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Scott G. Abraham
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- was a Mormon church member in Powell, Wyoming; set up a hidden camera in women's bathroom at work place; convicted.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
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Michael Dennis Antrobus
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- was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; our sources report that he had at least a dozen victims.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021, 2022,
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Richard Curtis Baker
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- was an LDS church member in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: 7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 2010s, 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
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Samuel Heber Butler
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- was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2020 to 15 years to life in prison for child sexual abuse.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
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Scott Alan Darrington
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- was a former LDS bishop and assistant school principal in Fallon, Nevada; convicted of possession of child pornography, spent a year in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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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,
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Harry Max Fougeron
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- was a Mormon church member in Richmond Hill, Georgia; currently in an ongoing trial accused sexually abusing teenage girls.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
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Richard Oren Fowler
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- was a Mormon church member in Sandy Point, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
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Shawn Cory Gooden
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was an LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
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Lincoln A Gygi
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- was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
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Timothy James Hallows
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- was an Mormon bishop in Utah when he perpetrated sex crimes; sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM); released in January 2023; as of February 2024, lives in Pleasant View, Utah.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
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Melvin Eugene Hansen
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- was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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Hayden Hoss Hunter
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- was a Mormon missionary in California; he was from Pleasant Grove, Utah; arrested in 2020 for distribution of child sexual abuse material (child pornography) while on his mission; convicted of possession of CSAM in 2021.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Released,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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Carl Matthew Johnson
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- was a former mayor of West Bountiful, UT; former Mormon bishop in Utah; arrested for and charged with sexually abusing several children; pleaded guilty in January 2023 to four felony counts of child sexual abuse; sentenced in March 2023 to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1980s, 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2023,
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Dennis L Judd
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- was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism.
- Criminal case: Plea agreement, Probation,
- Civil case: Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2024,
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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,
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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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Joseph H Neipp
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a former LDS bishop in San Jose, California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of convicted Mormon child sexual abuser Samuel Neipp.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church activity, LDS church building, LDS Primary activity,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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DeRon Harrison Olsen
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- was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor in Spokane, Washington; in 2024, pleaded guilty to one felony count of child molestation and one felony count of child rape; sentenced to prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
- Crime years: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2024,
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Jeffrey Paul Olson
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- was a Mormon church member in Utah; found guilty of first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child and was sentenced in 2020 to four consecutive terms of three years to life in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
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Keith O'Dell (or Odell) Peterson
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- was a Mormon church member and former high school teacher in Nampa, Idaho; accused in 1991 of inappropriate sexual contact; sentenced to 180 days suspended jail time and two years of probation; charge was dismissed in 1998 after he completed probation; pleaded guilty in October 2019 to one count of lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced in 2020 to 17 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 1990s, 2020, 2020s,
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Thomas Michael Wallin
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- was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; admitted to sexually abusing a child within an LDS chapel.
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020, 2020s,
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Christopher B Warnock
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon church member in Waukesha County, Wisconsin; found guilty of two counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of Child and one 2nd Deg. Sex Assault-Intoxicated Victim .
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime years: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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