LDS Position Ever Held: Other leader

63 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

LDS position: Other leader

- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Abuse went on for five years after Adams first told Mormon officials, including a bishop and stake president, the lawsuit said
- "The church is not in the business of covering up."— Church spokesman Don LeFevre
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1954
- Mission: no
- Places lived: West Virginia,
- Places when accused: West Virginia,
- Latest update: 1994: sentenced to prison in West Virginia for sexually abusing multiple children
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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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Convicted: 2008,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- Mission: no
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
- Places when accused: 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1943
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Connecticut, Texas,
- Places when accused: California, Connecticut,
- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed without prejudice,
- Church positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1948
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Davis County (Utah), New York, Utah,
- Places when accused: Davis County (Utah), 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Church positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Argentina, Arizona, Utah,
- Places when accused: Arizona,
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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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1948
  Died: 2023
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Netherlands, Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: 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
- 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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- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- 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),
- Places when accused: 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Nevada,
- Convicted: 2007,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2016,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- 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
- 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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- 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
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader, Stake clerk,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Convicted: 2006,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Maine, Massachusetts,
- Places when accused: Maine, Massachuetts,
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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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Convicted: 2003, 2006, 2022,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Church positions: Other leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
- Places when accused: 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- 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
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Ministering/home teacher, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1920
  Died: 2009
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Maryland, Utah,
- Places when accused: Maryland,
- 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
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary, Other leader, Scout leader,
- Crime: Unknown crime year, in Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2019,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- 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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