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Larren Bybee Arnold
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Eric Patrick Avant
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- was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; was sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- Case report »
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Coy Glen Ball
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- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; was charged with 11 various abuses to a child; pled guilty to 3 counts of Molestation of a child.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2014,
- Case report »
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Norman Carl Barber
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Bryan A Barner
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- 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: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Alan Brower Bassett
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and retired air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Davis County, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; that case was dismissed without prejudice; charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; reportedly admitted that he sexually abused many neighbor children but could not recall the total number of victims.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed without prejudice,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Brandon Kyle Bednarz
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- was an LDS church member; found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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David William Bennett
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Arthur Gary Bishop
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Wyman C Blankenship
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- was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1960s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
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David James Borg
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Douglas Ray Bowen
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Jack Earl Bowers
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- 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: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010, 2010s,
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Peter Curtis Brackner
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Purvis, Mississippi; served as second counselor in an LDS ward bishopric, and as scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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David Neil Brown
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Gary Wade Brown
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
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Paul J Bryant
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- was a Mormon church member and former LDS Primary teacher in Utah; was a branch president while on a Mormon mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; in 2016, was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; was an HOA president in Lehi, Utah.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2016,
- Case report »
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Gerald Wayne Burgie
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third degree felony foriclbe sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Mark Chapman
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
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Michael James Clay
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- was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal.
- Criminal case: Community service, Convicted, No contest, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Dennis David Collins
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- was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
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Alfred Francis Cote
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- was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in the 1980s and in 2020 of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1980s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Case report »
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Luke Elbert Dalton
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- was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Prescott Louis De Jean
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Larry Deutsch
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- was a former Mormon bishop in Missouri; charged with possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and luring a teen across state lines; pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for coercion and enticement of a minor and receiving child pornography.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
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Richard Lloyd Dilley
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Burien, near Seattle, Washington; dishonorably discharged from the Navy in 1983 after admitting to abusing boys in a Scouting program in Athens, Greece; pleaded guilty in 1990 to one count of third degree child rape and five counts of child molestation for "repeated" offenses over two years of the scouts in his LDS troop; sentenced to 9 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Alan Keith Dunn
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Case report »
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Larry Van Dyke
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Timur Van Dykes
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; in about 2009, the Mormon church paid $350,000 to a victim to settle its portion of a civil lawsuit.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $350,000
- Case report »
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Oliver Dean Eames
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- 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: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Frederick Merlin Edvalson
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Case report »
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Dennis Joe Empey
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Blackfoot, Idaho; accused of sexually abusing many children; his stake president allegedly knew Empey was abusing kids; convicted of child molestation in May 1991; sentenced to two years probation.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Probation,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Gary Edward Erickson
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- was an LDS church member, boy scout leader and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018, pleaded guilty to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct; convicted in Utah.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2019,
- Case report »
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John Wood Fanning
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987 of a teenage boy during an overnight scouting activity.
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Case report »
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Stephen D Field
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Michael James Fischer
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- was a Mormon church member and young men's president; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, Vehicle,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Jayne Allen Furness
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- was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
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Kenneth Robert Good
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- was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of molesting 4 underage girls; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1991 to 8 years in prison; released on parole in December 1993; as of 2023, lives in Taylorsville Utah.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Shawn Cory Gooden
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Eric Griffin
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- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
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Billy Joe Hagen
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
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Dustin Hall
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member in Washington state; accused of sexually abusing boys in the Shelton Ward near Olympia.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Case report »
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Leroy Ball Hamblin
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- was a Webelos scout leader in Kaysville, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1987 to lewdness with a child; served prison time.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Steven LeRoy Hammock
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock had previously revealed to church officials; in 1994, a federal judge awarded damages to the victim.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Kenneth L Hanigan
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Eugene Albert Hansen
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
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Brent Dixson Hansen
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- was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics.
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Case report »
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Jeffrey Lee Hardin
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Kenneth Morgan Harper
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Lynn William Harrison
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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James Glenn Haskell
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- was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; pleaded not guilty; in June 2024, found not guilty in a jury trial of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child.
- Criminal case: Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Vance Paul Hein
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- was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000, 2000s, 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
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Michael L Hicks
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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James Francis Hogan
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- Case report »
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Joel Elisla Houck
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- was an LDS church member in California; accused in the 1960s of sexual abuse; convicted of vagrancy in 1966 and served 10 days in jail; in 1967, placed in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) "perversion files".
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1960s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
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Robert Bentley Jackson
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- was a former assistant BYU professor and Mormon bishopric member in Provo, Utah; sentenced to two years in prison in 2006 for video recording a 14-year-old undressing.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Paul Maxce Jellum
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse.
- Criminal case: Police investigation, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Ronald Alvin Jenkins
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- was an high school teacher in Filer Idaho; was a Mormon scout leader, bishiopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted of 10 counts of Lewd Conduct with a minor in 1996; sentenced to 17 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Harry O Jones
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- was an LDS church member in Illinois; sentenced to 30 months of probation for possession of child pornography.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
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Michael Alan Jordan
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- was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted of 33 felonies related to child sexual abuse (CSA).
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2015,
- Case report »
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Larry Wright Judd
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- was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Stephen Kay
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- was a Mormon church member, school teacher and scout leader in Brisbane, Australia; charged multiple times with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 1996 and was sentenced to jail.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Robert Glenn Kempton
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- was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Arizona; was an attorney and served a mission as a legal counsel for the LDS church in Africa; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for prostitution.
- Criminal case: Police investigation, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Willis Dale King
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Marion Dean Klingler
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- was an LDS church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; now lives in Springville Utah as registered sex offender.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
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William Eugene Knox
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader; accused of sexually abusing multiple children.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s,
- Case report »
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Arthur Noel Krigbaum
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Case report »
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Jack LaHolt
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and Boy scout leader in Kent, Washington; accused of sexual abuse in the 1970s; court records show that two Mormon bishops knew about the abuse allegations but did not tell police.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Robert Wayne Larsen
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- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD in 1993, and SEX ABUSE CHILD in 1998, as well as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in 2009.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
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Kip E Later
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused in the 1980s of sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly failed to tell police about abuse allegations.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Paul H Lewis
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Seattle, Washington; accused of sexual abuse; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2006.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Lawrence Libey
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Craig Ralph Mathias
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Granada Hills, California; was in the Northridge ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting multiple boy scouts; sentenced to six years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Franklin Leon Mathias
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- was a former Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30 year period.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
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James R Matlock
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Norman Arthur Maxfield
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- was an LDS church member and high school drama teacher in Utah; convicted in 1988 of sexually abusing boys.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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David George McConkie
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- was a former Mormon stake president, Mormon bishop and deputy district attorney in Colorado, and paternal grandson of former Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in August 2023; charged in September 2023 with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; in November 2023, granted permission by the judge to move to Utah; pleaded not guilty in February 2024.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Melvin E McKinney
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1970s,
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Robert Gene Metcalf
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in California and Arizona; convicted three times of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1979 to 6 years in prison for sexually abusing a child; returned to the Mormon church after being released from prison, was made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a civil lawsuit; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Case report »
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Jay Douglas Mitchell
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- was an Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; sentenced to a total of sixty years in prison with a minimum of thirty years, for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Joseph Montanino
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Massachusetts; had a career as a police officer; accused in 1982 of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Daniel Montoya
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Long Beach, California; pleaded guilty in 1986 to charges of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Scotty Hyrum Mortensen
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; accused in 1988 of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Jared Chabot Murray
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Rexburg, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 1989 to a child sexual abuse charge.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Case report »
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Richard W Nelson
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- was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Keven Brad Nelson
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Rand Darrell Newby
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Washington, Oregon and San Francisco, California; had a career as a schoolteacher; charged in Oregon in 1986 with sexual abuse of two children; convicted of two counts, one class C felony and one class A misdemeanor; sentenced in 1987 to 5 years probation.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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David James O'Connor
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- was an LDS church member and high school wrestling coach in Tacoma, Washington; convicted of sexual abuse in 1977; once reportedly confessed his sexual abuse in an LDS sacrament meeting.
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
- Case report »
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Thomas Opfar
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Dan S Overholt
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Case report »
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Jason Michael Pedersen
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- was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; found guilty of first degree felony attempted aggravated sex abuse of a child; as of April 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah as a registered sex offender and is an LDS elders quorum president.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Case report »
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Brian Richard Peterson
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Carl Dee Pratt
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Case report »
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Robert Scott Price
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
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Byard James Price
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse, then reapplied to be a scout volunteer after his conviction.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Fred M Radichel
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Detroit, Michigan; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
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Kenneth R Rarick
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- was a Mormon church member in Alaska; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Chance Lee Ray
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in the Mesa, Arizona area; convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to prison in Arizona; spent approximately 14 years in prison; released in July 2020.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Bryce Stephen Ray
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- was a Mormon church member and former bank officer in West Haven, Utah; arrested in July 2024 and charged with enticing a minor and sexual solicitation of a child.
- Criminal case: Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1,
- Crime scenes: Public building,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Gary Fuller Reese
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Leroy Harvey Richins
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Case report »
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Phillip Kowalewski Rimmasch
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah in the 1980s; had a 50-plus year career as a mortician; convicted of child sexual abuse; on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial in 1989.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Brian Robbins
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- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; accused of child sexual exploitation.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Case report »
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Lowell Robison
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) when he allegedly sexually abused multiple missionaries; accused in 2018 of the alleged abuse; two months later, died by suicide.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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George Martin Schliesser
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- was a Mormon church member and primary teacher in Utah; was a scout leader and a primary leader who was charged with two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sex abuse on a child in 1990; in September 2021 he was arrested after a third attempt at voyeurism, the first two in 2020.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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James Phillip Schmidt
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over 6 years, convicted in the late 90s in Maryland, and is currently registered as a sex offender..
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1980s, 1990s,
- Case report »
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Dennis Walter Schult
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California.
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Case report »
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Frank John Selas
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- was an former childrens TV host/entertainer who joined the LDS church in the 1990's; pleaded guilty to one count of indecent behavior with a child; The crime took place in the 1970's .
- Criminal case: Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Case report »
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Wayne Sells
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Timothy Mark Shoemaker
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- was a Mormon church member in Newnan, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; as of 2024, lives in Newnan, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS youth activity, Scout activity/event, Vehicle,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Neil Rennis Shumate
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Pleasanton, California; was also a kindergarten teacher; arrested in 1994 and charged with molesting several of his students; convicted on all 16 counts; sentenced to 12 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 9 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Case report »
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Sidney L Spencer
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 1984 of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop approved his application to be a scout leader despite his prior sex crime conviction.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Michael Terry Stillman
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon Tabernacle Choir member and professional scouter with the Boy Scouts of America in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused in 1989 of having sexually abused a boy between the ages of 13 and 15 in the mid-1970s; decided to resign as district scout executive as long as it did not imply guilt; was never reported to police or charged with a crime.
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Robert David Stillwell
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987; convicted in 1993 and 1998 in separate cases of child sexual abuse; reportedly, the local Mormon bishop became aware of the abuse but didn't take any church disciplinary action.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Stephen Wayne Stokes
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- was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Bradley Grant Stowell
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000s, 2005, 2008,
- Case report »
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Thomas Jay Strickland
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- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Case report »
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Mark A Swanson
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; a local Mormon bishop recommended him for a scout leader position, reportedly because "he feels he is completely rehabilitated".
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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George Kermit Tilson
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Jay Toombs
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and private investigator in Benson, Cache Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegations of his abuse were reportedly known to three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother), who never reported it to police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
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Mark C Treter
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and environmental lawyer in Greendale, Indiana; accused of sexual abuse; found guilty; sentenced in 2023 to probation; local LDS church leaders allegedly knew of Treter's criminal behavior but did not report to police.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Probation,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
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Robert Michael Tubbs
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse; sentenced to six years to life in prison; released on parole on March 2008.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Timothy Turner
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Thomas Frank Waitman
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- was an LDS church member in Cupertino, California; convicted of felony child sexual abuse in 1995 in California; as of 2023, registered sex offender living in Redmond, Washington.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1990s,
- Case report »
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Allen B Washburn
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- was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Emmett White
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Florida; was caught in 1966 by local police soliciting an adult sex worker (prostitute); denied any inappropriate behavior around scouts.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1960s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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Shawn Thomas Whiting
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- was a Mormon church member, scout leader; sentenced to prison for collecting and creating child pornography.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2010s, 2012,
- Case report »
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Kenne Worthen
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- was a Mormon elementary school teacher and BYU-Idaho adjunct professor who sexually abused a 12-year-old child; pleaded guilty to sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of attempt to commit child molestation; sentenced to 25 years in prison and a lifetime of probation after.
- Criminal case: Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Case report »
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Harvey Dee Wright
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- was an LDS church member and Scout leader in Flagstaff, AZ; in 1988 pleaded guilty to "Attempted Sexual Abuse/Dangerous Crimes Against Children" and received 90 days in jail and 4 years probation; placed on the BSA Confidential Files.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1980s,
- Case report »
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Jimmy D Young
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- was a Mormon church member and scout volunteer; arrested for sexually abusing a scout in his troop.
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Case report »
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