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Nicholas Alahverdian
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- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of rape; recently extradited from Scotland; has a lengthy history of criminal behavior.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
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Allen J Brinkerhoff
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- was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; in 2007, found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
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David Neil Brown
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- was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Gary Wade 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
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William Butcher
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
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Roland Shea Byrd
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- was an LDS church member in Caldwell, Idaho; found guilty of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years; as of 2024, lives in Toquerville, Utah as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
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Raphael Giuseppe Caccioppoli
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality).
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
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Brett Candelaria
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- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2008,
- Case report »
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Kevin F Curlew
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Claims against LDS church dismissed, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
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Michael Davies
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- was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Michael Adam Davis
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2003, 2006, 2020s, 2022,
- Case report »
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Joseph Paul Durborow
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- was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in Federal and State courts in 2003.
- Victims: 3 victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2003,
- Case report »
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Brad Gale
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- was an LDS church member; sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for photographing a teenage boy engaging in sexual acts.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2006,
- Case report »
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Thomas Ray Gibbons
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- was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
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Martin Gillen
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- was a Mormon church member in Nevada and Colorado; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dismissed.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
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Keith Lorraine Gillins
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
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Gene Audra Guinn
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Victim's home,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
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Andrew James Gwilliam
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2003,
- Case report »
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Douglas Bruce Hall
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- was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant; pleaded guilty in 2001 to two third degree felony counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2002 to one second degree felony count of sex abuse of a child.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001, 2002,
- Case report »
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Ronald Devere Hall
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- was an LDS church member and former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member in Utah and Washington; accused of sexually molesting three underage girls in 1997 or 1998; acquitted in 2000; accused of sexual abuse of a fourth victim, an underage girl, in approximately 2003; convicted in 2005 of third degree felony attempted child sexual abuse; sentenced.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Found not guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
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Larry E 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).
- Criminal case: Convicted, Unknown,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005, 2010s,
- Case report »
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Vance Paul Hein
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- was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000, 2000s, 2010s, 2012,
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David Henry Herget
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- was a Mormon church member in Washington; convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to prison; released; arrested and charged with sexually abused more children; died by suicide while awaiting trial.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000s,
- Case report »
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Christopher Todd Hettinger
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Clayton Ray Hildreth
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- was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Lawrence Steven Huffman
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- was an LDS church member in Mound City, Kansas; found guilty of sodomizing a minor; lives in Hutchinson, Kansas.
- Criminal case: Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2007,
- Case report »
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Thad Andrew Jesperson
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- was an LDS church member in Murietta, California; accused of sexually abusing 8 of his elementary students at Toler Elementary School.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- Victims: 8 victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2003, 2004,
- Case report »
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Spencer Kay Kartchner
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- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2009, 2020s, 2021,
- Case report »
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Brandon Lee Manning
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- 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.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000s, 2001, 2020, 2020s,
- Case report »
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Maynard Scott McFarland
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in California and Minnesota; sentenced in 2005 to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years; released from prison in 2020; as of 2024, lives in Chula Vista, California as a registered sex offender.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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David Marlen McGhie
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
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Glen Burnell McGhie
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- was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; found guilty of lewd or lascivious act on a child age 14/15 a felony; lost his physical therapy license.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim, 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
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Sergey Tyler Millett
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Brian David Mitchell
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- was a Mormon church member and temple worker in Utah; abductor, with Wanda Barzee, of Elizabeth Smart.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
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Julio Morais
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- was a Mormon church member in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005, 2010, 2010s,
- Case report »
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Steve Nelson
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member in Idaho; in 2009, pleaded guilty to a charge of lewd conduct; sentenced to 30 years in prison; Mormon leaders failed to report abuse to police in the 1980s.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2009,
- Case report »
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Johnathon Damian Nixon
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- was a Mormon church member in Indiana and Utah; convicted guilty of sexual abuse in 2005 in Davis County, Utah; convicted again in 2018 and sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005, 2010s, 2018,
- Case report »
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Jeffery Brian Parks
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- was a Mormon church member in Tennessee; in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, two counts of incest, and two counts of statutory rape; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2003,
- Case report »
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Robert Scott Price
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Idaho; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 8 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2002,
- Case report »
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Chance Lee Ray
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in the Mesa, Arizona area; convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to prison in Arizona; spent approximately 14 years in prison; released in July 2020.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
- Case report »
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Raymond Lewis Rorvik
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- was a Mormon church member in Benicia, California; convicted of LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2003,
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James Walter Sirles
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- was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2005,
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Bradley Grant Stowell
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000s, 2005, 2008,
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James Addison Tolman
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- was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2000s, 2006,
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Jay Toombs
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS church member and private investigator in Benson, Cache Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegations of his abuse were reportedly known to three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother), who never reported it to police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.
- Criminal case: Never charged, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000, 2000s,
- Case report »
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Jeffrey Allan Vargo
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001,
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