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Terry George Allen
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Alleged coverup- was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1980s, in California, Connecticut,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Cortney Ted Andrew
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- was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in early 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text: sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail.
- Criminal: Jail, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Richard Curtis Baker
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- was an LDS church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Donald Nelson Bills
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- was a school teacher and former Mormon bishopric member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl; sentenced in 2015 to a minimum of eight years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Earl Bleak
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- was an LDS church member and bishopric member in Tempe, Arizona; was a physician; accused of sexually abusing missionaries.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Case report »
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Herman Blom
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Case report »
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Kevin Gerald Bowman
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- was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in Spanish Fork, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Taiwan 1999-2001; accused of sexual abuse of a teenage girl who worked in his restaurant; arrested in July 2023; in June 2024, found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024.
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's workplace,
- Case report »
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Peter Curtis Brackner
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Purvis, Mississippi; served as second counselor in an LDS ward bishopric, and as scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Mississippi,
- Case report »
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Allen J Brinkerhoff
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- was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; in 2007, found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
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Gerald Arthur Collingwood
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- was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Robert Lewis Davis
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in Eugene, Oregon; convicted of 5 counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and sentenced to 75 months in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2020s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
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Randall Craig Deaton
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- was an LDS church member in the Holmes Lake Ward, Lincoln Nebraska Stake; convicted in 2002 of attempted 1st degree sexual assault of a minor; the abuse took place before Deaton joined the LDS church; subsequently called as counselor in a YSA ward bishopric.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Nebraska,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
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John Doe
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Germany; accused of sexual abuse.
- Case report »
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Matthew Thomas Doyle
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- was an LDS church member in Texas; found guilty of sexual assault.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Cesar Duran
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- was a Mormon bishopric counselor in a Spanish-speaking LDS ward in Orem, Utah (Geneva Height Stake); arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl in his ward; the alleged abuse took place inside an LDS church building.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Case report »
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Gerald Howard Elison
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- was an LDS church member and junior high school drama teacher in Orem, Utah; accused in 2014 in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy student in the early 1980s; died in 2019.
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Anthon Taylor Ellsworth
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Thomas C Forrest
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- was an LDS church member in Mississippi; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Jeffrey Allen Graton
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- was a Mormon church counselor in a bishopric in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2018 for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
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Matthew John Hack
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- was a Mormon church member and stake high council member in Oklahoma; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to an amended charge of child neglect.
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Ryan Christopher Hall
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- was a former Mormon bishopric member and veteran sheriff's department detective in Maryland; in 2024, arrested and charged with several sex crimes related to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Maryland,
- Case report »
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Brent Dixson Hansen
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- was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics.
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
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Jeffrey Byron Head
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- was an LDS bishop in Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; convicted of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in prison and four years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
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Stanley Lloyd Hunt
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- was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; Hunt was a custodian in the Washington County School District in St. George Utah; Hunt was found guilty of 2 counts of SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD - 2nd Degree Felony.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Robert Bentley Jackson
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- was a former assistant BYU professor and Mormon bishopric member (second counselor) in Provo, Utah; sentenced to two years in prison in 2006 for video recording a 14-year-old undressing.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Ronald Alvin Jenkins
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- was a former Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Carl Matthew Johnson
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- was a former mayor of West Bountiful, UT; former Mormon bishop in Utah; arrested for and charged with sexually abusing several children; pleaded guilty in January 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in March 2023 to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Robert Glenn Kempton
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- was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Arizona; was an attorney and served a mission as a legal counsel for the LDS church in Africa; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for prostitution.
- Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Case report »
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Jimmy Maurice Kilpatrick
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- was a Mormon church member in Alabama; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2015 to 10 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Alabama,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
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Virgil Dean Larson
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- was a Mormon church member and first counselor in an LDS ward bishopric in Chubbuck, Idaho; arrested in September 2024 and charged with sexual abuse of five boys, ages 12-15; he knew the boys from LDS ward activities and was their priesthood leader.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Case report »
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Major Lynn Madon
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- was an LDS church member in Mapleton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse; as of 2024, serving time in prison in Central Utah Correctional Facility.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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David George McConkie
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- was a former Mormon stake president, Mormon bishop and deputy district attorney in Colorado, and paternal grandson of former Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in August 2023; charged in September 2023 with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; in November 2023, granted permission by the judge to move to Utah; pleaded not guilty in February 2024.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Colorado,
- Case report »
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Paul William Newman
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- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; charged in 2020 with child sexual abuse; convicted of a sex crime.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s,
- Case report »
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Grant Peck Packer
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- was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Kenny Van Parcell
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- was an LDS church member and president of the National Association of Realtors; former Mormon ward young men's leader in Utah and bishopric counselor at BYU-Provo; accused in 2023 of sexual harassment by three women; resigned.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Terry Wayne Parker
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- was a Mormon church member in Tacoma, Washington; accused of sexual abuse by 6 former students, that claimed they reported to school district that did nothing to protect students.
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Washington,
- Case report »
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Jason Michael Pedersen
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- was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; found guilty of first degree felony attempted aggravated sex abuse of a child; as of April 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah as a registered sex offender and is an LDS elders quorum president.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
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Byron Lloyd Poelman
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- Alleged coverup
- was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1990s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Michael Jay Pratt
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- was a former LDS seminary principal; arrested in 2009; convicted and sentenced in 2010 for the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old seminary student.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Gary Fuller Reese
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in Washington,
- Case report »
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Lowell Robison
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) when he allegedly sexually abused multiple missionaries; accused in 2018 of the alleged abuse; two months later, died by suicide.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Mexico,
- Case report »
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Orin Ervin Searle
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
- Case report »
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Michael Rex Shean
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent, Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1980s, in California,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- Case report »
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Kent Charles Staheli
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- was an LDS church member in California and Utah; served as first counselor in a Mormon bishopric; convicted in federal court in 2010 of charges related to child sex trafficking.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
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James Grant Stringham
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- was an LDS church member and physician in Salt Lake City; in 1982, was found guilty of sexual exploitation of a minor; was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment,
- Crime: 1980s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Perry May Tippetts
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Case report »
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Marc Turner
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- was a former Mormon bishopric member in Austin, Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to prison.
- Case report »
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Veloy D Twitchell
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Case report »
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Byron Dean Wiscombe
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LaVar Madsen Withers
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; was accused of sexual abuse by at least 133 women and children (some as young as 13 years old) over a period of 30 years or more; admitted to sexual abuse; found guilty of misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Orson Davis Wright
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- was a Mormon mission president in Sydney, Australia from 1978 to 1980; accused of grooming some of the sister missionaries in his care to be his polygamous wives; removed early from his mission assignment; LDS church leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah allegedly covered up the reasons for Wright's removal.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Australia,
- Case report »
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