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14 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

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- Jared Anderson was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1988
- Mission: 2007-2009 United States Utah Ogden
- Places lived: Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
- Places when accused: Texas,
- Latest update: Sentenced to prison in Texas for child sexual abuse
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- Joseph Blodgett was a former Mormon bishop in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; ongoing case as of 2025
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Born: 1975
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Tennessee,
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- Gerald Bowen was an LDS church member in Tennessee; convicted in 2008 of: SOLICITATION TO COMMIT SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, AGGRAVATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1950
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: North Carolina, Tennessee,
- Places when accused: Tennessee,
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- Emer Broadbent was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2017
- Church positions: Missionary, Primary,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee,
- Latest update: 2017: died
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- John Burrell was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Tennessee,
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- Thomas Gibbons was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Ministering/home teacher, Primary,
- Convicted: 2000,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Tennessee, Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: lives in Kaysville, Utah
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- Craig Hill was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah and Memphis, Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Born: 1972
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Tennessee, Utah,
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- Carlo Lorge was an LDS church member in Clarksville, Tennessee; arrested in 2022 for sexual exploitation of a minor
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Tennessee,
- Latest update: 2022: arrested and charged
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- Steven Murdock was a Mormon stake high council member and former LDS bishop in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah; allegedly sexually harassed multiple women in his ward while he was their bishop (he was bishop from 2013 to 2017); in 2019, was caught taking photos of a young woman in a dressing room in Tennessee; pleaded guilty in November 2019; sentenced in 2019 to one year probation, 48 hours community service
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Community service, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Crime scenes: Public, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1963
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Tennessee, Utah,
- Latest update: 2019: sentenced in Tennessee to one year of supervised probation and 48 hours of community service, and ordered to undergo counseling
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- Kenny Parcell was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Youth leader,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: United States Tennessee (unknown city)
- Places lived: Provo (Utah), Tennessee, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2023: resigned after allegations of sexual harassment
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- Jeffery Parks was a Mormon church member in Tennessee; in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape; sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2003,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Tennessee,
- Places when accused: Tennessee,
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- Keith Salmon was an LDS church member in Tennessee; found guilty of distributing CSAM
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Tennessee, Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Tennessee,
- Latest update: Living in North Ogden, Utah
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- Anthony Webster was an LDS church member and fitness center employee in Collierville, Tennessee; accused of sexually molesting three young girls; in 2013, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated sexual battery and was sentenced to 16 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Tennessee,
- Convicted: 2013,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Tennessee,
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- James Westergard was an LDS church member in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Unknown position,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Tennessee,
- Places when accused: Tennessee,
- Latest update: lives in Murfeesburo Tennessee
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