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1408: Kevin Christensen

Child Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor
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Kevin Christensen was a justice court judge in four different Utah municipalities. In 2013, he was censured for quadruple-dipping, so to speak, collecting more than what is allowed by law. He was ordered to repay his overpayment. He was arrested in March 2025 for six sex crimes involving children: two counts of attempted exploitation of a minor, two counts of enticing a minor and two counts of dealing materials harmful to a minor. He is being held without bail.

1400: David G. McConkie

Child Molestation, Child Rape
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David G. McConkie was a deputy district attorney and the president of the Colorado Springs East Stake of the Mormon Church. He left the D.A.’s office for private practice. In 2023, he was arrested for sexual assault of a child. He was charged with two counts of sexually assaulting a child for nine years, from 2004 to 2013, beginning when the child was an infant. He will serve no jail time thanks to a plea agreement that allowed him to plead guilty to one count of attempting to sexual assault a child. He was sentenced in July, 2025.

1379: Christopher David Burk

Sexual Abuse
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Christopher David Burk was a Salt Lake City Fire Department captain, an EMT instructor at a local community college, and worked at a juvenile detention center. He is alleged to have used his role as EMT instructor to touch his students inappropriately in the guise of doing a medical assessment. He is facing 14 counts of forcible sexual abuse and 1 count of attempted forcible sexual abuse. One count of attempted forcible sexual abuse was dismissed.

1274: LDS Church

Organizational Cover-Up
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, often called the Mormon Church, has protected and shielded child predators repeatedly. In December, 2023, The Associated Press did a story exploring just one of the many times the LDS Church has intervened to protect predators. The case they write about is unique in having recordings of the church’s efforts.

1273: John Goodrich

Child Rape, Incest, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery
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John Goodrich was a dentist and bishop of the Church of Latter-Day Saints (LDS.) He made a public confession to sexually assaulting his daughter in his church. He was excommunicated. Following his confession, his daugher and her mother made a complaint alleging years of sexual abuse to police in Idaho in 2016. However, his “spiritual confession” could not be used in court and the police did nothing.

However, he is alleged to have sexually assaulted her on a 1999 field trip when she was thirteen. The trip was to Washington, DC, and to Williamsburg, VA, where the famous Colonial Williamsburg draws hundreds of field trips each year. It was in Virginia where Goodrich was finally indicted.

1258: Kenneth Richens

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Sex Tourism
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Kenneth Merlin Richens was the head of Ken and Darlene Richens Family Education Initiatives Inc. News reports name him and his wife as owners, but no one owns a nonprofit and as it raised and disbursed no money according to Guidestar. It is an unsuccessful nonprofit or perhaps just an excuse to spend time with children under color of charity. He was also an LDS missionary and Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi, Utah. He has pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material.

1178: Kent Prestwich

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Kent Daniel Prestwich was a nursery leader from Lewiston, Utah, for the LDS church. He was arrested in October 2023 for possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. An investigator saw an IP address requesting Child Sexual Abuse Material via peer-to-peer and tracked the IP to Prestwich. After executing a search warrant, investigators found nine materials of child sexual exploitation of little girls who appeared to be between six and ten years old. The materials are described in the affidavit.

1165: Erick Allen Mosteller

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Erick Allen Mosteller is a former Church of Latter Day Saints youth leader and a donor to the “Sound of Freedom” crowdfunded film. In a plea agreement, he pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material. He was sentenced to 250 days in jail and given credit for times served meaning he will be released in six months.