3 LDS sex abuse cases found
ward executive secretaries
- LDS position during crime: Ward executive secretary
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- Craig Harward (1948 – ) was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah
Alleged failure to report
Convicted:
2004, - Positions: Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, - Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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- Boyd Lords was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison
- Convicted:
2022,
- Positions: High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Cody Weaver (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member and ward executive secretary in Queen Creek, Arizona; charged in 2024 with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor for CSAM material investigators said they found on his home electronics
- Positions: Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Supervised escort, Ward in-person meeting,
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