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80 former Mormon scout leaders accused of sex crimes

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Case #12: Larren Bybee Arnold
- Victims:1,
- Born: 1935
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- The accused 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.
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Case #15: Eric Patrick Avant
- AKA Ricky Avant
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- The accused 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.
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Case #16: Norman Carl Barber
- AKA Norm Barber, Dr. Barber, Norm C. Barber DDS
- 1988: pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of two 15-year-old girls
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1947
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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Case #25: Arthur Gary Bishop
- AKA Art Bishop, Roger Downs
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1952
  Died: 1988
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: Philippines - Philippine Islands / Philippines 1971-1973
- Marriage: no
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused 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.
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Case #30: Wyman C Blankenship
- Victims:2+,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
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Case #33: David James Borg
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- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison.
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Case #583: Jack Earl Bowers
- AKA Jack E. Bowers
- released from prison; 2021: living in northern Utah; 2023: registered sex offender in Kearns, Utah
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: 1969
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
- Bowers's father, Thomas Lavoy Esplin, was an LDS bishop, stake president, mission president, temple president and stake patriarch.
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Case #46: David Neil Brown
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused 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.
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Case #47: Gary Wade Brown
- AKA Wade Brown
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- Born: 1967
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prsion for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
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Case #49: Paul J Bryant
- 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Utah
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- Born: 1968
- Positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary teacher, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Mission: Argentina - Argentina Cordoba 1987-1989
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty, Ongoing criminal case,
- He was a Mormon church member in Utah; 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 HOA president in Lehi, Utah.
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Case #51: Gerald W Burgie
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child.
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Case #469: Mark Chapman
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- Born: 1971
- Positions: Scout leader,
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- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and scout leader in Michigan; sentenced to prison in 2022 in MIchigan for sexually assaulting two of his boy scouts.
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Case #68: Michael James Clay
- AKA Mr. Clay, Professor Clay, Mike Clay
- June 26, 2023: sentenced to two years of probation and no jail time after agreeing in May 2023 to a plea deal of three reduced misdemeanor charges of sexual battery
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- Born: 1974
- Positions: BYU professor, Church employee, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime: BYU professor, Church employee,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: 1998
- Criminal result: Other,
- He 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.
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Case #76: Alfred Francis Cote
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- Born: 1958
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; found guilty more than once.
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Case #85: Luke Elbert Dalton
- AKA Lee Dalton; Luke Elbert Dalton Jr.
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1941
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused 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.
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Case #92: Prescott Louis De Jean
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- The accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #96: Richard Lloyd Dilley
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Washington state; sentenced to prison for raping at least one of his boy scouts.
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Case #100: Allan Keith Dunn
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- The accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; confessed to the police.
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Case #103: Larry Van Dyke
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- The accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #104: Timur Van Dykes
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- Settlement paid by LDS church: $350,000
- He was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted.
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Case #105: Oliver Dean Eames
- AKA Oliver D. Eames, Mr. Eames
- 2005: died in Utah
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1948
  Died: 2005
- Positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir member,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member, 6th 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.
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Case #109: Dennis Joe Empey
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- Born: 1957
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in 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.
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Case #477: Gary Edward Erickson
- 2018 or after: pleaded guilty
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1968
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: 1990
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and Mesquite, Nevada police detective; was arrested in 2018, pleaded guilty to a charge of crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
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Case #112: John Wood Fanning
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- The accused accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #114: Stephen D Field
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
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Case #115: Michael James Fischer
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- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and young men's president; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
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Case #119: Jayne Allen Furness
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- He was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in California; accused of sex abuse.
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Case #134: Shawn Cory Gooden
- November 2023: sentenced in Virginia to up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts; faces more charges in Pennsylvania
- Victims:2+,
- Born: 1974
- Positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- Mission: United States - Ohio Cleveland (Spanish speaking)
- Marriage: yes | Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty, Sentenced to prison, Sentenced to probation,
- He 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.
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Case #671: Eric Griffin
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- He was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #142: Billy Joe Hagen
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison.
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Case #144: Dustin Hall
- AKA Dusty Rhodes, Dusty Hall
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Alleged failure to report
- He was a Mormon church member in Washington state; accused of sexually abusing boys in the Shelton Ward near Olympia.
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Case #149: Leroy Ball Hamblin
- AKA Leroy B. Hamblin
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- Born: 1947
- Positions: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
- Mission: United Kingdom - Southwest British 1966-1968
- Marriage: 1969
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Webelos scout leader in Kaysville, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1987 to lewdness with a child; served prison time.
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Case #151: Kenneth L Hanigan
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- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #152: Eugene Albert Hansen
- AKA Jene Hansen
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1940
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- He accused.
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Case #154: Jeffrey Lee Hardin
- AKA Jeff Hardin
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991.
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Case #158: Kenneth Morgan Harper
- AKA Kim
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #159: Lynn W Harrison
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #163: Vance Paul Hein
- 2012: sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for possessing child pornography
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1951
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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Case #168: Michael L Hicks
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
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Case #173: Joel Elisla Houck
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #181: Paul M Jellum
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1959
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- He was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse a boy scout in his troop.
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Case #182: Ronald Alvin Jenkins
- He is a registered sex offender who lives in Caldwell Idaho as of 2023.
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1942
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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Case #191: Harry O Jones
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1970
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member in Illinois; sentenced to 30 months of probation for possession of child pornography.
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Case #192: Michael Alan Jordan
- AKA Mike Jordan
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1980
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted of 33 felonies related to child sexual abuse (CSA).
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Case #193: Larry Wright Judd
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
- Born: 1936
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: Add info
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years.
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Case #194: Stephen Kay
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
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Case #196: Robert Glenn Kempton
- Victims:Add info
- Born: 1942
  Died: 2018
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Mission: United States - Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia - possibly the Eastern States mission
- Marriage: 1965
- The accused was an Mormon bishop, stake president and attorney in Arizona; arrested in 2014 in a police sting for underage prostitution.
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Case #200: Willis Dale King
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty.
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Case #202: William Eugene Knox
- AKA Bill Knox, Bill E. Knox
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school teacher,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader; accused of sexually abusing his stepchildren.
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Case #213: Jack LaHolt
- AKA Jack Loholt
- Victims:Add info
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission: no
- Marriage: Add info
- He was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse.
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