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Scott G. Abraham
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- Latest update: 2024: registered sex offender in Lovell, Wyoming
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1969
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Powell, Wyoming; set up a hidden camera in women's bathroom at work place; convicted.
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Michael Adamson
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- AKA Mike Adamson
- Latest update: sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Building supervisor, Music leader,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a church caretaker and organist in York, England; abused at least four children as young as seven years old; convicted; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse.
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Dale Lynn Andreason
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- Latest update: Currently in prison in UTAH STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1952
LDS positions: Primary teacher, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; found guilty of three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD a 1st Degree Felony and was sentenced 6 years to life.
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Christian Robert Bearnson
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- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1963
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Probation,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- He was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US).
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Michael Blair Ehlert
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- AKA Mike Ehlert
- Victims: 2 victims, 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1961
LDS positions: BYU professor,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse in Guam in 2017.
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Samuel Howard Gardner
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- AKA Sam Gardner, William Howard Mercer
- Latest update: August 8, 1968: died in Utah
- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1932
Died: 1968
LDS positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
United States - Central States 1951-1953
- Criminal case: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS bishop in the Oklahoma City First Ward in the early 1960s; accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the bishop's office at a Mormon chapel in about 1961; died in 1968.
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Doyle Clarence Kelstrom
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- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1938
- LDS mission:
United States - Texas [unknown]
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Oregon and Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Lawrence Libey
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- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- The accused was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse.
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Robert Matthews
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- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
LDS positions: Tabernacle Choir member,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; arrested in 2006, after police received evidence that he swam naked with four young boys during a trip in July 2006; he took pictures of the nude swim and later processed the images on his computer; charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and lewdness involving a child; convicted.
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Timothy O'Sean McCleve
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- AKA Sean McCleve
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1956
LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- The accused was a former Mormon bishop in Harrisville, Utah when he was charged with sexually abusing three children; some of the abuse took place while he was bishop; sentenced in 2008 to up to 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse.
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Jared Chabot Murray
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- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1942
LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Rexburg, Idaho; pleaded guilty in 1989 to a child sexual abuse charge.
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Paul William Newman
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- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1957
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; charged with child sexual abuse; convicted of a sex crime.
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Brent David Noorda
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- Latest update: March 2024: in prison in Utah
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1980
LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - unknown 1999-2001
- Criminal case: Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and chiropractor in St. George, Utah; arrested in 2019 and accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
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DeRon Harrison Olsen
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- Latest update: In prison in Washington State
- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1944
LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Spokane, Washington; pleaded guilty to one count child molestation and one count child rape January 2024; was a former bishop and stake presidency counselor.
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Les Paul
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- Victims: 4 victims,
LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Arizona; charged with child sexual abuse; sentenced in about 1989 to over 400 years in prison.
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Derrick Evan Pickering
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- Latest update: An active civil sexual harassment lawsuit is ongoing.
- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1984
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and nurse practitioner in Utah; accused by multiple former patients in a civil lawsuit of touching them in sexually inappropriate ways.
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Spencer C Turner
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- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1977
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Murray, Utah; In June of 2007 arrested for meeting with a girl he thought was a minor for kissing and fondling her; also possibly sexually abused 3 other minor girls.
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Christopher B Warnock
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- Latest update: In Oshkosh Correctional Institution, Oshkosh, WI, earliest eligibililty for parole 2024-05-18
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1950
LDS positions: Stake seventy,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Waukesha County, Wisconsin; found guilty of two counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of Child and one 2nd Deg. Sex Assault-Intoxicated Victim .
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