4 Mormon sexual abuse cases

  • Shawn Noble Frost

    • was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother.
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    • Criminal: Ongoing,
    • Civil: Settlement,
  • Thomas Ray 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.
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    • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
    • Civil: No civil case,
  • Martin Gillen

    • was a Mormon church member in Nevada and Colorado; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dismissed.
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    • Criminal: Convicted,
    • Civil: No civil case,
  • Kenneth I Johnson

    • was a Mormon church member and home teacher in Beaverton, Oregon; a victim filed a $55.7 million lawsuit against the Mormon church saying Johnson had sexually molested him when Johnson was his home teacher; the alleged sexual abuse took place as often as twice a week for two years between 1987 and 1989.
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    • Criminal: Unknown result,
    • Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
    • Alleged coverup

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