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Donate »6 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Michael Davis
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- 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.
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Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Elders quorum, Other leader,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Minnesota, Utah,
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Joseph Durborow
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- was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in Federal and State courts in 2003.
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- Alleged crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
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Andrew Gwilliam
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- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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Thad 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- Crime: 2000s, in California,
- Crime scenes: Victim's school,
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Jeffery 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Tennessee,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Raymond 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.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
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