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Melvin Eugene Barhite
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- was a Mormon church member in Michigan; convicted of sex crimes; sentenced in 2001 to prison; while in prison, argued that prison officials violated his religious rights by confiscating photos of scantily clad females between the ages of 14-26.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001,
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Gordon Brent Bodily
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- was a Mormon bishop and physical education teacher in Hyrum, Cache Valley, Utah; accused in 2000 of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001,
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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,
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James Hayes
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- was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS bishop's office, LDS church building,
- Crime years: 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001,
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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,
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Peter Taylor
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- was a Mormon church member in Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, LDS church ordered to make payment, Settlement,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000s, 2001,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $2,500,000
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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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