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Frederick Merlin Edvalson
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- AKA Frederick Merlin Edvalson, Frederick Melvin Edvalson, Frederick Edvalson, Fredrick Edvalson, Fred Edvalson
- Latest update: 2009: died in Utah
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1920
Died: 2009
LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- The accused 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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Shawn Noble Frost
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- Latest update: December 2022: out on bail, awaiting trial; November 2023: reached a settlement agreement in a $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; settlement amount undisclosed
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1970
LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Haiti - Haiti Port-au-Prince
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- He 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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Thomas Ray Gibbons
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- AKA Ray Gibbons
- Latest update: 2023: lives in Kaysville, Utah
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1952
LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Primary teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused 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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Martin Gillen
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- Victims: Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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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Kenneth I Johnson
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- AKA Kenneth I Johnson, Jr.; Kenneth L Johnson (incorrect)
LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He 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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Hugh Winder Nibley
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- Latest update: 2005-02-24: died in Provo, Utah
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1910
Died: 2005
LDS positions: BYU professor, Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
Germany - Germany 1927-1930
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He 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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Darin Layne Ray
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- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1966
LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Douglas County Colorado; found guilty of sex assault/child/postrust-vict under 15.
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