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Case #3: Paul Douglas Adams
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- Latest update: 2023: multiple victims are involved in a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Victims: 2 victims,
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Born: 1982
Died: 2017
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed,
- He was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial.
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Case #730: Blake Cornell Mendenhall
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- Latest update: 2023: lives in American Fork, Utah
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1989
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- He was an LDS church member in American Fork, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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