LDS Position Ever Held: High priest

21 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

LDS position: High priest

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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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- 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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- Clark Crookston was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishop, High priest, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1949
- Mission: 1968-1970 Germany West German Mission
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: March 2024: in prison at the Central Utah Correctional Facility (offender number 254115) in Gunnison, Sanpete County, Utah
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- Franklyn Curtis was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Oregon; excommunicated in 1983 in Pennsylvania for sex abuse; rebaptized in 1984; molested five boys in Oregon; local LDS bishop knew but didn't report to police; convicted in 1995 in Oregon of sexual abuse; died in 1995
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: $3,000,000
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: High priest, Sunday school,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1903
  Died: 1995
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Oregon, Pennsylvania,
- Places when accused: Oregon,
- Latest update: 1995: died
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- Robert Dahle was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, High priest, Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1937
  Died: 2022
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Ralph Freeman was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: High priest, Missionary,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Lawrence Gilbert was a Mormon church member and high priest group leader in California; convicted of sexually abusing three girls; sentenced to 10 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: High priest,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in California,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1939
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
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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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- Gene Guinn was an LDS church member in the Dallas Seventh Ward, Texas; in 2000, found guilty by a jury of indecency with a child and sentenced to 68 years in prison; the victim was 10 years old at the time of the crime; Mormon officials allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: High priest,
- Convicted: 2000,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1932
  Died: 2008
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
- Places when accused: Texas,
- Latest update: 2008: died of cancer in Palestine, Texas
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- William Hanson was a Mormon youth leader in several US states; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: High priest, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- David Herget was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child rape and child molestation in 1993; spent time in jail and was labeled a level-1 sex offender (least likely to re-offend); arrested in 2004 or 2005 and charged with child sex abuse; detectives identified at least seven victims; one child estimated that Herget abused him 1,400 times; in 2005, died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Prison, Registered sex offender, Suicide,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: High priest,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1943
  Died: 2005
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Washington,
- Places when accused: Washington,
- Latest update: 2005: died by suicide while in jail awaiting trial
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- Homer Legg was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: High priest,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Boyd Lords was a Mormon church member in Winnemucca, Nevada; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2022 to one felony count of lewdness with a child under the age of 14; was sentenced to prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: High priest, Missionary, Ward executive secretary,
- Convicted: 2022,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: United States Indiana Indianapolis
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: as of 2023, Lords's father is a stake patriarch in the Winnemucca, Nevada area; the Lords family was a pillar in their local LDS community
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- Gordon Neeley was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: High priest, Missionary,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1935
  Died: 2018
- Mission: 1955-1957 Unknown country
- Places lived: Idaho, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: died
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- B P was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: High priest, Ministering/home teacher,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Carl Pratt was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1930
  Died: 2006
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- UNKNOWN Ross was an LDS high priest and stake seventy in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: High priest, Stake seventy,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
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- Orin Searle was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1926
  Died: 2014
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 2014: died in Provo, Utah
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- Carl Sepos was an LDS temple worker and high priest in Payson, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing an adult woman with Down syndrome and autism at a hotel swimming pool; he blamed his sex crime in part on an addiction to pornography; sentenced to 150 days in jail, 36 months of probation and 100 hours of community service
- Criminal case(s): Community service, Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: High priest, Temple worker,
- Convicted: 2015,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1945
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2015: convicted of third degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse
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- George Tilson was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: High priest, Scout leader,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1942
  Died: 2020
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2020-04-27: died in Utah
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