1 LDS sex abuse cases found

  • Year convicted: 1991
    • Dennis Joe Empey
    • Dennis Empey (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Driggs, Idaho and scout leader in Provo, Utah; accused of sexually abusing many children between 1981 and 1990; a stake president and four Mormon bishops allegedly failed to report abuse for years; convicted in 1991 in Utah of child molestation; sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation; charged in 2025 in Idaho with sex crimes
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      • Empey's alleged sex crimes span at least 44 years (1981 - 2025)
    • CrimeCrime: 1980s, 1990s,
    • Places lived: Idaho,
    • Crime state: Idaho, Utah,
    • Crime city: UT - Provo,
    • ConvictedConvicted: 1991,
    • Church positionsWas Scout leader,
    • Criminal casesConvicted, Jail, Probation,
    • LawsuitsLawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
    • Alleged failure to reportAlleged failure to report
      • "This man has molested so many children that it involved four Bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."
      — Joe Empey's neighbor, pre-sentencing letter to Utah County judge George Ballif, Sept. 13, 1991
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