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Mark Nielson Cram
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- was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor, and city manager in Riverton, Utah; charged in 2006 with voyeurism; admitted climbing a 9-foot wall at a tanning salon to watch a 16-year-old girl undress; pleaded guilty; plea was held in abeyance; he completed the terms set by the court, charge was dismissed and case was expunged in 2008; as of February 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Expunged, Not convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
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William Sterling Evans
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- was a prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
Alleged coverup
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Shawn Cory Gooden
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- 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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- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Alleged coverup
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David John Keller
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- was a Mormon temple worker, Sunday school teacher and former stake presidency member in Paradise, Cache Valley, Utah; admitted in May 2024 to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
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DeRon Harrison Olsen
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- was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor in Spokane, Washington; in 2024, pleaded guilty to one felony count of child molestation and one felony count of child rape; sentenced to prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
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Scott Dale Owen
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- was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in November 2023; convicted in 2025.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged coverup
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John Edward Parkinson
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- was a Mormon stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jury trial, Overturned/reversed, Prison,
- Alleged coverup
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Chesley Nels Pierson
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- was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men.
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- Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Alleged coverup
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Lowell Robison
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- was a Mormon mission president in the Mexico Leon mission (1995-1998); accused in 2018 of sexual abuse of multiple people; two months later, died by suicide.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Alleged coverup
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Wendell Shan Thompson
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- was a former LDS bishop and stake presidency member in Clinton, Mississippi; found guilty of gratification of lust; convicted in 2011 of felony child sexual abuse; some of the abuse took place while Thompson was in an LDS stake presidency role.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
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