5 LDS sex abuse cases found
mission presidents
- LDS position during crime: Mission president
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- Joseph Bishop was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church
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Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, 
Alleged crime state:
Utah,
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LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, - Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
Alleged crime state:
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- Pierre Euvrard (1949 – 2000) was a Mormon mission president from 1991 to 1994 in the Mascarene Islands mission / South Africa Durban mission; died in 2000; accused in a 2020 Arizona lawsuit of sexually abusing two underage teen boys for years while working as a mission president
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- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Alleged failure to report
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- Lowell Robison (1944 – 2018) was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) and stake president of the Provo, Utah Edgemont Stake (2001-2006); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide
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- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Alleged crime country:
Mexico,
Alleged crime country:
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader, 
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Philander Smartt was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; in 2014, the LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted
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- Alleged crime: 2010s,
- Alleged crime country:
Puerto Rico,
LDS positions: Mission president, Other leader, Stake president, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Orson Wright (1928 – 2017) was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal
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- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Alleged crime country:
Australia,
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Alleged failure to reportFilters
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