LDS Position Held When Accused: Bishop

12 people who were Mormon bishops when accused of sex crimes

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Case #32: Gordon Brent Bodily
- 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Ogden, Utah
- Victims:1,
- 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 #50: Paul Douglas Burdick
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- Born: 1972
- Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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Case #860: Matthew Thomas Doyle
- Victims:1,
- Born: 1973
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Texas; found guilty of sexual assault.
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Case #106: Todd Mitchell Edwards
- AKA Todd Michael Edwards
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- Born: 1964
- Positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a former Mormon bishop in California; sentenced to prison in 2013 for child sexual abuse.
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Case #146: Timothy James Hallows
- AKA Tim Hallows, Timothy J Hallows
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- Born: 1958
- Positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS bishop in Utah; sentenced to prison for possessing child pornography.
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Case #162: Jeffrey Byron Head
- AKA Jeff Head
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- Born: 1964
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS bishop in Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; convicted of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in prison and four years of probation.
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Case #248: David Neil Moss
- AKA Dave Moss
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- Born: 1967
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
- Mission: unknown -
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS bishop (2015-19) and police officer in Utah; arrested in 2019 for soliciting an undercover cop for sex; pleaded guilty in 2019 to a 3rd degree felony charge of exploiting a prostitute and a misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute; sentenced to prison, but both terms were suspended.
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Case #284: Eneudo Petit
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- Born: 1973
- Positions: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- He was a former Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; allegedly avoided arrest warrant for sexual abuse by fleeing the US to Venezuela.
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Case #645: Keith Richard Price
- AKA Bishop Price
- 2023: registered sex offender; lives in American Fork, Utah;
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- Born: 1956
- Positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Pleasant Grove, Utah; found guilty of class A misdemeanor voyeurism; secretly recorded underage girls; the crime occurred while he was serving as bishop.
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Case #301: Alberto Reyes
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- Positions: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Argentina; accused of a sex crime; convicted.
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Case #406: Keith Robert Vallejo
- AKA Keith Vallejo
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- Born: 1974
- Positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; sentenced in 2017 to five years to life in prison.
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Case #422: Dylan Kevin Whiting
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- Born: 1988
- Positions: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS bishop in Nampa, Idaho; was removed from his position in 2021 after child sexual abuse allegations surfaced; was charged with four sex crimes; pleaded guilty to one felony count; sentenced in 2022 to prison.
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