LaVar Withers, a physician in Rexburg, Idaho, and member of the LDS Church, was accused of sexually abusing at least 133 women and children—some as young as 13—over three decades, according to court records documented by FLOODLIT. Withers pleaded guilty in 1996 to a single misdemeanor battery count and received a 30-day jail sentence. He died in 2005.

At least one victim reported being told by her stake president not to contact police, according to the case record. The scope of the accusations and the minimal legal consequence—one misdemeanor plea despite more than 100 accusers—raise questions about how the case was handled by both law enforcement and church leaders.

The case is listed as resolved through Withers' guilty plea and death, though the institutional response to victims' reports remains a subject of scrutiny.