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Donation options »4 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Shawn Frost
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- 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,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
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Thomas Gibbons
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- 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,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher, Primary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Martin Gillen
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- 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,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Kenneth Johnson
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- 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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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Oregon,
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