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Alan Brower Bassett
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- was a Mormon church member and retired air traffic controller in Fruit Heights, Davis County, Utah; accused in a 2019 civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse (dismissed without prejudice); charged in June 2024 with child sexual abuse; reportedly admitted to molesting many neighbor children; tried to get his case dismissed due to a 35-year-old agreement with the Davis County Attorney's Office.
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed without prejudice,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime years: 1980s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Michael Cunningham
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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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James Edrick 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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William Harding
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Ongoing, Unknown,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
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Stanley Lloyd 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Major Lynn 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Bruce A 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Jason Michael 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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