Case #502: Terry George Allen
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- AKA Terry Allen
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Born: 1943
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, High priest, Stake high council, Sunday school teacher, Youth leader,
Mission:
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- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison.
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Case #604: Cortney Ted Andrew
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- AKA Cort Andrew
May 2023: pleaded not guilty- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1984
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- During alleged crime: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
2013
- Criminal result: Ongoing criminal case,
- He 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.
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Case #24: Donald Nelson Bills
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- Victims:1,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was once in a Mormon bishopric in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl.
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Case #630: Kevin Gerald Bowman
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- July 2023: accused of sexual abuse
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1980
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- During alleged crime: Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- When accused: Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- Mission:
Taiwan - Taiwan Taipei (Da Xi, Yi Lan, Tao Yuan, San Xia, Tai Pei) 1999-2001
- Marriage:
2002
- He was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in 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.
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Case #37: Allen J Brinkerhoff
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- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1929
Died: 2019 - Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
1955
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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Case #564: Gerald Arthur Collingwood Arthur Collingwood
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- AKA Jerry Collingwood
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse in 1996 and sentenced.
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Case #460: Randall Craig Deaton
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- AKA Randall C Deaton, Randy Deaton
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1959
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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; subsequently called as counselor in a YSA ward bishopric.
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Case #860: Matthew Thomas Doyle
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- Victims:1,
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Born: 1973
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Texas; found guilty of sexual assault.
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Case #672: Gerald Howard Elison
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- AKA Gerry Elison, Jerry Elison, Mr. Elison, Mr. E
- 2019: died
- Victims:1,
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Born: 1930
Died: 2019 - Positions: Bishopric counselor, Primary teacher, Stake high council,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
1957
- He 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.
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Case #107: Anthon Taylor Ellsworth
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- 2023: in prison in Arizona
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1982
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- During alleged crime: Bishopric counselor,
- When accused: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
Brazil -
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS bishopric counselor and returned missionary in Arizona; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Case #135: Jeffrey Allen Graton
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- AKA Jeff Graton
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1973
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church counselor in a bishopric in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2018 for child sexual abuse.
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Case #140: Matthew John Hack
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- AKA Matthew Hack Jr
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- He 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.
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Case #162: Jeffrey Byron Head
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- AKA Jeff Head
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1964
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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Case #182: Ronald Alvin Jenkins
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- He is a registered sex offender who lives in Caldwell Idaho as of 2023.
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1942
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an high school teacher in Filer Idaho; was a Mormon scout leader, bishiopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted of 10 counts of Lewd Conduct with a minor in 1996; sentenced to 17 years in prison.
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Case #186: Carl Matthew Johnson
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- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1945
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum president, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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Case #196: Robert Glenn Kempton
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- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1942
Died: 2018 - Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Mission:
United States - Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia - possibly the Eastern States mission
- Marriage:
1965
- The accused was an Mormon bishop, stake president and attorney in Arizona; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for underage prostitution.
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Case #528: Jimmy Maurice Kilpatrick
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- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member in Alabama; found guilty of sexual abuse.
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Case #720: David George McConkie
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- AKA Bishop McConkie, President McConkie
- 2023-11-20 - preliminary hearing waived; McConkie was permitted to move to Utah
- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1978
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Young men's president,
- Mission:
Bolivia - Bolivia Cochabamba 1997-1999
- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Ongoing criminal case,
- He 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.
- Paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; Bruce's brother Oscar McConkie was a founding partner of LDS church law firm Kirton & McConkie.
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Case #567: Paul William Newman
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- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1957
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Utah; convicted of a sex crime.
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Case #673: Kenny Van Parcell
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- 2023: resigned after allegations of sexual harassment
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- Mission:
United States - Tennessee (unknown city)
- Marriage:
1993
- He 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; resigned.
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Case #290: Byron Lloyd Poelman
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- AKA President Poelman
- 2014: died
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1934
Died: 2014 - Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime: Stake president,
- When accused: Stake president,
- Mission:
Netherlands - Netherlands
- Marriage:
1963
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
- was a partner in the Mormon church's law firm Kirton, McConkie and Poelman; the firm dropped Poelman's name shortly after he was caught doing a sex crime; Poelmans' brother Ronald was a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.
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Case #293: Michael Jay Pratt
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- AKA Mike Pratt
- Late 2017: released from prison
- Victims:1,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Seminary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Church employee, Seminary teacher,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He former LDS seminary principal; arrested in 2009; convicted and sentenced in 2010 for the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old seminary student.
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Case #300: Gary Fuller Reese
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- 2014: died
- Victims:2+,
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Born: 1938
Died: 2014 - Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission:
Finland - Finland (unknown) 1961-1964
- Marriage:
no
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Never charged,
- He was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
- Reese's attorney in 2011, G. Perrin Walker, was a Mormon and BYU graduate who was called in 2001 to be an area authority seventy. Walker was serving at the time as a Boy Scout committee chairman..
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Case #325: Michael Rex Shean
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- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Seminary teacher, Temple worker,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
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- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- He was a Mormon church member and temple worker in California; convicted of sexually molesting boys.
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Case #641: Kent Charles Staheli
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- 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Sandy, Utah
- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1958
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
Sweden - Sweden Goteborg 1977-1979
- Marriage:
1979
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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Case #457: Byron Dean Wiscombe
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- Victims:Add info
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Born: 1977
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- During alleged crime: Bishopric counselor,
- Mission:
Spain - Spain Bilbao 1997-1999
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS bishopric counselor and Idaho city councilman; signed a plea agreement indicating he would admit to committing lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to prison in 2023.
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Case #426: LaVar Madsen Withers
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- AKA Dr. Withers
- 2005: died
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+, 50+,
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Born: 1936
Died: 2005 - Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- During alleged crime: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- When accused: Stake high council,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
1958
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and physician in Idaho; was accused of sexual abuse by over 125 women and children (some as young as 13 years old); admitted to sexual abuse; found guilty of misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 days in jail; Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend.
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Marriage:
May 2023: pleaded not guilty
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