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Nicholas Alahverdian
- AKA Nicholas Rossi, Nicholas Brown Knight, Nicholas Alahverdian, Rossi, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Brown, Adam Smith, Professor Alistair Jones, Nicholas Alahverdian Rossi, Nicholas Edward Rossi, Nicholas Alahverdian-Rossi, Nick Alan, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Knight
- Latest update: 2024: extradited to Utah from Scotland to face charges of rape
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1987
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of rape; recently extradited from Scotland; has a lengthy history of criminal behavior.
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John Baysden
- AKA John Baysen (misspelled by an AP news release)
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: United States - Ogden 2005-2005
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors.
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David Neil Brown
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
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Gary Wade Brown
- AKA Wade Brown
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1967
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
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William Butcher
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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Raphael Giuseppe Caccioppoli
- Latest update: 2008: sentenced in New Zealand to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1971
- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality).
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Cory Clyde Campbell
- Latest update: 2010: sentenced to prison in Utah
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexually abusing five underage girls; sentenced in 2010 to prison.
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Brett Candelaria
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1972
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life.
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Max Todd Cheatham
- AKA CHEATMAN,MAX TODD CHEATHAM,MAX T CHEATHAM,MAX
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: Argentina - Argentina 1979-1981
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse.
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Brandon Scott Cordero
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Alfred Francis Cote
- AKA Fred Cote
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1958
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and Boy scout leader in New Hampshire and Nauvoo, Illinois; convicted in the 1980s and in 2020 of child sexual abuse.
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John Gardner Cummings
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Kevin F Curlew
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Claims against LDS church dismissed, Unknown result,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police.
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Michael Davies
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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Michael Adam Davis
- AKA Mike Davis
- Latest update: March 2024: appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction, claiming ineffective counsel and a violation of his constitutional rights
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1985
- LDS positions: Elders quorum president, Other leader,
- LDS mission: United States -
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- He 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.
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Spencer Remde Dixon
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1964
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Found not guilty, Jury trial,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused in 2002 of touching a 13-year-old girl inappropriately inside the LDS chapel of the Monument Park 7th Ward; acquitted in a jury trial.
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Joseph Paul Durborow
- AKA JOSEPH PAUL DURBOROW X JP X LAZARAS
- Latest update: Is a registered sex offender, lives in Orem, Utah; severed 10 years for Federal/State convictions
- Victims: 3 victims,
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Born: 1961
- LDS mission: unknown
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in Federal and State courts in 2003.
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Richard Oren Fowler
- Latest update: is a registered sex offender living in Post Falls, Idaho
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1944
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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.
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Richard Freeman
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1963
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Fresno, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; moved to Provo, Utah.
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Brad Gale
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was an LDS church member; sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for photographing a teenage boy engaging in sexual acts.
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Shawn Cory Gooden
- Latest update: November 2023: sentenced in Virginia to up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts; faces more charges in Pennsylvania
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1974
- LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Stake presidency counselor, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: United States - Ohio Cleveland (Spanish speaking)
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Ongoing, Prison, Probation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He 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.
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John Earl Goodrich
- AKA Dr. Goodrich
- Latest update: December 2023: AP story breaks about a secret $300,000 offer by the Mormon church to Goodrich's confessed sexual abuse victim
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Criminal charges dropped, Withheld judgment,
- Civil case: Settlement,
- The accused was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the AP reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story to sue the church, and to keep the NDA secret; arrested in Virginia in March 2024.
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Melvin Eugene Hansen
- AKA Mel Hansen
- Latest update: 2023: is in prison in Utah
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1952
- LDS positions: Other leader, Tabernacle Choir member,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Police investigation,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He 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.
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Devin Richard Hartman
- AKA Zach, Zach Anderson, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Zach Anderson
- Latest update: found guilty of rape and is serving 2 life sentences in prison
- Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1975
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission: Portugal - Porto Portugal
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison.
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Lawrence Steven Huffman
- AKA Larry, Larry Huffman
- Latest update: Is a registered sex offender living in Hutchinson, Kansas
- Victims: 1 victim, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1967
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Mound City, Kansas; found guilty of sodomizing a minor; lives in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Thad Andrew Jesperson
- Latest update: Conviction reversed
- Victims: 8 victims,
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Born: 1964
- LDS mission: Unknown country - Somewhere in South America
- Criminal case: Convicted, Overturned/reversed,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Murietta, California; accused of sexually abusing 8 of his elementary students at Toler Elementary School.
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Spencer Kay Kartchner
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1965
- LDS positions: Ward mission leader,
- LDS mission: Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021.
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David John Keller
- AKA Dave Keller
- Latest update: May 2024: admitted to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child
- Victims: 1 victim,
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Stake presidency counselor, Sunday school teacher, Temple worker,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Admitted guilt, Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon temple worker, Sunday school teacher and former stake presidency member in Paradise, Cache Valley, Utah; admitted in May 2024 to child sexual abuse and was charged with seven first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
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Doyle Clarence Kelstrom
- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1938
- LDS mission: United States - Texas [unknown]
- Criminal case: Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Oregon and Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Brandon Lee Manning
- Latest update: November 2023: registered sex offender in Georgia; not incarcerated; lives in Fort Valley, Georgia
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1973
- LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: United Kingdom - Scotland Edinburgh 1993-1993
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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.
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David George McConkie
- AKA Bishop McConkie, President McConkie
- Latest update: Feb. 7, 2024: pleaded not guilty; 2023-11-20 - preliminary hearing waived; McConkie was permitted to move to Utah
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1978
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- LDS mission: Bolivia - Bolivia Cochabamba 1997-1999
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a former Mormon stake president, Mormon bishop and deputy district attorney in Colorado, and paternal grandson of former Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in August 2023; charged in September 2023 with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; in November 2023, granted permission by the judge to move to Utah; pleaded not guilty in February 2024.
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Glen Burnell McGhie
- Latest update: Lives in Lynnwood, Washington and had his name removed from sex offender database
- Victims: 1 victim, 3 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1958
- LDS mission: Japan -
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Santa Clara, California; found guilty of lewd or lascivious act on a child age 14/15 a felony; lost his physical therapy license.
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DeRon Harrison Olsen
- AKA President Olsen, Bishop Olsen
- Latest update: 2024: in prison in Washington
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1944
- LDS positions: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused 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.
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Orin Ervin Searle
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Not convicted, Unknown,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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James Walter Sirles
- AKA Buster
- Latest update: Died in 2018
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Born: 1924
Died: 2018
- LDS mission: Unknown country -
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Chesterfield, Virginia; convicted of possession of child pornography and production and distribution of child pornography.
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Bradley Grant Stowell
- AKA Brad Stowell
- Latest update: 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Herriman, Utah
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1972
- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- LDS mission: United States - Alaska Anchorage 1991-1993
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: Unknown result,
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA.
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Keele Ryan Taylor
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted for possession of child pornography; In July 2019, accepted plea deal to possession, so the distribution charge was dropped.
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Glendon Templeton
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Never charged,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- He was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; accused but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes.
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James Addison Tolman
- Latest update: Lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Victims: Multiple victims,
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Born: 1972
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming.
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Jay Toombs
- AKA Jay Tombs
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1958
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission: no
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Never charged, Unknown,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and private investigator in Benson, Cache Valley, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; allegations of his abuse were reportedly known to three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother), who never reported it to police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.
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Spencer C Turner
- Victims: 4 victims,
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Born: 1977
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Unknown,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Murray, Utah; In June of 2007 arrested for meeting with a girl he thought was a minor for kissing and fondling her; also possibly sexually abused 3 other minor girls.
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Jeffrey Allan Vargo
- AKA Allen (on court records)
- Victims: 1 victim,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Christopher B Warnock
- Latest update: In Oshkosh Correctional Institution, Oshkosh, WI, earliest eligibililty for parole 2024-05-18
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1950
- LDS positions: Stake seventy,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Leaders allegedly hid sex crimes
- Criminal case: Convicted,
- The accused 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 .
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Charles Edward Weber
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Born: 1947
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member and principal in Heber, Utah; convicted of forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse unlawful sexual activity with a minor; admitted to sexually abusing children throughout his 35 year career.
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Ruth Zurcher Worthen
- Latest update: June 2024: arrested and charged with child sexual abuse
- Victims: 4 victims, Unknown number of victims,
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Born: 1949
- LDS positions: Unknown,
- LDS mission: unknown
- Criminal case: Ongoing,
- Civil case: Civil case dismissed with prejudice,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse by one adult in a 2019 civil lawsuit and in 2023 by four adults (one of whom was the 2019 plaintiff); arrested and charged in June 2024 with numerous felonies related to child sexual abuse.
- Case report »
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