4 LDS sex abuse cases found
ward clerks or assistant ward clerks
- 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
Alleged failure to report- Positions: Ward clerk,
Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, - Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- Brian Griffeth (1978 – ) was a Mormon ward clerk in the Lake City, Florida area; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges were dropped in October 2025
- Positions: Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Not convicted,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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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
Convicted:
2018, - Positions: Missionary, Ward clerk,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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