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- Matthew Anderson was an LDS church member in West Haven, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Larren Arnold was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16; convicted, received a five-year suspended sentence and three years probation; Mormon leaders allegedly covered up Arnold's abuse; the Mormon church made a $50,000 settlement payment to a victim in 2001, and a payment to another victim in 2012; died in 2017
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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LDS church payment: $50,000
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1935
Died: 2017 - Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Geoffrey Ashdown was a Mormon bishop and deputy school principal in Australia; allegedly sexually abused two children while he was a bishop; died
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- Eric Avant was a Mormon cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted in 1979 of sodomizing an 11-year-old; Mormon leaders allegedly knew of his sexual attraction to young boys but did not check police records; convicted in 1988 of 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery and sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting nine boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims; the church settled a lawsuit in 1992
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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LDS church payment: $2,000,000
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Virginia,
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- Coy Ball was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 counts related to child sex abuse; in 2014, pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation of a child
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Convicted: 2014,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1954
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
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- Norman Barber was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1947
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 1988: pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of two 15-year-old girls
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- Bryan Barner was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1957
- Mission: no
- Places lived: New York,
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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,
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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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- Brandon Bednarz was an LDS church member in Kansas; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Kansas,
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- David Bennett was an LDS church member and scout leader in California and Korea; convicted in 1987 in California of child sexual abuse; moved to Korea; was assigned to be an LDS young men's president and scoutmaster; was accused of molesting several boys; disappeared in 1991; FLOODLIT is attempting to locate him
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1954
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California, Canada, Korea,
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- Arthur Bishop was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988
Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1952
Died: 1988 - Mission: 1971-1973 Philippines Philippine Islands / Philippines
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Andrew Bishop was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah (Manila Creek Stake); arrested in 2015 and admitted to sexually abusing 5 individuals in 10 years; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in the first and second degree in February 2016; sentenced in 2016 to prison in Utah
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Convicted: 2016,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1981
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Latest update: 2024: in prison in Utah
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- Wyman Blankenship was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California,
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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,
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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
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,
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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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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Douglas Bowen was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child
Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1950
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Idaho, Utah, Washington,
- Latest update: Lives in St. George, Utah
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- Jack Bowers was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to two second degree felony counts of child sex exploitation; sentenced to two consecutive terms of 1 to 15 years in prison
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Church positions: Scout leader,
- Convicted: 2010,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Latest update: released from prison; 2021: living in northern Utah; 2023: registered sex offender in Kearns, Utah
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- Peter Brackner was second counselor in an LDS bishopric in Purvis, Mississippi, and a scoutmaster; 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, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Mississippi,
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- David Brown was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years; a victim sued the Mormon church in 2003
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Convicted: 2003, 2005,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Missouri,
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