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Donation options »8 Mormon sexual abuse cases found
Allen Brinkerhoff
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- was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019.
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- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Curtis Crittenden
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- was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
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John d'Aquin
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- was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles.
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Alleged coverup- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1990s, in Louisiana,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
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Frank Hall
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- was an LDS church member in Utah; former award-winning first grade schoolteacher; sentenced in 2007 to prison for sexually abusing his students.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Utah,
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Lawrence Huffman
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- was an LDS church member in Mound City, Kansas; pleaded guilty to charges related to sodomizing a minor; as of 2024, lives in Hutchinson, Kansas as a registered sex offender.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Kansas,
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Richard McClung
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- was a Mormon bishopric counselor in the Rockford, Illinois area; convicted in 2007 and 2014 of child sexual abuse; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl; allegedly was not removed from bishopric despite charges.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Positions: Bishopric counselor,
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Illinois,
- Crime scenes: LDS activity, LDS building, Perpetrator's home,
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Lance Rushton
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- was an LDS church member in Provo; accused of photo shopping faces of family members, ward church members of adults and children on to pornographic material and distributed them; convicted in 2007 and sentenced to three months in jail and three years of probation.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Positions: Music leader,
- Crime: 2000s, in Provo (Utah), Utah,
- Crime scenes: Online,
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Alan Willey
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- was a Mormon church member and schoolteacher in Utah; honored as teacher of the year twice at local schools; sentenced to prison in 2007 for sexually molesting a child who was one of his students; accused of sexually abusing many other little children in his classes.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
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