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Dustin Scott Cassady
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- was a Mormon church member in the Sacramento, California area (Carmichael); accused of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty; as of March 2024, lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in California,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2011,
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Cory Richard Gaylor
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- was an Idaho school teacher and LDS deacons quorum adviser; arrested and charged with lewd conduct and enticing a child via the Internet; in July 2023, pleaded guilty; sentenced in September 2023 to 60 years in prison, with 13 years fixed before being eligible for parole.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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James Frank Johannes
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- was a Mormon youth leader and US Army soldier assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA) in San Antonio, Texas; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for spying on two teenage sisters and recording them preparing to attend LDS seminary classes.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Brandon Lee Manning
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- was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s, 2000s, 2001, 2020, 2020s,
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James Wesley Samuel Raborn
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- was an LDS church member in Iowa; convicted of four misdemeanor counts related to child sexual abuse and exploitation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Boone, Iowa.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2010s, in Iowa,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2016,
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Denim Lee Robinson
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Paul Edward Spencer
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- was a Mormon church temple prep instructor and mission leader in Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah; charged in December 2024 with multiple felonies related to arranging to meet a police detective posing as a 13-year-old girl for sexual assault in Lehi, Utah.
- Criminal: Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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Kevin G Sykes
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- 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.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2020s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
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Kurt Arthur Vanwagoner
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- was a Mormon church member in Centerville, Utah who worked with young men in his ward as of March 2024; arrested and charged in March 2024 with 10 first degree felony counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor (sharing CSAM); police said he sent online chat messages talking about himself secretly taking photographs of women he found attractive in his LDS ward, during church services.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
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