Recently updated Mormon sexual abuse cases

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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly took place while Doe was active in the LDS church
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  • Frank Selas was an former childrens TV host/entertainer in California who joined the LDS church in the 1990s; pleaded guilty to one count of indecent behavior with a child; the crime took place in the 1970s
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  • William Knox was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of sexually abusing multiple children
  • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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  • John Doe was a Mormon bishop in Pocatello, Idaho; an abuse survivor told FLOODLIT that Doe sexually abused them in his office at church in late 1999
  • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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  • Verd Erickson was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Riverton, Wyoming who moved to Utah; was accused of sexual misconduct and lost his dentistry license in 2010; died in 2022
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  • Michael Hicks was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison
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  • James B was an LDS bishop in Newport Beach, California in about 1990 to 1995; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy in his office at church every week from 1990 to 1995, when the victim was 12 to about 17 years old; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
  • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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  • Eldon Saling was a Mormon church member in California and Utah; convicted in 1987 in California and in 1993 in Utah of charges related to sexual abuse; as of 2024, lives in Burley, Idaho as a registered sex offender
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  • Douglas Elmer was a Mormon church member and former employee of Feature Films for Families in Utah; accused in 2023 of a sex crime
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  • Robert Jackson was a former assistant BYU professor and Mormon bishopric member (second counselor) in Provo, Utah; sentenced to two years in prison in 2006 for video recording a 14-year-old undressing
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  • Cecil Cartwright was a Mormon branch president in Orillia, Ontario, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2015
  • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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  • Danny Pitcher was a Mormon church member and youth sports coach in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years to life in prison; as of 2024, remained in prison
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  • Michael Cunningham was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; a judge sentenced Cunningham to ten years imprisonment and told him that he must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life
  • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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  • Darrell Howe was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit; the minor abuse victim and his mother filed suit against the LDS church and its officers deemed responsible; upon appeal, the judgment of the court again ruled against the plaintiff
  • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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  • Matthias Heinrichs was an LDS missionary in England; originally from the Netherlands; accused of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred during his mission; pleaded guilty; jailed for two years
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  • Jonathan Merrill was a Mormon church member and Timpview High School sport club coach in Provo, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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  • William Kennedy was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Yuhin Kwan was an LDS church member and former Mormon missionary in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Wesley Nebeker was an LDS church member in Wyoming; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Steven Powell was an LDS church member in Oregon; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Robert Lant was a Mormon church member in Utah County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Robert Epling was an LDS church member in Sacramento, California; convicted in 1991 of child sexual abuse
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  • Robert Jeppsen was an LDS church member in Utah; charged in 2022 with sexual abuse
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  • Peter Paquette was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Omale Ojonugwnuwa was an LDS church member and full-time missionary in Ghana; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse
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  • Michael Otten was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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  • McCoy Barney was an LDS church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2012
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  • Jonathan Owens was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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  • Luis Perez was an LDS church member in California; accused in 2007 of sexual abuse
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member in Brisbane, Australia; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to 15 months in jail
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member in Ipswich, Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced to 7 years in jail
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member in Cambridge, Massachusetts; accused of sexual abuse
  • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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  • Jean-Jacques S was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Houska was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Geoffrey Porter was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Garry Hensley was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Indiana; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Francois Le Corguille was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 2011
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  • Emer Broadbent was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2017
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  • Dwayne Rogers was an LDS church member in Utah and Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted of aggravated sex abuse of a child
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  • Arthur Bennett was an LDS church member in Hurricane, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two teenage girls; allegedly faked a suicide to collect insurance money; was arrested and charged with murder and sexual abuse; died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
  • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
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  • Darrell McNeill was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Al Childress was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to jail
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  • John Doe was an LDS church member in Australia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; in 2018, sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison
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  • George Squire was a Mormon church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison
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  • Giovanny Sanchez Garcia was a Mormon church member in Costa Rica; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2014
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  • Chey Miles was a Mormon church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Donald Wright was allegedly a Mormon church member; was a Boy scout leader, allegedly sexually abused multiple children
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  • Norman Smith was an LDS church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Daphney Matthews was a Mormon church member in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Brandon Baldwin was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Thomas Hannett was a Mormon church member in California; accused in 2024 of sexual abuse
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  • Craig Elford was a Mormon church member in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; accused of child sexual abuse
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  • Mikel Marshall was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Dale Wilkinson was an LDS church member in Salt Lake County and Tooele County, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD - Class A Misdemeanor
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  • Michael Andrew was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Lloyd Bond was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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  • Skyler Wright was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of a sex crime

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