7 LDS sex abuse cases found
- Year convicted: 2000
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- Thomas Gibbons (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Tennessee, Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,
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Convicted: 2000,
Was Ministering/home teacher, Primary,
Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
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- Gene Guinn (1932 – 2008) was an LDS church member in the Dallas Seventh Ward, Texas; in 2000, found guilty by a jury of indecency with a child and sentenced to 68 years in prison; the victim was 10 years old at the time of the crime; Mormon officials allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Texas,
- Crime state: Texas,




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- Vance Hein (1951 – ) was an LDS church member and scoutmaster in West Bradford, Pennsylvania; was convicted in 1999 of a misdemeanor for sexually abusing one of his boy scouts; sentenced in 2000 to 15 years of probation; arrested in 2011 for possessing child pornography; sentenced in 2012 to 15 to 30 years in prison; the Mormon church settled a related lawsuit in 2014
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Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Places lived: Canada, Pennsylvania,
- Crime country: Canada,
- Crime state: Pennsylvania,





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- David McGhie (1963 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2000 of child sexual abuse; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse
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Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,




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- Chester Meek was a Mormon bishop in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada from 1990 to 1995; while bishop, he allegedly sexually sexual assaulted multiple female church members; at least one alleged incident of abuse occurred in the bishop's office inside an LDS church
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Crime: 1990s,
- Places lived: Canada,
- Crime country: Canada,



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- Jay Toombs (1956 – ) was an LDS scout leader and private investigator in Benson, Utah; allegedly told his stake president (a Cache County prosecutor) in 1994 that he had molested boys; three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother) allegedly knew of abuse but did not tell police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to five years to life in prison; released in 2025; lives in Logan, Utah
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Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Places lived: Utah,
- Crime state: Utah,




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- Scott Zaugg (1970 – ) was allegedly a Mormon church member in Utah; was raised in the Mormon church; convicted in 2000 of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison; as of 2025, was a registered sex offender living in Roy, Utah
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Convicted: 2000,
Was Unknown position,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
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