LDS Position Ever Held: Bishop - Page 3

138 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

LDS position: Bishop

- Thomas Evans-Southall was an LDS bishop in Charlottesville, Virginia; originally from England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to two consecutive terms of two years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishop, Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Virginia,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in England
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- Nicolas Faivre was a former LDS bishop in Australia; charged with sending sexually explicit messages to a child
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Australia,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1979
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- John Fanning was a former Mormon bishop and scout leader in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987 of a teenage boy during an overnight scouting activity; two victims later sued the Mormon church; died in 2012
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Branch president, Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1932
  Died: 2012
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Leeroy Fry was a former Mormon bishop in Farmington, Utah; in 1982-83, was an LDS bishop in the Hunter 1st Ward of the Hunter Central Stake in Magna, Utah; in 2012, pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a 1st degree felony
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2012,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1936
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: Lives in Farmington, Utah
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- Francis Fuller was a Mormon bishop in Highland, Utah in 1993; also was a stake high council member in Utah; in 2018 or 2019, pleaded guilty to two second degree felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2019 in Utah to two years in jail and four years probation; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1940
- Mission: Australia Australia [unknown]
- Places lived: Australia, Utah,
- Latest update: May 2023: registered sex offender living in Washington, Utah
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- Martin Fullmer was a Mormon church member in Oroville, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Born: 1947
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Rex Furness was a former Idaho state senator and Mormon bishop in Idaho; in 1996, pleaded guilty to sexual battery for fondling an underage girl; was sentenced to 60 days in jail; given a withheld judgment: if he did not violate the terms of his probation, the felony conviction would be kept from his record
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Withheld judgment,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1923
  Died: 2005
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2005: died
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- Samuel Gardner was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1932
  Died: 1968
- Mission: 1951-1953 United States Central States
- Places lived: Oklahoma,
- Latest update: August 8, 1968: died in Utah
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- Kevin Garn was a former Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Sunday school,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1955
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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- Keith Gillins was a former mayor, LDS bishop and high school teacher in Fillmore, Utah; arrested on charges of having sex with a 17-year-old girl; convicted in 2009 of first degree felony attempted rape, first degree felony attempted sodomy and second degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 2009 to three sentences of three years to life in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1947
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Martin Gilmour was a Mormon church member in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland; accused of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old child; was arrested in November 2024
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 2024, in Ireland,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Ireland,
- Places when accused: Ireland,
- Latest update: Arrested on 02/11/2024; Unknown status, Reports suggest he may have returned to Ireland.
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- David Gomez was a former LDS bishop and department of corrections administrator in or near West Valley City, Utah; arrested in 2004 and charged with 125 counts of sexual abuse; charges were dropped in 2005 due to issues related to the statutes of limitations
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1946
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2005: criminal charges dropped
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- Luis Gonzales was a Mormon bishop in Sacramento, California; charged with 20 counts of child molestation, battery, rape, bigamy, stalking, and fraud; in 2002, was found guilty of bigamy, spousal abuse (battery) and child molestation
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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- Shawn Gooden was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1974
- Mission: United States Ohio Cleveland (Spanish speaking)
- Places lived: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Pennsylvania,
- Latest update: November 2023: sentenced in Virginia to up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts; faces more charges in Pennsylvania
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- John Goodrich was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $300,000
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Convicted, Withheld judgment,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Settlement,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho, Virginia,
- Places when accused: Idaho, Virginia,
- Latest update: December 2023: AP story breaks about a secret $300,000 offer by the Mormon church to Goodrich's confessed sexual abuse victim
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- Malcolm Goodwin was a former Mormon bishop and retired pathologist and coroner's physician in O'Fallon, Illinois; US Army Reserves and Air Force veteran; arrested in 2022 for Predatory Sexual Assault of a Child; charged with six felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault involving minors
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, High priest,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1940
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Illinois,
- Places when accused: Illinois,
- Latest update: 2022: arrested and charged with sexual assault involving minors.
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- Jay Grant was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1902
  Died: 1988
- Mission: United States Southern States / Northern States [Ohio]
- Places lived: California, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 1988: died in Orem, Utah
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- Stanley Green was a former Mormon bishop in Athens, Texas (in or before 1998 to 1999 or later); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; died in 2009
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Texas,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2009
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
- Places when accused: Texas,
- Latest update: 2009: died
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- Douglas Hall was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant in Monticello, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2001 to two third degree felony counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2002 to one second degree felony count of sex abuse of a child
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Convicted: 2001, 2002,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Albert Halladay was a former LDS bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1988; pleaded guilty in 1989 to one second degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1930
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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