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Donate »8 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Alan Bassett
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- 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.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: Dismissed without prejudice,
- Positions: Other leader, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in Davis County (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Michael Cunningham
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- 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.
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- Alleged coverup
- Positions: Missionary, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
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James Denos
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- was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four of his granddaughters living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
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William Harding
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- was an LDS church member and former Mormon bishop and ward clerk in Tasmania, Australia and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Ward clerk,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Australia,
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Stanley Hunt
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- was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; Hunt was a custodian in the Washington County School District in St. George Utah; Hunt was found guilty of 2 counts of SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD - 2nd Degree Felony.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Ward clerk,
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Major Madon
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- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
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Bruce McAskill
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- 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Other leader, Ward clerk,
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Jason 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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