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Donate »5 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Andrew Gwilliam
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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Devin Hartman
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- was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Georgia, Utah,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Kevin Kirkland
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- was a Mormon seminary teacher and school teacher in the Redlands, California area; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2016 to molesting four female students from May 2015 to May 2016; sentenced to two years in prison; released in June 2017.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: Settlement,
- Positions: Seminary teacher,
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Terry Parker
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- was a Mormon church member and school teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington; in 1996, two former students filed a civil lawsuit against the school district, Parker and the school's former principal, saying Parker sexually abused them; they said they reported to the school district, which then allegedly did nothing to protect them; the suit was dismissed with prejudice in Feb. 1998.
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- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 1990s, in Washington,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
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Brent Taylor
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- was the Utah Valley Youth Symphony orchestra director and an LDS Sunday school teacher; accused in 2018 of sexually abusing multiple boys; a judge ruled in 2023 that he had exaggerated his health issues to avoid trial; pleaded guilty in June 2024; sentenced twice to prison in two separate child sex abuse cases in 2024.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
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