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Donate »17 Mormon sexual abuse cases
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Leizza Alcantara Adams
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Alleged coverup- was the wife of sexual abuser Paul Douglas Adams; sentenced in 2018 in Arizona to 2.5 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of child abuse (not sexual abuse).
- Criminal: Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Nathan J Dupuis
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Thomas Evans-Southall
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Jeffrey Allen Graton
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- was a Mormon church counselor in a bishopric in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2018 for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Samuel M Heavilon
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member in Frankfort, Indiana; convicted in 2018 of child exploitation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Indiana,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Craig Aaron Housley
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- was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty in 2018 of child sexual exploitation; sentenced to 210 days in state prison and five years of probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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James Steven Larsen
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- was a Mormon church member in Magna, Utah; accused of putting cameras in LDS church bathrooms as well as a private rental; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Victim's home,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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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: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2000s, in Indiana, Utah,
- Convicted: 2000s, 2005, 2010s, 2018,
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David Chandler Owens
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- was an LDS elders quorum president in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2018 to 20 or more years in prison for sexually assaulting three young men in his Mormon ward.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Arizona, Maricopa County (Arizona),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Keith Richard Price
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- was a Mormon bishop in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2018 of class A misdemeanor voyeurism; secretly recorded underage girls; the crime occurred while he was serving as bishop.
- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Shane Cameron Pugh
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- was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; accused of touching an underage girl while she was sleeping; in 2017, found guilty of forcible sexual abuse (2nd degree felony); sentenced to 1 to 15 years in prison and 3 years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Shane Ross
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- was an LDS church member and public school teacher in Salem, Oregon; accused of child sexual abuse of a former student; convicted in 2018 and sentenced to prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 2010s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Heidi Tasso
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- was an LDS church member and school teacher/counselor in St. George, Utah; charged in 2016 with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in June 2018 to one third-degree felony count of unlawful sexual activity with a minor; sentenced in August 2018 to 120 days in jail, 36 months probation and 200 hours of community service.
- Criminal: Community service, Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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John Eric Thiele
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- was a Mormon church stake high council member in Idaho; convicted in 2018 of sexual abuse, no jail time served; registered as sex offender.
- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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James Robert Ungricht
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- was a Mormon church member and junior high school science and math teacher in San Diego, California; arrested in 2017 for lewd conduct in public; pleaded no contest in 2018 to a misdemeanor charge of lewd conduct in a public place; sentenced to serve 30 days in county jail, plus three years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, No contest, Probation,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 2010s, in California,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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Curtis Lee Ware
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- was a Mormon church member and Football coach for Grantsville High School in Utah; convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, all class A misdemeanors. He also pleaded guilty to tampering with a witness in a separate case, a class A misdemeanor that was then reduced to class B mis.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 2,
- Crime: 2016, in Grantsville, Grantsville High School,
- Convicted: 2018,
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Alexander Clifton Winward
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- was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to 4 felony counts of child sex abuse, with all victims under the age of 7.
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime: 2010s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2018,
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