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Eric Patrick Avant
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- was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted on 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery; sentenced in 1988 to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,000,000
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Wyman C Blankenship
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- was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Parole, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1960s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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William Guymon Bruhn
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- was an LDS church member and civic leader in Utah; accused of masturbating in a public restroom; convicted.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Public building,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Dennis David Collins
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- was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Jayne Allen Furness
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- was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Arroyo Grande, California; accused of sex abuse; found guilty of voyeurism charges in or before 1972, and found guilty of sexual abuse charges in 1976; sentenced in 1976 or 1977 to prison; died in 1987.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Billy Joe Hagen
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to prison; died in 2005.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Joel Elisla Houck
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- was an LDS church member in California; accused in the 1960s of sexual abuse; convicted of vagrancy in 1966 and served 10 days in jail; in 1967, placed in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) "perversion files".
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1960s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Allan Turner Howe
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- was an LDS church member and Utah politician; accused of a sex crime; convicted.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Dennis Joe Loveless
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- was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1977 and 1984; sentenced to prison both times; died in 2016.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979, 1980s,
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David James O'Connor
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- was an LDS church member and high school wrestling coach in Tacoma, Washington; convicted of sexual abuse in 1977; once reportedly confessed his sexual abuse in an LDS sacrament meeting.
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Unknown,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1970s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979,
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Stewart Leroy Singley
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- was an LDS church member in Ohio; convicted in 1975 of child molestation that occurred in 1974; in 1997, convicted and sentenced to one year in jail or prison; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender; lives in East Waterford, Pennsylvania.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 1900 to 1979, 1990s,
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Unknown Survivor
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- Criminal case: Convicted, Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Unknown,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1800s, 1900 to 1949, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Convicted in: 1800s, 1900 to 1979, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Never convicted,
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