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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
Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $3,000,000
Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
Convicted,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
Was High priest, Sunday school,
Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Oregon, Pennsylvania,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1903
Died: 1995 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon, Pennsylvania,
- Latest update: 1995: died
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- Gene Guinn was an LDS church member in the Dallas Seventh Ward, Texas; in 2000, found guilty by a jury of indecency with a child and sentenced to 68 years in prison; the victim was 10 years old at the time of the crime; Mormon officials allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police
Alleged failure to report
Excommunicated,
Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
Was High priest,
Crime: 1990s, in Texas,
Convicted: 2000,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1932
Died: 2008 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
- Latest update: 2008: died of cancer in Palestine, Texas
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- William Hanson was a Mormon youth leader in several US states; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him
Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
Convicted, Prison,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
Was High priest, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin,
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- David Herget was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; spent time in jail and was labeled a level-1 sex offender (least likely to re-offend); arrested in 2004 or 2005 and charged with child sex abuse; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in 2005, died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
Alleged failure to report
Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
Convicted, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
Was High priest,
Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Washington,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1943
Died: 2005 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
- Latest update: 2005: died by suicide while in jail awaiting trial
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- Boyd Lords was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison
Convicted, Prison,
Was High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary,
Crime: 2010s, in Nevada,
Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: United States Indiana Indianapolis
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: as of 2023, Lords's father is a stake patriarch in the Winnemucca, Nevada area; the Lords family was a pillar in their local LDS community
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- UNKNOWN Ross was an LDS high priest and stake seventy in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Was High priest, Stake seventy,
Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in California,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
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- Carl Sepos was an LDS temple worker and high priest in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing an adult woman with Down syndrome and autism at a hotel swimming pool; he blamed his sex crime in part on an addiction to pornography; sentenced to 150 days in jail, 36 months of probation and 100 hours of community service
Community service, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
Was High priest, Temple worker,
Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
Convicted: 2015,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1945
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2015: convicted of third degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse
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