11 LDS sex abuse cases found
- LDS position: Ministering/home teacher
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- Michael Coy was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Seminary teacher,
Unknown result,
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- Frederick Edvalson (1920 – 2009) was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison
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Was Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
Convicted, Prison,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged failure to report
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- Shawn Frost (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother
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Was Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
Ongoing,
Settlement,
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- Thomas Gibbons (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Tennessee, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
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Convicted: 2000,
Was Ministering/home teacher, Primary,
Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Martin Gillen was a Mormon church member in Nevada and Colorado; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dismissed
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Convicted: 2002,
Was Ministering/home teacher,
Convicted, Prison,
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- Kenneth Johnson was a Mormon church member and home teacher in Beaverton, Oregon; a victim filed a $55.7 million lawsuit against the Mormon church saying Johnson had sexually molested him when Johnson was his home teacher; the alleged sexual abuse took place as often as twice a week for two years between 1987 and 1989
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Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Oregon,
- Crime state: Oregon,




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- Hugh Nibley (1910 – 2005) was a prominent LDS scholar in Utah; in 2005, was publicly accused by his daughter of childhood sexual abuse against her; died in 2005 in Provo, Utah; was never charged with a sex crime
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Was BYU, Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Sunday school,
Never charged, Not convicted,
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- B P was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was High priest, Ministering/home teacher,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
Alleged failure to report
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- Darin Ray (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Douglas County, Colorado; convicted in 2004 of felony sex assault on a child by one in a position of trust (victim under 15)
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Was Ministering/home teacher,
Convicted,
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- Trent Rogers (1917 – 1995) was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1986 and was sentenced to three years probation; a woman sued the Mormon church in 1986
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Crime: 1980s,
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Crime state: Arizona,




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- Alva Van Wagoner (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Was Branch president, Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Sunday school,
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