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  • case #94: James Edrick Denos

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • Born in 1929.
    • Died in 2017.
    • Also known as Bishop Denos, James Denos Jr..
    • James Denos 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.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, Missionary, Stake high council, Temple worker, Ward clerk, .
    • Was a Bishop, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was an LDS missionary in Netherlands from 1947 to 1950 .
    • Was married in an LDS temple in 1951 .
    • Latest update: 2017-10-25: died in Draper, Utah.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a094

  • case #93: Broch Clyde DeGraff

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • Born in 1985.
    • Broch DeGraff was an LDS church member and private school teacher at Liahona Preparatory Academy in Pleasant Grove, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2013 to up to 20 years in prison.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Missionary, .
    • Was an LDS missionary in Costa Rica from 2004 to 2006 .
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a093

  • case #92: Prescott Louis De Jean

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • Born in 1955.
    • Also known as Prescott Louis De Jean III, Prescott DeJean.
    • Prescott De Jean was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, Youth leader, .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Latest update: 2024: lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a092

  • case #91: Thomas Eugene Dawkins

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • Also known as Gene Dawkins.
    • Thomas Dawkins was an LDS church member in Columbia, South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1986; the conviction was later overturned.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Sunday school teacher, .
    • Was a Sunday school teacher, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Latest update: 2023: lives in South Carolina.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a091

  • case #90: George S Davis

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • George Davis was an LDS church member in Rhode Island; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place in an LDS chapel.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a090

  • case #89: Michael Adam Davis

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • Born in 1985.
    • Also known as Mike Davis.
    • Michael Davis was an LDS church member in Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Elders quorum president, Other leader, .
    • Was a Other leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • Was an LDS missionary in United States .
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • Latest update: March 2024: appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction, claiming ineffective counsel and a violation of his constitutional rights.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a089

  • case #86: Scott Alan Darrington

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • Born in 1967.
    • Scott Darrington was a former LDS bishop and assistant school principal in Fallon, Nevada; convicted of possession of child pornography, spent a year in prison.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Bishop, .
    • Was married in an LDS temple .
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a086

  • case #85: Luke Elbert Dalton

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • Born in 1941.
    • Also known as Lee Dalton; Luke Elbert Dalton Jr..
    • Luke Dalton was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Scout leader, .
    • Was a Scout leader, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a085

  • case #84: Franklyn Richard Curtis

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • Born in 1903.
    • Died in 1995.
    • Also known as Franklin Richard Curtis, Frank Curtis, Brother Curtis.
    • Franklyn Curtis was a Mormon church member in Pennsylvania and Oregon; excommunicated in 1983 in Pennsylvania for sex abuse; rebaptized in 1984; molested five boys in Oregon; local LDS bishop knew but didn't report to police; convicted in 1995 in Oregon of sexual abuse; died in 1995.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a High priest, Sunday school teacher, .
    • Was a High priest, Sunday school teacher, at the time of alleged or confirmed criminal activity.
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • The LDS church paid an estimated $3,000,000 settlement or court ordered payment in this case.
    • Latest update: 1995: died.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a084

  • case #83: Kevin F Curlew

    updated: April 6, 2024
    • Kevin Curlew was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police.
    • Worked in the LDS church as a Other leader, .
    • This case involves alleged or confirmed failure to report abuse by a Mormon church leader.
    • More details at FLOODLIT.org/a083