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1975
- Mission: 1994-1996 United States Arizona Tempe (Spanish speaking)
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Latest update: February 2024: ongoing criminal case; nine victims have accused Bowen of sexual misconduct
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- Jason Brumble was a Mormon church member and stake Sunday school presidency member in Oregon; convicted in 2015 of child sexual abuse of multiple children; is in prison in Oregon as of March 2023
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Sunday school,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Latest update: March 2023: is in prison in Oregon
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- Paul Burdick was an LDS bishop and drivers education teacher in Oregon; arrested in 2019 and charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving underage female students in his job as a drivers ed teacher
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum,
- Convicted: 2020,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
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- Gary Carr was an LDS church member in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to one year in jail or prison; released after six months; died in 2006
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Born: 1949
  Died: 2006
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- John Cox was a Mormon church member in Clackamas County, Oregon; convicted of child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- Franklyn Curtis was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Oregon; excommunicated in 1983 in Pennsylvania for sex abuse; rebaptized in 1984; molested five boys in Oregon; local LDS bishop knew but didn't report to police; convicted in 1995 in Oregon of sexual abuse; died in 1995
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $3,000,000
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: High priest, Sunday school,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1903
  Died: 1995
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon, Pennsylvania,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Latest update: 1995: died
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- Robert Davis was a Mormon church member in Eugene, Oregon; convicted of 5 counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and sentenced to 75 months in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Latest update: Serving prison time in Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
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- Sean Dotson was an LDS church member in Oregon; convicted of a sex crime
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- Edwin Dyer was a Mormon church member and scoutmaster in central Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested as many as 15 boys over a 28-year period; shot and killed in 1986 by one of his victims; the Mormon church settled out of court for $200,000 with one victim
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $200,000
- Church discipline: Disfellowshipped,
- Church officials asked Dyer to resign as scoutmaster and later disfellowshipped him, but did not tell police
- "Until we use names, until people understand that this happened to Johnny next door, it will keep on happening."— Judith Powell, mother of abuse survivor Keith Powell
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1935
  Died: 1986
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
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- Timur Dykes was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; convicted multiple times; in 1987, three plaintiffs sued the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts of America; in about 2009, the Mormon church paid $350,000 to a victim to settle its portion of a civil lawsuit
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $350,000
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- Miguel Estudillo was an LDS primary teacher in Baker City, Oregon; arrested for crimes related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Primary,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- David Farley was a former doctor and LDS church member in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley
- Church fought in court to keep records on Farley secret
- "When I was assaulted, I thought I was alone, I thought I had misread things."— Katie Medley
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Oregon,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1958
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon, Utah,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: February 2024: lives in Nephi, Utah; February 2024: the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley
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- Craig Ford was a Mormon church member in Oregon; convicted of sexual abuse; in 2025, a $25 million lawsuit against the Mormon church said a Vancouver, Washington bishop knew of the abuse but failed to report to police
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2025: $25 million lawsuit filed against Mormon church for alleged failure to report abuse
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- Jason Gagnon was a Mormon church member who allegedly perpetrated sex crimes in Colorado, Oregon and Virginia
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Youth leader,
- Born: 1969
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Colorado, Oregon, Virginia,
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- Jeffrey Gatlin was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child/1st degree felony; as of October 2023, serving in Central Utah Correctional Facility Housing in Boulder, Utah, CUCF Boulder
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1967
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Inmate No. 25110 Central Utah Correctional Facility Housing: CUCF Boulder
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- Stephen Goode was a Mormon church member in Gresham, Oregon; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexually abusing a child during a trip in 2018; in 2022, found guilty in a jury trial of four felony charges; sentenced to 8.5 years in prison and 20 years supervision
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Probation,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1981
- Mission: 2002-2004 Philippines Philippines Ilagan Mission
- Places lived: Oregon,
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- James Hogan was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million; the Mormon church settled with two victims for $800,000 and $75,000
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $875,000
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement,
- Church positions: Church employee, Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1939
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
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