Case report #1: George William Aaron
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- AKA Bill Aaron
Victims:2+, -
Born: 1941
- Positions: Bishop,
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- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Never charged,
- Civil result: Civil judgement in favor of defendant,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters; paid $25,000 in punitive damages after losing a civil lawsuit.
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Case report #5: Brady Glenn Allen
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- Victims:1,
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Born: 1990
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church youth leader and Utah teacher in Davis County, Utah; admitted to trying to meet 13-year-old for sex; sentenced to 1-15 years in Utah State Prison.
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Case report #6: Benjamin Aaron Alyk
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- AKA Ben
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1997
- Mission:
Dominican Republic -
- Marriage:
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- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child porn; LDS church leaders allegedly didn't report his crime.
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Case report #8: Jared Anderson
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- AKA Eldersing
Sentenced to prison in Texas for child sexual abuse- Victims:5+,
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Born: 1988
- Positions: Missionary,
- Mission:
United States - Utah Ogden 2007-2009
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a high school teacher 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.
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Case report #16: Norman Carl Barber
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- AKA Norm Barber, Dr. Barber, Norm C. Barber DDS
- 1988: pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of two 15-year-old girls
- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1947
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide.
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Case report #18: Wanda Barzee
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- Victims:1,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; with Brian David Mitchell, held Elizabeth Smart captive.
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Case report #19: John Baysden
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- AKA John Baysen (misspelled by an AP news release)
- Victims:2+,
- Positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime: Missionary,
- When accused: Missionary,
- Mission:
United States - Ogden 2005-2005
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors.
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Case report #21: Brandon Beckham
Case report #22: Gary Lee Bell
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- July 2023: in prison in Utah
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1956
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
1986
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and former prosecutor in Utah; pleaded guilty in December 2022 to four second degree felony charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in January 2023 to one to 15 years in prison; in June 2023, was convicted of 15 counts of 2nd degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of class B misdemeanor voyeurism; no additional prison time was added.
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Case report #24: Donald Nelson Bills
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- Victims:1,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was once in a Mormon bishopric in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl.
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Case report #25: Arthur Gary Bishop
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- AKA Art Bishop, Roger Downs
- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1952
Died: 1988 - Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission:
Philippines - Philippine Islands / Philippines 1971-1973
- Marriage:
no
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988.
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Case report #27: Joseph Layton Bishop
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- Victims:2+,
- Positions: Mission president, Other leader,
- During alleged crime: Other leader,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- The accused was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries.
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Case report #28: David Michael Blackner
Case report #32: Gordon Brent Bodily
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- 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Ogden, Utah
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1949
- Positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
- Mission:
United States - Eastern States (headquarters in New York City) 1968-1970
- Marriage:
1971
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Hyrum, Utah; accused of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison.
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Case report #34: Timothy William Bothell
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- AKA Tim Bothell
- Pleaded guilty
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1969
- Positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
- Mission:
Add info
- Marriage:
Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a LDS church employee and LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 for sexual abuse of 2 girls ages 11 and 13.
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Case report #36: Douglas Ray Bowen
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- AKA Doug Bowen
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1950
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
- direct relative of Mormon apostle Albert E. Bowen and seventy Shayne M. Bowen.
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Case report #855: Stephen Dwayne Boyd
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- AKA Steve Boyd
- 2023-11-27: charged in Utah with one felony count of enticement of a minor; lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1964
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
Add info
- Criminal result: Ongoing criminal case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Colorado and Eagle Mountain, Utah; graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1991; accused in November 2023 of felony enticing a minor, a sex crime; allegedly asked an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl in an online chat to meet up for sex; police statement said he sent a photo of his face and crotch via text to the officer.
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Case report #848: Brian Gordon Briggs
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- AKA Brian Gordan
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1984
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to sexual abuse .
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Case report #38: David Harrison Broadbent
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- AKA Dr. David H. Broadbent, Dr. David Broadbent, Dr. Broadbent
- April 2023: has not been charged with a crime
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+, 50+,
- Mission:
Add info
- Marriage:
1973
- Civil result: Civil case dismissed,
- He was an LDS church member and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; as of October 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward, but Broadbent had not been charged with a sex crime.
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Case report #47: Gary Wade Brown
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- AKA Wade Brown
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1967
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prsion for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
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Case report #48: Jarom Christopher Brown
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- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1983
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and Utah Valley University professor; accused in 2021 of voyeurism and electronic communication harassment; convicted and sentenced in 2022.
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Case report #49: Paul J Bryant
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- 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Utah
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1968
- Positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary teacher, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Mission:
Argentina - Argentina Cordoba 1987-1989
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty, Ongoing criminal case,
- He was a Mormon church member in Utah; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; in 2016, was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as HOA president in Lehi, Utah.
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Case report #61: Cory Clyde Campbell
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- 2010: sentenced to prison in Utah
- Victims:2+, 5+,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Mission:
Add info
- Marriage:
Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abusing five underage girls; sentenced in 2010 to prison.
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Case report #853: Max Todd Cheatham
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- AKA CHEATMAN,MAX TODD CHEATHAM,MAX T CHEATHAM,MAX
- Victims:50+,
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Born: 1960
- Positions: Missionary,
- Mission:
Argentina - Argentina 1979-1981
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: guilt,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #67: Tanner Paul Clark
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- 2021: arrested for enticing a minor; convicted and sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1994
- Mission:
Add info
- Marriage:
no
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced in 2019 to 90 days in jail for two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old, two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to minors; may have had over 100 victims; arrested in 2021 (while on probation) for enticing a minor; convicted and sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison.
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Case report #68: Michael James Clay
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- AKA Mr. Clay, Professor Clay, Mike Clay
- June 26, 2023: sentenced to two years of probation and no jail time after agreeing in May 2023 to a plea deal of three reduced misdemeanor charges of sexual battery
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1974
- Positions: BYU professor, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime: BYU professor, Church employee,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
1998
- Criminal result: Other,
- He was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal.
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Case report #75: Brandon Scott Cordero
Case report #80: Clark Elwood Crookston
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- AKA Dr. Crookston
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1949
- Positions: Bishop, High priest, Missionary,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He former bishop in Utah; accused of 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; found guilty of attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison.
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Case report #81: John Gardner Cummings
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- Victims:Add info
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #85: Luke Elbert Dalton
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- AKA Lee Dalton; Luke Elbert Dalton Jr.
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1941
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
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Case report #89: Michael Adam Davis
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- March 2023: appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction, claiming ineffective counsel and a violation of his constitutional rights
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1985
- Positions: Elders quorum president, Other leader,
- During alleged crime: Other leader,
- When accused: Elders quorum president,
- Mission:
United States -
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 in Minnesota to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care.
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Case report #94: James Edrick Denos
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- AKA Bishop Denos, James Denos Jr.
- 2017-10-25: died in Draper, Utah
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
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Born: 1929
Died: 2017 - Positions: Bishop, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- Mission:
Netherlands - Holland 1947-1950
- Marriage:
1951
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four of his granddaughters living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950.
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Case report #98: Michael Driggs
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- Victims:Add info
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #102: Cesar Duran
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- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1982
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- The accused was a Mormon bishopric member in Salt Lake City, Utah; arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl in his ward.
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Case report #859: Jeffrey Alan Gatlin
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- Inmate No. 25110 Central Utah Correctional Facility Housing: CUCF Boulder
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1967
- Mission:
Add info
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; found guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child/1st degree felony; currently serving in Central Utah Correctional Facikity Housing in Boulder Utah, CUCF Boulder.
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Case report #858: Jake S Hally
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- AKA Hally, Jake Hally, Jake Stevenson
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1995
- Mission:
unknown -
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case report #847: Darren John Haymond
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- Fired from his job at Provo High School in 2011, and is currently living in Salt Lake City Utah
- Victims:Add info
- Mission:
unknown -
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an a custodian at Provo High School and was LDS church member in Provo Utah; pleaded guilty to voyeurism, a class B misdemeanor.
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Case report #842: Kenneth Higa
Case report #176: Erik Wayne Hughes
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- July 2023: out on parole
- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1966
- Positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- Mission:
Add info
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He former Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah; was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing two children while serving as their bishop.
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Case report #844: Spencer Kay Kartchner
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- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1965
- Positions: ward mission leader,
- Mission:
unknown -
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021.
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Case report #205: Michael L Larsen
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- AKA Mike Larsen
- 2023: lives in Tooele, Utah
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1963
- Mission:
unknown -
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; convicted in the 1980s of child sexual abuse; as of 2023, lives in Tooele, Utah.
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Case report #840: Keith Eric Salmon
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- Living in North Ogden, Utah
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1966
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Tennessee; found guilty of distributing CSAM.
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Case report #74: Kevin G Sykes
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- Serving Time in Prison in Utah, sentenced 11-20-2023
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1967
- Positions: Youth leader,
- When accused: Youth leader,
- Mission:
Add info
- Marriage:
Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church youth leader in Utah; arrested for possessing child pornography; later arrested for forcible sodomy, human trafficking, sexual abuse of a minor, child abuse and obstructing justice; pleaded guilty in February 2023 to four counts of felony child sexual abuse; in November 2023, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in Utah.
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Case report #850: Kimball Reid Ungerman
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- 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Orem, Utah
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1957
- Positions: Missionary,
- Mission:
Thailand - Thailand Bangkok 1977-1979
- Marriage:
1990
- Criminal result: Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to one felony count of 2nd degree aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison but the prison term was suspended; sentenced to probation; completed probation; as of 2023, registered sex offender; lives in Orem, Utah.
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Sentenced to prison in Texas for child sexual abuse
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