FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #851: Michael Dennis Antrobus
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- AKA Mike Antrobus
2023-09-16: died by suicide in prison
Victims:10+, -
Born: 1947
Died: 2023 - Positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
- During alleged crime: Bishop, Branch president,
Mission:
United States - West Central States Mission (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho) 1966-1968- Marriage:
1969
- Criminal result: Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; our sources report that he had at least a dozen victims.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #15: Eric Patrick Avant
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- AKA Ricky Avant
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
- The accused was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; was sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #38: David Harrison Broadbent
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- AKA Dr. David H. Broadbent, Dr. David Broadbent, Dr. Broadbent
- April 2023: has not been charged with a crime
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+, 50+,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
1973
- Civil result: Civil case dismissed,
- He was an LDS church member and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; as of October 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward, but Broadbent had not been charged with a sex crime.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #94: James Edrick Denos
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- AKA Bishop Denos, James Denos Jr.
- 2017-10-25: died in Draper, Utah
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
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Born: 1929
Died: 2017 - Positions: Bishop, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
- Mission:
Netherlands - Holland 1947-1950
- Marriage:
1951
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He 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.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #193: Larry Wright Judd
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- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
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Born: 1936
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Mission:
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- Marriage:
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- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; admitted to molesting 12 girls over a period of about 20 years.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #724: Brandon Lee Manning
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- November 2023: registered sex offender in Georgia; not incarcerated; lives in Fort Valley, Georgia
- Victims:10+,
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Born: 1973
- Positions: Missionary, Young men's president,
- During alleged crime: Missionary, Young men's president,
- When accused: Missionary, Young men's president,
- Mission:
United Kingdom - Scotland Edinburgh 1993-1993
- Marriage:
1995
- Criminal result: Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah and Georgia; convicted three times of sex crimes: Scotland in the 1990s, Utah in 2001, Georgia in 2020; assigned to be a young men's president in a Georgia LDS branch in 2017; arrested in 2019 and charged with eight felony counts of child sexual exploitation; convicted; as of November 2023, lives in Fort Valley, Georgia as a registered sex offender.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #272: Scott Dale Owen
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- AKA Scott Owen
- November 2023: arrested; October 2023: Three more men come forward with sex abuse allegations against Owen
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+,
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Born: 1959
- Positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- During alleged crime: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Mission:
Guatemala - Guatemala [unknown]
- Marriage:
1984
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Ongoing criminal case,
- He was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in November 2023.
- was a business partner of a stake president who allegedly covered up abuse allegations against Owen.
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FLOODLIT.org Mormon sex abuse case #426: LaVar Madsen Withers
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- AKA Dr. Withers
- 2005: died
- Victims:10+, 2+, 5+, 50+,
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Born: 1936
Died: 2005 - Positions: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- During alleged crime: Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- When accused: Stake high council,
- Mission:
no
- Marriage:
1958
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal result: Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and physician in Idaho; was accused of sexual abuse by over 125 women and children (some as young as 13 years old); admitted to sexual abuse; found guilty of misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 days in jail; Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend.
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2023-09-16: died by suicide in prison
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