LDS Position Ever Held: Bishopric counselor

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LDS position: Bishopric counselor

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- Terry Allen 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1943
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Connecticut, Texas,
- Places when accused: California, Connecticut,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Grapevine, Texas
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- Elwood Anderson was a LDS bishopric counselor in Gig Harbor, Washington; allegedly downloaded and shared more than 9,000 images of young children engaged in sexually explicit activity; convicted; sentenced in 2014 to five years in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1967
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
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- Cortney Andrew was a Mormon church member and bishopric counselor in Logan, Utah; charged in 2023 in Utah with four second degree felony counts of enticing a minor by internet or text; pleaded guilty to reduced charges in December 2023; sentenced in January 2024 to 60 days in jail
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1984
- Mission: United States Lansing
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: January 2024: sentenced to 60 days in jail with work release
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- Daniel Bachmeier was a Mormon church member in Flint, Michigan; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Michigan,
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- Richard Baker was an LDS bishopric counselor in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1978
- Mission: United States Washington D.C. South Mission
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: Lives in Brigham City, Utah
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- Robert Berchtold was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1936
  Died: 2005
- Mission: Switzerland Swiss Austrian
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Places when accused: Idaho,
- Latest update: died in 2005
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- Donald Bills was a school teacher (one-time "teacher of the year") 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; as of January 2025, lives in Orem, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: January 2025: lives in Orem, Utah as a registered sex offender
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- Earl Bleak was an LDS church member and bishopric member in Tempe, Arizona; was a physician; accused of sexually abusing missionaries
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Herman Blom was a Mormon church member in the Netherlands and in Pleasant Grove, Utah; allegedly sexually abused a child in 2018; died in 2023
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1948
  Died: 2023
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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- Michael Bolingbroke was a Mormon bishop and stake seventy president in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2022 lawsuit; died in 2024
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Scout activity,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1942
- Mission: United States Great Lakes [Michigan, Indiana, Ohio]
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
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- Kevin Bowman 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1980
- Mission: 1999-2001 Taiwan Taiwan Taipei (Da Xi, Yi Lan, Tao Yuan, San Xia, Tai Pei)
- Places lived: Taiwan, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: 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
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- Peter Brackner was second counselor in an LDS bishopric in Purvis, Mississippi, and a scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Mississippi,
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- Allen Brinkerhoff was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Nevada,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2019
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Nevada
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- Lee Burns was a Mormon church member in Wyoming and Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah, Wyoming,
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- David Cannata was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2005, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1965
- Mission: Unknown country Unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2025: serving a sentence in the Arizona Department of Corrections until 02/27/2026
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- Jack Cash was a Mormon bishopric counselor and stake high council member in San Luis Obispo, California; was a practicing chiropractor for over 30 years; between 1979 and 1995, allegedly fondled at least 11 women's breasts during chiropractic visits; license suspended in 1985; in 1995, convicted by jury of seven misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; sentenced to 2 months in jail, 3 years probation; died in 2023
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, ever-senior-missionary, High priest, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Victims: 10 or more victims,
- Born: 1934
  Died: 2023
- Mission: 1954-1956 United States Gulf States Mission
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
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- Gerald Collingwood was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1943
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Alabama, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Weber County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Alabama, Utah,
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- Kip Crofts was a high school football coach in Caldwell, Idaho; was a Mormon bishopric counselor twice from 2014 to 2019; arrested and charged in 2025 with sexual abuse of a teenager
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2025 was arrested and charged in Idaho with sexual abuse of a teenager
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- Robert Davis 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Convicted: 2021,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1949
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Latest update: Serving prison time in Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
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- Stephen Davis was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Orange County, California; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
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