LDS Position Ever Held: Ward clerk

17 matching Mormon sex abuse cases

LDS position: Ward clerk

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- George Barnett was a Mormon ward clerk in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Ward clerk,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
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- Alan Bassett was a Mormon church member and air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse (dismissed without prejudice); charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; over 80 victims came forward; admitted to molesting many neighbor girls; tried to get his case dismissed due to an unsigned 1989 agreement with a deputy Davis County attorney
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Dismissed without prejudice,
- Church positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1948
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Davis County (Utah), New York, Utah,
- Places when accused: Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Documents available: yes (contact us to request)
- Latest update: June 2024: charged with child sexual abuse
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- Daniel Christensen was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Church positions: Elders quorum, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Mission: Unknown country
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Michael Cunningham was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; a judge sentenced Cunningham to ten years imprisonment and told him that he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Born: 1947
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: England, United Kingdom,
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- James Denos was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in 1970 in Westminster, Orange County, California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four minor girls living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- Convicted: 2002,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1929
  Died: 2017
- Mission: 1947-1950 Netherlands Holland
- Places lived: Utah,
- Latest update: 2017-10-25: died in Draper, Utah
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- Samuel Doxey was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary, Music leader, Ward clerk,
- Born: 1952
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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- Brian Griffeth was a Mormon ward clerk in the Lake City, Florida area; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Church positions: Ward clerk,
- Born: 1978
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Arizona, Florida,
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- William Harding was a Mormon branch president, elders quorum president and ward clerk in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia; allegedly had as many as 40 victims; in 2024, pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to 9 months in jail in Brisbane; in 2025, faced new charges in Tasmania
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Release from Mormon church position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
- Church positions: Branch president, Ward clerk,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1940
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Australia,
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- Stanley Hunt was an LDS church member and custodian in the Washington County School District in St. George, Utah; convicted of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child via a plea agreement; convicted in 2023 of violation of the terms of his sex offender registration
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Ward clerk,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1953
- Mission: Sweden
- Places lived: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
- Places when accused: Utah, Washington County (Utah),
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- Gary Jones was a Mormon ward clerk in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
- Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil lawsuit(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Church positions: Ward clerk,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building,
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: California,
- Places when accused: Unknown location,
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- James Larsen was a Mormon church member (possibly a ward clerk or bishop) in Magna, Utah; accused in 2017 of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison; released; as of 2025, lives in Magna, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Church discipline: Unknown,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Church positions: Missionary, Ward clerk,
- Convicted: 2018,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Born: 1977
- Mission: 1997-1999 United States North Carolina Raleigh
- Places lived: Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
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- W Loveless was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Church positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Born: 1979
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Unknown location,
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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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- Jared Madsen was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Born: 1975
- Mission: unknown
- Places lived: Utah,
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- Bruce McAskill was a Mormon church ward clerk in Jackson, Michigan; before becoming ward clerk, was convicted of rape; after becoming ward clerk, in 1994, was found guilty by a judge of kissing and fondling an 8-year-old boy whom he was babysitting; McAskill had met the boy's mother at church; a police officer said McAskill told him 'he didn't see any problem' with an adult sleeping naked with a child
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Other leader, Ward clerk,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1928
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Michigan,
- Places when accused: Michigan,
- Latest update: 1994: convicted of child sexual abuse, sentenced to prison
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- Jason Pedersen was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted 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
- Church discipline: No action,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Church positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Born: 1979
- Mission: United States Mesa
- Places lived: California, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
- Places when accused: Utah,
- Latest update: Lives in Riverton, Utah
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- Pappy Reese was an LDS ward clerk in Ohio; accused of sexual abuse of a young girl (aged 8-11); the alleged abuse took place in Wilmington, Ohio during 1990-1993
- Criminal case(s): Never charged,
- Civil lawsuit(s): No civil case,
- Church positions: Ward clerk,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Vehicle,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Born: 1928
  Died: 2001
- Mission: no
- Places lived: Ohio,
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