Recently updated Mormon sexual abuse cases

• Tanner Clark

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  • was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced in 2019 to 90 days in jail for two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old, two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to minors; may have had over 100 victims; arrested in 2021 (while on probation) for enticing a minor; convicted and sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Prison, Probation, Violated parole/probation,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Keldon Cook

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  • was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Dennis Collins

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  • was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, in Washington,

• Martyn Conway

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  • was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 1980s, in United Kingdom,

• Brandon Cordero

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  • was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah,

• John Cox

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  • was a Mormon church member in Clackamas County, Oregon; convicted of child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Oregon,

• Gordon Crawford

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  • was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• 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,

• Chesley Pierson

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  • was an LDS bishop, stake presidency counselor and stake patriarch in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of sexually abusing multiple young men.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Other leader, Stake patriarch, Stake presidency counselor,
  • Alleged crime: 1970s, in Canada,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Stanley Green

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  • was a former Mormon bishop in Athens, Texas (in or before 1998 to 1999 or later); accused of sexual abuse; convicted; died in 2009.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Norman Barber

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  • was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,

• Paul Jellum

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  • was a Mormon scout leader in Logan, Utah in the 1980s; suspended by the BSA in 1987 after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Boy Scout in his troop during a 1986 Scouting event at Camp Hunt near Bear Lake, Utah; in 1990, Jellum became a scoutmaster in a Nevada LDS ward despite his prior suspension; in 1991, Jellum admitted to the abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader,

• James Victor

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  • was a Mormon missionary in Canada in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy while on his mission; an LDS stake president and a mission president (David Sorensen) allegedly covered up abuse allegations; Sorensen later became an LDS general authority.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Canada,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,

• Mark Swanson

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  • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; a local Mormon bishop recommended him for a scout leader position, reportedly because "he feels he is completely rehabilitated".
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Keven Nelson

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  • was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of grooming and/or sexual abuse by multiple boys in his scout troop; in 1988, his BSA registration was suspended.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Idaho,

• Michael Stillman

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  • was a Mormon Tabernacle Choir member and professional scouter with the Boy Scouts of America in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused in 1989 of having sexually abused a boy between the ages of 13 and 15 in the mid-1970s; decided to resign as district scout executive as long as it did not imply guilt; was never reported to police or charged with a crime.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir,
  • Alleged crime: 1970s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,

• Bruce McAskill

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  • was a Mormon church ward clerk in Jackson, Michigan; before becoming ward clerk, was convicted of rape; after becoming ward clerk, in 1994, was found guilty by a judge of kissing and fondling an 8-year-old boy whom he was babysitting; McAskill had met the boy's mother at church; a police officer said McAskill told him 'he didn't see any problem' with an adult sleeping naked with a child.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Other leader, Ward clerk,

• Marcelo Moreno Pérez

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  • was a former Mormon church young men's leader in Argentina; arrested in 2021 for alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in 2017; sentenced in 2022 to 13.5 years in prison; the Mormon church allegedly paid the victim's parents 4.5 million pesos (approximately $40,000) to keep the abuse secret.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • LDS church payment: $40,000
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Youth leader,

• Chad Robertson

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  • was an LDS church member and high school assistant basketball coach in Parowan, Utah; accused in 2023 of unlawful sexual activity with a child; admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old boy on five separate occasions; in March 2024, pleaded guilty to two felonies; in June 2024, was sentenced to one year in the Iron County Jail, with credit for time served, and four years of probation.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
  • Civil: No civil case,

• Dennis Judd

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  • was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism.
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  • Criminal: Plea agreement, Probation,
  • Civil: Ongoing,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,

• Charles Camper

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  • was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2004; charged in 2023 with aggravated child sexual abuse, voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor; convicted in June 2024.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,

• Alan Andrus

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  • was a Mormon bishop in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; accused of sexual abuse in 2020; as of June 2024, the case is proceeding through the trial setting process.
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  • Criminal: Jury trial, Ongoing,
  • Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, in California,

• Kevin Bowman

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  • was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in Spanish Fork, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Taiwan 1999-2001; accused of sexual abuse of a teenage girl who worked in his restaurant; arrested in July 2023; in June 2024, found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,

• Christopher Kite

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  • was an LDS church member in Chicago, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building,

• Ángel Jaramillo

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  • was an LDS church member in Jujuy, Argentina; arrested on child pornography and abuse charges (which includes distribution, tenancy, and production of material).
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  • Criminal: Ongoing, Prison, Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Church employee, Stake clerk, Stake high council,

• Gerald Collingwood

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  • was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishopric counselor,
  • Crime: 1990s, in Utah,

• Ted Bundy

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  • was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• Benjamin Alyk

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  • was an LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child porn; LDS church leaders allegedly didn't report his crime.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime scenes: Online,

• Robert Stevenson

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  • was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Alleged crime: 2000s, in Nevada,

• David Matlock

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  • was a Mormon church member; arrested and convicted in 2022 of open and gross lewdness.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Nevada,

• Prescott De Jean

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  • 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.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender, Violated parole/probation,
  • Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,

• Gene Guinn

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  • was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: High priest,
  • Crime: 1990s, in Texas,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,

• Timothy Kimball

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  • was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment.
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  • Criminal: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Missionary, Other leader,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,

• Robert Longman

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  • was a Mormon missionary in Corpus Christi, Texas; molested a three-year old in a bedroom while two other missionaries talked with the mother; pleaded no contest to charges filed in May 1989 of indecency with a child; sentenced to eight years probation, a $1,000 fine, and required to pay $400 in court costs.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Probation,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime scenes: Victim's home,

• Carlos Rodrigues

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  • was an LDS church member in Dallas, Texas in the 1980s; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Texas,

• Glen Sexton

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Texas,

• Carlo Lorge

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  • was an LDS church member in Clarksville, Tennessee; arrested in 2022 for sexual exploitation of a minor.
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  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: 2020s, in Tennessee,

• James Hogan

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  • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
  • Civil: Settlement,
  • Positions: Church employee, Scout leader,
  • Crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Oregon,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building,

• Jay Mitchell

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  • was an Mormon church member and scout leader in Oregon; sentenced to a total of sixty years in prison with a minimum of thirty years, for child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Oregon,

• Michael Simms

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  • was a Latter-day Saints (LDS) church member, organist and music teacher in Oregon; accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy about 100 times between 1974 and 1976.
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  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: 1970s, in Oregon,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building,

• Sean Dotson

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  • was an LDS church member in Oregon; convicted of a sex crime.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• Brian Bowen

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  • was an LDS church member and podiatrist in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse of at least nine women; as of February 2024, indicted with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of second-degree sexual abuse, nine counts of third-degree sexual abuse, and two counts of sex abuse by fraudulent representation.
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  • Criminal: Ongoing,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Missionary,

• Miguel Estudillo

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  • was an LDS primary teacher in Baker City, Oregon; arrested for crimes related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Primary,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Oregon,

• Gary Brown

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  • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Gerald Burgie

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  • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third degree felony foriclbe sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• John Fanning

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  • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987 of a teenage boy during an overnight scouting activity.
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  • Criminal: Admitted guilt, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime scenes: Scout activity,

• Keith Gillins

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  • was a former mayor, LDS bishop and high school teacher in Fillmore, Utah; arrested on charges of having sex with a 17-year-old girl; convicted in 2009 of first degree felony attempted rape, first degree felony attempted sodomy and second degree felony forcible sexual abuse; sentenced in 2009 to three sentences of three years to life in prison.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Bishop,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,

• David Blackner

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  • was an LDS church member in or near Washington Terrace, Weber County, Utah; registered sex offender who used an alias while in leadership positions.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Youth leader,

• Donald Blanchard

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  • was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• Robert Westover

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  • was a former LDS bishop and attorney in Dallas, Texas; arrested in 2021 for allegedly recording a minor; pleaded guilty in 2023 and sentenced to 4 years probation.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Bishop, Missionary,

• Kenneth Wilstead

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  • was an LDS church member in Garland, Texas; accused of sexual misconduct.
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  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Alleged crime: 2020s, in Texas,

• Roger Hester

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  • was an LDS church member in Rockwall, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual with intent to cause bodily harm.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• Paul Horlacher

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  • was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Texas,

• Mikel Massey

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  • was an LDS church member in Lufkin, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; police investigated, but no charges were filed.
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  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Texas,

• Brian Peterson

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  • was an LDS church member and scout leader in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Utah,

• Leroy Richins

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1970s, in Utah,

• Phillip Rimmasch

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  • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah in the 1980s; had a 50-plus year career as a mortician; convicted of child sexual abuse; on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial in 1989.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Utah,

• Kyle Saucier

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  • was a Mormon missionary in Utah; charged in 2007 with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, but the charges were dropped after prosecutors said they could not proceed due to "witness problems".
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  • Criminal: Charges dropped,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,

• Phillip Stokes

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  • was an active LDS church member and music composer for multiple videos posted to official Church websites or social media accounts; in 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to prison for rape of a child.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Utah,

• Jason Strong

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  • was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: Unknown result,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Sean Sund

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  • was an LDS primary teacher in Utah; was convicted in 2022 of sexually abusing a girl from his LDS ward.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Other leader, Primary,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,

• Daniel Taggart

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  • was an LDS church member and co-founder of Ancestry.com; found guilty and sent to prison in Utah for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Bruce Jeppesen

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  • was a former Mormon elders quorum president; sentenced to two concurrent terms of 15 years in the Utah State Prison for raping a child .
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Elders quorum,

• Michael Jordan

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  • was an LDS church member in West Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted of 33 felonies related to child sexual abuse (CSA).
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Lon 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.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
  • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,

• Michael Larsen

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  • was an LDS church member and scout leader in Utah; convicted in the 1980s of child sexual abuse; as of 2023, lives in Tooele, Utah.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• David McGhie

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  • was an LDS church member; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,

• Sergey Millett

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  • was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,

• Jesse Murff

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  • was an LDS church member and attorney in Utah; arrested in May 2020 on 26 counts related to alleged sexual abuse; died in June 2020 at a hospital several days after he apparently attempted suicide in his cell.
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  • Criminal: Died awaiting trial, Suicide,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Utah,

• Thomas Opfar

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  • was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Utah,

• Larry Harmston

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  • was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse which allegedly took place at a Mormon chapel in Orem, Utah; convicted; charged again (result unknown).
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
  • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building,

• Roland Westrup

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  • was a Mormon church member and returned missionary (St. Louis, Missouri) in approximately 2018-2020; arrested in Salt Lake County, Utah in March 2023; charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted to possessing and sharing child pornography, and to having sexual fantasies for many years about having sex with male children as young as infants to teens.
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  • Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,

• Jack Bowers

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  • was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to two second degree felony counts of child sex exploitation; sentenced to two consecutive terms of 1 to 15 years in prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,

• Alan Willey

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  • was a Mormon church member and schoolteacher in Utah; honored as teacher of the year twice at local schools; sentenced to prison in 2007 for sexually molesting a child who was one of his students; accused of sexually abusing many other little children in his classes.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
  • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,

• Lonnie Nyman

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  • was a Mormon church member and funeral director in Utah; accused of sex crimes; pleaded guilty; sentenced in August 2019.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Martin MacNeill

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  • was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Bishop,

• Russell Crosland

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  • was a Mormon church member in Fillmore, Utah; tried meeting a 13 year old that he chatted with online for sex; it was an undercover agent; he was arrested.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Utah,

• Nathan Ward

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  • was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Missisippi and Utah; sentenced to prison in 2019 for production of child pornography.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Kyle Hill

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  • was a Mormon church member; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Jeffrey Ringstad

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  • was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted in the 2010s of two counts of rape of a child, one count of object rape of a child, two counts of sodomy on a child, and three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first degree felonies.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Sheril Burton

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  • was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: BYU,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,

• Sydney Wengreen

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  • was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to felony sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2003 to five years to life in prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• Curtis Payne

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  • was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,

• Jeffrey Fox

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  • was a former state legislator (1977-1982) in Utah; convicted federally for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2013 and placed on probation for 15 years; in 2019, probation was terminated for completing terms; in 2022, arrested and charged in Utah with 8 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; case dismissed without prejudice due to a federal charge.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: Online,

• Seth Lyon

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  • was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; arrested in 2006 in a police sting operation and charged with enticement of a child over the internet.
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  • Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah,

• Allen Washburn

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  • was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Civil: No civil case,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1980s, in Utah,

• Jeffery Westerman

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  • was a Provo, Utah police officer; was arrested for allegedly threatening to jail a woman unless she exposed herself to him.
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  • Criminal: Police investigation, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Shawn Whiting

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  • was a Mormon church member, scout leader; sentenced to prison for collecting and creating child pornography.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• James Larsen

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  • was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; accused of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building, Victim's home,

• David Millett

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  • was a Mormon church member in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse and sentenced in 2022 to prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Utah,

• David Williams

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  • 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.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• Darcy Anderson

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  • was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl; sentenced in 2022 to serve a minimum of 16 years in prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Utah,

• Nicholas Lewis

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  • was a Mormon church member and BYU student; accused of sexually abusing young girls and attempting to solicit sex from a teen online; sentenced to jail time and probation; 2023: registered sex offender living in Bremerton, Washington.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Probation,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Bradley Roylance

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  • was a Mormon church member and attorney; convicted in 2010 of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor, sentenced to 180 days in prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,

• Connor Hammond

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  • was a Mormon church member and BYU student in Utah; in 2019, pleaded guilty to rape of a child and was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Norman Maxfield

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  • was an LDS church member and high school drama teacher in Utah; convicted in 1988 of sexually abusing boys.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Utah,

• Robert Wily

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  • was an LDS member in Utah arrested for allegedly possessing several child exploitation images ; convicted of one felony count in 2020; Also found guilty of 4 SEXUAL BATTERY - Class A Misdemeanor and sentenced to 365 days in jail and 48 months probation.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2020s, in Utah,

• Christopher Taylor

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  • was an LDS church member in Utah; arrested in January 2022 for possession of child pornography; case pending as federal charges are being evaluated.
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  • Criminal: Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Glen Borst

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  • was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2004 for child sexual abuse.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Utah,

• Loren Hurd

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  • was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender as of 2023; lives in Ogden, Utah.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
  • Crime: 1990s, in Utah,

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