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Marvin Ross Harker
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- AKA M, M Harker
- Latest update: September 2020: sentenced to five years in prison and made to register as a sex offender
- Victims: 2 victims, 5 victims,
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Born: 1968
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, - LDS mission:
unknown
Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS church member and bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; sexually assaulted several young girls; confessed to his bishop and a mission president, who told him not to report to police; convicted in 2019; sentenced in September 2020 to five years in prison and made to register as a sex offender.
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Michael William Hiatt
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- AKA Mike Hiatt
- Latest update: August 2023: sentenced to 45 days in jail, with credit for 15 days served, and 4 years probation
- Victims: 5 victims,
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Born: 1990
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member in Clinton, Utah; charged in Utah in March 2023 with two second degree felony counts of enticing a minor, and one third degree felony count of dealing in materials harmful to a minor; pleaded guilty in June 2023 to one second degree felony count of enticing a minor; sentenced in August 2023 to 45 days in jail, with credit for 15 days served, and 4 years probation.
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Keith John McDowall
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- Latest update: died 2018-07-14
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1925
Died: 2018
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Canberra, Australia; accused of sexual abuse of family members including an infant.
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John Allen Midgett
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- Latest update: 2024: lives in Bountiful, Utah; is a registered sex offender
- Victims: 5 victims, 8 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1962
- LDS positions: Primary teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and Sunday school teacher in the San Diego area, California; also was a Navy petty officer first class; initially pleaded not guilty to 43 felony counts of child molestation; later pleaded guilty; sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing eight girls ages 5 to 10 in his LDS sunday school class; as of 2024, lives in Bountiful, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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Mitchell Blake Young
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- Latest update: 2024: lives in Ogden, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 5 victims,
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Canada - WhiteFish Bay Area, Canada
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- He was an LDS church member; sentenced in 1985 to five years' probation for sexually abusing two children, ages 4 and 7; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for Young; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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