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- James Adams was a Mormon church member in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison in 1994 for sexually abusing multiple children; in 1996, a $750 million lawsuit was filed against the Mormon church alleging coverup; the suit was settled out of court in 2000
Alleged failure to report-
Church paid $unknown
- Excommunicated,
- Abuse went on for five years after Adams first told Mormon officials, including a bishop and stake president, the lawsuit said
Convicted, Prison, - Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Other leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
West Virginia,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1954
- Mission: no
- Places lived: West Virginia,
- Latest update: 1994: sentenced to prison in West Virginia for sexually abusing multiple children
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"The church is not in the business of covering up."-
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- Michael Adamson was a Mormon church caretaker and organist in York, England; abused at least four children as young as seven years old; convicted; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted,
- Was Other leader,
- Crime: 2000s, in
England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted:
2008,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1945
- Mission: no
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
- Latest update: sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in
California, Connecticut,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1943
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Connecticut, Texas,
- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Grapevine, Texas
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- Mark Anderson was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in Woodland, California; accused by 27 former female patients of touching them inappropriately in office visits; found guilty in 2009 of 11 felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for sexual abuse of several of his female patients; sentenced to six years in prison; required to register for life as a sex offender
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Was Branch president, Other leader,
- Crime: 2000s, in
California,
- Convicted:
2009,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Latest update: 2018: out of prison
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- Alan Bassett was a Mormon church member and air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse (dismissed without prejudice); charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; over 80 victims came forward; admitted to molesting many neighbor girls; tried to get his case dismissed due to an unsigned 1989 agreement with a deputy Davis County attorney
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Ongoing,
- Dismissed without prejudice,
- Was Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1948
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Davis County (Utah), New York, Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: June 2024: charged with child sexual abuse
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- Joseph Bishop was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Was Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in
Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Utah,
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1948
Died: 2023 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Netherlands, 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Scout activity,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
- Mission: United States Great Lakes [Michigan, Indiana, Ohio]
- Places lived: California, 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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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),
- 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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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Convicted:
2007,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1929
Died: 2019 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Nevada,
- Latest update: 2019: died in Nevada
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- Paul Bryant was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024
- Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Was Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Convicted:
2016,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1968
Died: 2024 - Mission: 1987-1989 Argentina Argentina Cordoba
- Places lived: Argentina, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2024: died by suicide
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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
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation,
- Was Bishopric counselor, ever-senior-missionary, High priest, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Victims: 10 or more victims,
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Born: 1934
Died: 2023 - Mission: 1954-1956 United States Gulf States Mission
- Places lived: California,
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- Daniel Cupyrna was a Mormon assistant stake clerk and stake technology specialist in Middlesbrough Ward, Billingham Stake, UK; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material; admitted to wrongdoing; convicted
- Admitted guilt, Convicted,
- Was Other leader, Stake clerk,
- Crime: 2010s, in
England, United Kingdom,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
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- Kevin Curlew was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Was Other leader,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Maine, Massachusetts,
- Convicted:
2006,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Maine, Massachusetts,
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- Michael Davis was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction
- Alleged failure to report
- Church position after confession/conviction,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Minnesota, Utah,
- Convicted:
2003, 2006, 2022,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1985
- Mission: United States
- Places lived: Minnesota, Utah,
- Latest update: March 2024: appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction, claiming ineffective counsel and a violation of his constitutional rights
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- John Doe was an LDS stake mission president; accused by Mormon leader Vaughn Featherstone in 1975 of child sexual abuse of "many, many Aaronic Priesthood boys" in Doe's stake
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Was Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Unknown location,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- John Doe was an LDS church member in Queensland, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Was Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in
Australia,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- Oliver Eames was an LDS church member, sixth grade teacher and Mormon Tabernacle Choir singer in Farmington, Utah; admitted to trying to fondle several children he had been hired to tutor; pleaded guilty in 1988 to two felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; local police had documented 52 alleged child sexual abuse incidents involving him
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Other leader, Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Crime: 1980s, in
Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1948
Died: 2005 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2005: died in Utah
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- Frederick Edvalson 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1920
Died: 2009 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Maryland, Utah,
- Latest update: 2009: died in Utah
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- Gary Erickson was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018; in 2019, pleaded guilty in Utah to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1968
- Mission: Philippines Philippines [unknown - served in Tacloban/Tolosa Leyte]
- Places lived: Nevada, Philippines, Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2018 or after: pleaded guilty; 2023: lives in West Jordan, Utah
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- Neil Erickson was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Other leader,
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Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Pierre Euvrard was a Mormon mission president from 1991 to 1994 in the Mascarene Islands mission / South Africa Durban mission; died in 2000; accused in a 2020 Arizona lawsuit of sexually abusing two underage teen boys for years while working as a mission president
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace, Public,
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Born: 1949
Died: 2000 - Mission: 1969-1971 Italy Italy
- Places lived: ever-madagascar, ever-south-africa,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
- Latest update: 2000: died
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- Shawn Frost 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
- Ongoing,
- Settlement,
- Was Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1970
- Mission: Haiti Haiti Port-au-Prince
- Places lived: England, Florida, Greece, Virginia,
- 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
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- Cory Gaylor was an school teacher and LDS deacons quorum adviser in Idaho; arrested and charged with lewd conduct and enticing a child via the Internet; in July 2023, pleaded guilty; sentenced in September 2023 to 60 years in prison, with 13 years fixed before being eligible for parole
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Other leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Idaho,
- Convicted:
2023,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1971
- Mission: 1990-1992 Unknown country South America; dates approximate
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Latest update: September 2023: sentenced in Idaho to 60 years in prison, with 13 years fixed before being eligible for parole
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- Ryan Hall was a former Mormon bishopric member and veteran sheriff's department detective in Maryland; in 2024, arrested and charged with several sex crimes related to child sexual abuse
- Ongoing,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in
Maryland,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Maryland,
- Latest update: 2024: arrested and charged with several sex crimes related to child sexual abuse; 2025-03-13 grand jury federally indicted on 10 counts of alleged sexual child abuse; Due back in federal cour 2025-03-19
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- Melvin Hansen was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona
- Convicted, Police investigation,
- Was Other leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted:
2021,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: is in prison in Utah
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- Craig Harward was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
California,
- Convicted:
2004,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1948
- Mission: 1972-1974 Uruguay Uruguay
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Latest update: July 2024: is a registered sex offender, lives in St. George, Utah; lawsuit filed against the LDS church and Harward, claiming local LDS leaders knew of his abuse but didn't report or try to stop it
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- Brandon Hernandez was an LDS church member in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexually abusing a victim inside a Mormon church; convicted of four fourth degree felony counts of abuse of a child or vulnerable adult
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Was Other leader,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1999
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Craig Housley was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty in 2018 of child sexual exploitation; sentenced to 210 days in state prison and five years of probation
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Was Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2018,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1980
- Mission: 1999-2001 Brazil
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: convicted of two felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor
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- Kenneth Jenks was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Was Other leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Melvin Johnson was a Mormon seminary teacher and Brigham Young University (BYU) religion professor; accused by multiple victims of sexually abusing them when they were children; excommunicated and rebaptized; reportedly confessed to sexual abuse, but was not criminally charged; two victims filed lawsuits against him; one named the Mormon church as a defendant; it settled out of court
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Was BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in
California, Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1936
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Larry Johnson was a Mormon mission president from 1989 to 1992 (Virginia Roanoke) and a longtime LDS institute teacher in California; accused of sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed in 2021 in Orange County, California against Johnson and the LDS church; case ended in a settlement
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $unknown
- Unknown,
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Was Church employee, Mission president, Other leader,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Virginia,
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- Ronald Jones was a former Mormon bishop, stake president and temple presidency counselor; Military Relations director for the LDS church from 1989 to 1991; convicted of sex solicitation in Utah in 1990 and 1995; charged in 2025 with three first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one first-degree felony child kidnapping count, and two related misdemeanors
- became temple presidency counselor and sealer despite two convictions for sex solicitation
- Ongoing,
- Was Bishop, Branch president, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Temple worker, Unknown position, Ward executive secretary,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Public,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1937
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Timothy Kimball was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment
- Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Was Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1979
Died: 2023 - Mission: 1998-2000 United States Carlsbad California (Spanish speaking)
- Places lived: Texas, Utah,
- Latest update: 2023: died by suicide
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- George Lee was a Mormon general authority in Utah; member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1975 to 1989; in 1994, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony; registered sex offender; died in 2010
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Was General authority, Mission president, Other leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1943
Died: 2010 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2010: died
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- Melvin MacNeil was a Mormon church member in Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Other leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1943
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Bruce McAskill was a Mormon church ward clerk in Jackson, Michigan; before becoming ward clerk, was convicted of rape; after becoming ward clerk, in 1994, was found guilty by a judge of kissing and fondling an 8-year-old boy whom he was babysitting; McAskill had met the boy's mother at church; a police officer said McAskill told him 'he didn't see any problem' with an adult sleeping naked with a child
- Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Was Other leader, Ward clerk,
- Crime: 1990s, in
Michigan,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1928
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Michigan,
- Latest update: 1994: convicted of child sexual abuse, sentenced to prison
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- Chester Meek was a Mormon bishop in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada from 1990 to 1995; while bishop, he allegedly sexually sexual assaulted multiple female church members; at least one alleged incident of abuse occurred in the bishop's office inside an LDS church
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Church paid $unknown
- Convicted,
- Was Bishop, Other leader,
- Crime: 1990s, in
Canada,
- Convicted:
2000,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Russell Millsaps was an LDS church member and retired police sergeant in Arizona; sentenced in 2016 to 323 years in prison for child sexual exploitation
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Other leader,
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s, in
Arizona,
- Convicted:
2016,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1947
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
- Latest update: 2016: on trial for child sexual exploitation
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- Shawn Mortensen was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico
- Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- Crime: 2020s, in
New Mexico,
- Convicted:
2022,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1965
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: New Mexico, Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: September 2022: sentenced to prison in New Mexico for child sexual abuse
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- Jonathon Moser was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in Rawlins, Wyoming; found guilty of sexually abusing two minor girls; sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in prison; a source told FLOODLIT that North Dakota LDS church leaders knew about the abuse but "did nothing"
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Prison,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Unknown position,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1981
- Mission: 2001-2003 Unknown country unknown
- Places lived: North Dakota, Wyoming,
- Latest update: Currently serving time in a Wyoming Prison
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- Eustacio Munioz was an LDS ward religious and missionary class leader in the Brownsville, Texas area; in 2011, was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy; the victim, as an adult, filed a lawsuit against the LDS church and won
- Alleged failure to report
- Unknown result,
- Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Was Other leader, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, 2000s, in
Texas,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1946
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Texas,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender in Texas; lives in San Benito, Texas (Cameron County)
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- Spencer Palmer was a Mormon temple endowment ceremony actor, BYU professor, mission president, temple president, LDS church area authority; lived in Utah; posthumously accused of child sexual abuse by his grandson
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, BYU, Mission president, Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Temple president,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1927
Died: 2000 - Mission: 1947-1949 United States California
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2000: died
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- Ronald Phelps was an LDS bishop and stake executive secretary, and attorney, in Oklahoma; arrested for indecent exposure before becoming an LDS bishop; accused of child sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly covered up the abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Was Bishop, Other leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Oklahoma,
- Latest update: 2024: lives in Yukon, Oklahoma
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- Chesley Pierson was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men
- Alleged failure to report
- Excommunicated,
- Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Was Bishop, Elders quorum, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, in
Canada,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1928
Died: 2021 - Mission: United Kingdom England
- Places lived: Canada,
- Latest update: 2021: died in Alberta, Canada
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- Lance Pitt was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Unknown result,
- Was Other leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Mark Porter was a Mormon church member and former stake presidency member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2022 after allegedly groping women in a Logan grocery store; pleaded guilty in December 2022
- Excommunicated,
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor,
- Crime: 2020s, in
Cache County (Utah), Utah,
- Convicted:
2022,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Cache County (Utah), Utah,
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- Michael Pratt was an LDS seminary principal in Utah; arrested in 2009; convicted and sentenced in 2010 for the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old seminary student
- Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Church employee, Other leader, Seminary teacher,
- Crime: 2000s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2010,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Public,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: Late 2017: released from prison
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1930
Died: 2006 - Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Douglas Richens was former international director of the Mormon church's disability services and prison ministry; worked for the LDS church for 23 years; retired, became a professional life coach in Tooele, Utah; charged with sodomy on a child and aggravated sexual abuse; court ordered him held without bail as of Mar. 21, 2025
- Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Was Church employee, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Unknown position,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1972
- Mission: Argentina Argentina (unknown) - included Rosario
- Places lived: Rwanda, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: Mar. 21, 2025: being held without bail
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- Charles Richmond was an LDS church member and LDS addiction recovery specialist in Hutchinson, Kansas; convicted of aggravated indecent liberties w child; Offender =>18 fondle child <14; in prison in Kansas as of 2024
- Excommunicated,
- Prosecutors said the victim reported her abuse in order to protect another child from getting hurt
- Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Was Other leader, Sunday school,
- Convicted:
2019,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1962
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Kansas,
- Latest update: 2024: Serving prison time in LANSING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY in Kansas
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"My daughter is hurt … She's angry at the world. [...] She can't quiet the memory of a childhood robbed from her."-
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- Richard Sampson was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Parole, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Was Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in
Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted:
2014,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1945
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Provo (Utah), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: Out on parole; registered sex offender, lives in Holladay, Utah
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- Vernon Sanford was an LDS church member in San Diego, California; died in 2000; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his son, Vernon Sanford Jr; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church; the alleged abuse occurred between 1961 and 1970; the Sanfords were the plaintiff's LDS home teachers
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Died: 2000
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2000: died; 2024: accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse, along with his son, Vernon Sanford Jr.
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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
- Alleged failure to report
- Not convicted,
- Was Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in
Utah,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1926
Died: 2014 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2014: died in Provo, Utah
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- Mark Sherry was an LDS ward mission leader and church building supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri; found guilty in 2000 of Sexual Misconduct - 2nd Degree
- Convicted,
- Was Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1964
- Mission: Portugal Lisbon
- Places lived: Missouri,
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- Philander Smartt was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; in 2014, the LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Was Mission president, Other leader, Stake president,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in
Puerto Rico,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Alabama, Puerto Rico,
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- Paul Spencer was a Mormon church temple prep instructor and mission leader in Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah; charged in December 2024 with multiple felonies related to arranging to meet a police detective posing as a 13-year-old girl for sexual assault in Lehi, Utah
- Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Was Other leader, Ward mission leader, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2020s, in
Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1970
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: December 2024: charged with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse
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- Arthur Stout was a Mormon church member in Littlerock, California; in 2024, a civil lawsuit said he sexually assaulted a girl "on a weekly basis" from 1991 to 1997, starting when she was 5 years old; some of the alleged abuse took place in an LDS church building
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Perpetrator's home, Vehicle, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
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- Sean Sund was an LDS primary teacher in Utah; arrested in 2018 and accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl from his LDS ward during sleepovers at his home on multiple occasions; pleaded guilty in 2022 to second-degree felony sex abuse of a child and was sentenced to 361 days in jail; registered sex offender for life
- Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
- Was Other leader, Primary,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2022,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1972
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Jim UNKNOWN was a Mormon church member and Melchizedek priesthood holder in Lancaster, California; a 2024 civil lawsuit said he took part with a Mormon bishop and another Melchizedek priesthood holder in sexually assaulting an underage boy inside an LDS church building on a weekly basis from 2001 to 2003, starting when the victim was 15 years old
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Was Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (free download)
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- Keith Vallejo was a Mormon bishop in Utah; accused of sexually abusing and raping two underage girls; in 2017, was found guilty in a jury trial of ten counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and one count of first-degree felony object rape; sentenced to five years to life in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Was Bishop, High priest, Other leader,
- Crime: 2010s, in
Utah,
- Convicted:
2017,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1974
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Mark Webster was a branch president in New Mexico; accused of rape in a civil lawsuit
- Alleged failure to report
- Never charged, Not convicted,
- Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Was Branch president, Other leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: New Mexico,
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- Timothy Wright was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; convicted in 1994 of one or more felonies related to child sexual abuse; a 1994 civil lawsuit against the Mormon church said he molested a boy between 1989 and 1992, when the boy was 14 to 17 years old (actions for which he was convicted); the suit was dismissed in 1995 for failure to appear by the plaintiff's attorneys
- Convicted, Jail,
- Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Was Other leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in
California,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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