1 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • LDS position: Elders quorum ministering secretary
    • Robert Bruce Howell
    • Robert Bruce Howell
    • Robert Howell (1956 – ) was a Mormon church member and a professional dentist for over 30 years in New Jersey and Orem, Utah; arrested in June 2026 pending formal charges of object rape, a first-degree felony, and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, for allegedly manipulating and sexually abusing a high school student who was working as his intern
    • Alleged crimeAlleged crime: 2020s,
    • Alleged crime scenesAlleged crime state: Utah,
    • Church positionsLDS positions: Elders quorum ministering secretary, executive secretary, Missionary,
    • Criminal casesCriminal case(s): Ongoing,
    • Church actionAlleged church actions: Unknown church action,
      • Howell's website called him "A Dentist You Can Trust"
      "Over the next several months Dr. Howell and the victim exchanged over a thousand text messages discussing personal and religious matters. This also included known phone calls where the two would read scriptures together. "
      — P.C. Affidavit
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