LDS Position Ever Held: Stake high council - Page 2

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LDS position: Stake high council

- James Haskell 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(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1982
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: California,
- Latest update: 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; hearing set for July 15
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- Erik Hughes was a Mormon bishop in Mapleton, Utah and a Mormon church senior product manager when he sexually abused two underage children in his LDS ward dozens of times; was sentenced to prison in 2017; released in 2023; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Utah
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Church employee, Missionary, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Convicted: 2017,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1966
- Mission: 1985-1987 United States California Anaheim
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: July 2023: out on parole
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- Ángel Jaramillo was an LDS church member in Jujuy, Argentina; arrested on child pornography and abuse charges (which includes distribution, tenancy, and production of material)
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Prison, Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Argentina,
- Places when accused: Argentina,
- Latest update: August 2023: arrested on child pornography and abuse charges
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- Ronald Jenkins was a Mormon scout leader, bishopric counselor and stake high council member in Idaho; worked as a high school teacher; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1996 of 10 counts of lewd conduct with a minor; sentenced to 17 years in prison; registered sex offender
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1942
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Idaho,
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Caldwell, Idaho
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- Kelly Jenkins was an LDS church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Stake high council,
- Born: 1970
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Idaho,
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- Carl Johnson was a former Mormon bishop and former mayor of West Bountiful, Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexually abusing several children between 1983 and 1997; pleaded guilty in 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2023 to three consecutive terms of nine years to life each for first-degree felonies, plus one term of one to 15 years on a second-degree felony
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2023,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- Mission: 1964-1966 Ireland Irish [Ireland]
- Places lived: Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- Melvin Johnson was a Mormon seminary teacher and Brigham Young University (BYU) religion professor; accused by multiple victims of sexually abusing them when they were children; excommunicated and rebaptized; reportedly confessed to sexual abuse, but was not criminally charged; two victims filed lawsuits against him; one named the Mormon church as a defendant; it settled out of court
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Unknown result,
- Church positions: BYU, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1936
- Mission: no
- Places lived: California, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Major Madon was an LDS church member in Mapleton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse; as of 2024, serving time in prison in Central Utah Correctional Facility
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: Currently serving time in Central Utah Correctional Facility
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- Raymond Maxson was a Mormon church member in Lincoln, Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Stake high council,
- Born: 1951
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Nebraska,
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- Brian Mitchell was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Church positions: Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Convicted: 2009,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1953
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Steven Murdock was a Mormon stake high council member and former LDS bishop in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah; allegedly sexually harassed multiple women in his ward while he was their bishop (he was bishop from 2013 to 2017); in 2019, was caught taking photos of a young woman in a dressing room in Tennessee; pleaded guilty in November 2019; sentenced in 2019 to one year probation, 48 hours community service
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Community service, Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2019,
- Crime scenes: Public, Recreational trip/outing,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1963
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Tennessee, Utah,
- Latest update: 2019: sentenced in Tennessee to one year of supervised probation and 48 hours of community service, and ordered to undergo counseling
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- Brian Pickett was a Mormon branch president and leader at a youth program picking pineapples in Maui, Hawaii; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit that also named the LDS church; the suit was dismissed with prejudice after a settlement in 2016
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Church positions: Branch president, Stake high council,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Hawaii,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
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- Randall Pickett was an LDS church member in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Canada,
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- Byron Poelman was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated,
- The woman was taken to jail, while Poelman was released immediately.
- "President and sister Poelman's lives need to be private now. [...] We are a family. A family keeps things private. A family draws close together. These things are to be kept private."— Boyd Packer, Mormon apostle
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Mission president, Missionary, Stake high council, Stake president, Sunday school,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1934
  Died: 2014
- Mission: Netherlands Netherlands
- Places lived: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Latest update: 2014: died
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- Carl Pratt was a Mormon bishop in San Manuel, Arizona; allegedly sexually abused a boy in his ward, in the bishop's office at an LDS chapel; died in 2006
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker,
- Alleged crime: Unknown crime year, in Arizona,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1930
  Died: 2006
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona,
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- Kevin Prodromides was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Stake high council,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Lowell Robison was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998) and stake president of the Provo, Utah Edgemont Stake (2001-2006); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Mission president, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Stake president, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Born: 1944
  Died: 2018
- Mission: 1963-1965 Mexico Southeast Mexican
- Places lived: Mexico, Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: 2018: died by suicide
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- Jeffrey Rock was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Nursery, Primary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Youth leader,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: California, ever-fiji, Taiwan, Thailand,
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- Ramiro Saenz was an LDS mission president and temple president in Bolivia; accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Mission president, Stake high council, Stake president, Temple president,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1956
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Bolivia,
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- Richard Sampson was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Church employee, Other leader, Stake high council,
- Convicted: 2014,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1945
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona), Provo (Utah), Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: 2024: Out on parole; registered sex offender, lives in Holladay, Utah
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