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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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Mathew Legrand Arrington
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- was a Mormon church member and foster child advocate in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2021 to 15 years in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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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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Robert Lewis Davis
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Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes- was a Mormon church member in Eugene, Oregon; convicted of 5 counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and sentenced to 75 months in prison.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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Larry Deutsch
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- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Online,
- Crime years: 2010s, 2020s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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John Doe
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Anthon Taylor Ellsworth
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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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Elwood Bruce Haws
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- was a longtime employee and vice president of an LDS church-owned trust company in Utah; charged in 2020 with 13 second degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (related to possession of child pornography); admitted that he viewed child pornography 3-4 times a week over a 3-4 year span; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three counts and was sentenced to 180 days in jail; in 2023, violated probation.
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Violated parole/probation,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2010s, 2020s,
- 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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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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Eric Lee Knight
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- was an LDS church member; former physician; pleaded guilty in 2021 in New Hampshire to two felony counts of second-degree assault in a plea deal that would allow him to get his medical license back and avoid the sex offender registry.
- Criminal case: Convicted, Plea agreement, Pleaded guilty, Unknown,
- Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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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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Matthew Gregory Shepard
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- was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; In October of 2019 chatted with online 13year old persona to try and meet for sex; found guilty to 3 counts of entice a minor by internet or text; currently in jail in Duchese, Utah..
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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Jason Buford Smith
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- was an LDS church member in Indiana; in 2019, confessed to sexually abusing a child; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2021 to 728 days of probation for battery against a child under 14 years old.
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Probation,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: 2020s, 2021,
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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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