6 LDS sex abuse cases found
- LDS position during crime: Ward clerk
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- George Barnett was a Mormon ward clerk in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
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Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,
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Was Ward clerk,
Never charged, Not convicted,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged failure to report
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- Samuel Doxey (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Missionary, Music leader, Ward clerk,
Unknown result,
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- Brian Griffeth (1978 – ) was a Mormon ward clerk in the Lake City, Florida area; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Ward clerk,
Ongoing,
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- Gary Jones was a Mormon ward clerk in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
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Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Places lived: California,
- Crime state: California,




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- James Larsen (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member (possibly a ward clerk or bishop) in Magna, Utah; accused in 2017 of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison; released; as of 2025, lives in Magna, Utah as a registered sex offender
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Crime: 2010s,
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
- Crime county: UT - Salt Lake,



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- Pappy Reese (1928 – 2001) was an LDS ward clerk in Ohio; accused of sexual abuse of a young girl (aged 8-11); the alleged abuse took place in Wilmington, Ohio during 1990-1993
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Alleged crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Ohio,
- Crime state: Ohio,


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