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Larren Bybee Arnold
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
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Wyman C Blankenship
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- was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime: 1960s, in California,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
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Dennis David Collins
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- was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, in Washington,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
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Luke Elbert Dalton
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- was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Montana, Ohio, Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Joel Elisla Houck
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- was an LDS church member in California; accused in the 1960s of sexual abuse; convicted of vagrancy in 1966 and served 10 days in jail; in 1967, placed in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) "perversion files".
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in California,
- Convicted: 1900 to 1979,
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Melvin Kay Johnson
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Alleged coverup- was a seminary teacher, BYU religion professor; accused by his children of sexually abusing his daughters; excommunicated, rebaptized; confessed to sexual abuse, but has not been arrested or criminally charged.
- Criminal: Never charged,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in Utah,
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Franklin Leon Mathias
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- was a former Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in Oregon; had a career as a schoolteacher; accused in 1987 of sexual abuse; sentenced in 1988 to four years in prison for molesting a child; he said that he had 242 victims over a 30 year period.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity/event,
- Crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, in Oregon,
- Convicted: 1980s,
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F N
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- was an LDS bishop in California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Ongoing civil case,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building, Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, 1970s, in California,
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William Schubeck
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- was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in California,
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Orin Ervin Searle
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
- Criminal: Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Utah,
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Charles Brian Shield
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- Alleged coverup
- was an LDS ward executive secretary in England and Scotland; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison.
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, in England, United Kingdom,
- Convicted: 2010s, 2017,
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Unknown Survivor
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- Criminal: Convicted, Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1800s, 1900 to 1949, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
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George Kermit Tilson
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Utah,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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Robert Lewis White
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- was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota in the late 1960s; accused in a civil lawsuit in 2008 of sexually abusing a boy while on his mission.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in South Dakota,
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Emmett White
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- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Florida; was caught in 1966 by local police soliciting an adult sex worker (prostitute); denied any inappropriate behavior around scouts.
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged crime: 1960s, in Florida,
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LaVar Madsen Withers
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- Alleged coverup
- was a Mormon church member and physician in Rexburg, Idaho; was accused of sexual abuse by at least 133 women and children (some as young as 13 years old) over a period of 30 years or more; admitted to sexual abuse; found guilty of misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend; died in 2005.
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment,
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Idaho,
- Convicted: 1990s,
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