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Donate »6 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Richard Curtis Baker
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- was an LDS church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2020s, 2023,
- Case report »
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Lon Harvey Kennard
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- was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in November 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2011,
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Virgil Dean Larson
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- was a Mormon church member and first counselor in an LDS ward bishopric in Chubbuck, Idaho; arrested in September 2024 and charged with sexual abuse of five boys, ages 12-15; he knew the boys from LDS ward activities and was their priesthood leader.
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Charles Edward Richmond
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- was an LDS church member in Hutchinson, Kansas; accepted a plea deal, pleaded guilty and convicted of Aggravated indecent liberties w child; Offender =>18 fondle child <14; currently in prison in Kansas.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2019,
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Richard Blaine Sampson
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- was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; Director of Medical Affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah.
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Provo (Utah), Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2014,
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David Allen Williams
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Alleged coverup- was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; found guilty of sexually abusing 7 little girls for 14 years; the abuse was reported to parents and bishop and they did nothing.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
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