LDS child sexual abuse case: Utah man, convicted 2007
Floodlit’s LDS sexual abuse database has added another case. David Lee Boatwright was a Mormon church member in Providence, Utah; pleaded guilty to two counts...
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- 394 times church officials allegedly hid abuse
- 132 accused former bishops
- $52.2 million paid after alleged failures
- 261 ongoing criminal / civil cases
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Mormon Sexual Abuse News
Mormon sexual abuse: ex-Wyoming youth leader, CSAM, guilty
Another child sexual abuse material (CSAM) case has been added to Floodlit’s growing Mormon sex abuse database. Gregory Weinand was a Cowley, Wyoming man; convicted...
Latter-day Saints child sexual abuse: Utah man, 2020, guilty
Floodlit has added another Latter-day Saint child sexual abuser to our database. According to the Declaration for Arrest, Gordon Krengel was caught sexually abusing a...
LDS sex abuse case: abuser lists Utah temples as addresses
Floodlit has added another LDS sex abuse case to our database. Adam Kelly of St. George, Utah was convicted in 2009 of second-degree felony child...
Mormon sexual abuse case added: 2006 BYU student
Floodlit has added another Latter-day Saints sex abuse case to our growing database. Details: Daniel Duke case report Daniel Duke (1987 – ) was a...
Former Mormon missionary to Hawaii sent to prison for Utah child sex crimes
Details: Cade Hilton Boyle Boyle told investigators he was sent home early from his LDS mission to Hawaii for starting an inappropriate conversation with a...
Wade Christofferson excommunication confirmed by former stake high council member
Today, Mormon Stories Podcast published a recorded interview with Edward Nachel, a former Mormon stake high council member in Illinois. Nachel confirmed what Floodlit reported...
Former Mormon bishopric counselor approved for rebaptism despite child sexual abuse conviction
Case details: Robert David Adams
Former Latter-day Saint bishop sentenced to jail for assault; registered sex offender
Alan Roman Andrus was sentenced Feb. 20, 2026 to 32 days in jail and probation after a California jury found him guilty of simple assault....
Former Mormon branch president jailed in Utah for child sex abuse; Mormon church accused of failure to report abuse for years
UPDATE February 2026: Jeffrey Rock was sentenced to 18 months in Utah County jail for sexual battery February 2026. Family members of Jeffrey Butler Rock...
Former Salt Lake City fire battalion chief arrested, accused of possessing hundreds of child sexual abuse images (CSAM)
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Lawsuit: Arkansas Mormon officials failed to protect victim after 11 years of child sexual abuse
A new lawsuit has been filed against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Arkansas. According to the lawsuit, in 1993 G.S. was...
Boy Scout official who suspended SA perpetrators, was later convicted of possessing and distributing CSAM
Floodlit recently added two men to our database. Dick Jensen was a Mormon dentist in McMinnville, Oregon. Douglas S. Smith Jr. was a Boy Scout...
A survivor is looking for academic study participants: women who experienced patriarchal violence in the LDS church
An academic researcher (a survivor herself) is seeking LDS participants to interview who have experienced patriarchal violence in the LDS Church (interpersonal/institutional or both). –...
A temple’s tale: Years after child sex abuse lawsuit, Mormon stake president accused of coverup became temple president, abuser attended
BREAKING NEWS FROM FLOODLIT.org: A Floodlit investigation has revealed that after a stake president in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon church)...
Updated Mormon sex abuse case report: James Ricky Neumeyer, Utah
Details: James Ricky Neumeyer Floodlit obtained copies of police records created by the Centerville Police Department in 2024. A police detective reported that in June...
New federal lawsuit accuses former Mormon bishop John Goodrich of sexual abuse of another child
Floodlit.org has learned of a newly filed federal lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over allegations of child sexual abuse by...
Candon Dahle, a Mormon and former BYU baseball pitcher, 180-day jail sentence to END EARLY; after 5 years of alleged child sex abuse, he WON’T have to register as a sex offender, thanks to a plea deal
Floodlit.org has learned that Candon Dahle is about to be released from jail. Details: https://floodlit.org/a/b168/ Candon Dahle full case report Dahle, 22, was a starting...
Victim: LDS Primary general president (2005-10) covered up son’s alleged CSA in 1980s; he was convicted in 2018, 2023 of crimes related to CSA of two children
Floodlit has updated our case report on Robert Tanner Lant of Utah, adding a timeline and details of allegations that Lant’s parents, both prominent members...
Former Mormon bishop accused of sexual assault awaits sentencing for misdemeanor battery
Details: https://floodlit.org/a/a534/ Over 130 former bishops accused of sex crimes: https://floodlit.org/lpe/ever-bishop/
Listed: Jeff Rock, former LDS bishopric counselor
Case report: https://floodlit.org/a/e995/ Jeffrey Rock (1955 – ) pleaded guilty in December 2025 in Utah to three charges of sexual battery; set to be sentenced...
Listed: Todd Nef, in Washington prison for child sexual abuse
Todd Nef case report Michael Nef case report (Todd’s father)
Michael Nef (LDS) went to prison in Idaho for one of the “most shocking” cases in county history. Died Dec 13. Obit says he “leaves a great legacy of faith and repentance”
Michael Nef case report Todd Nef case report (Michael’s son)
Former Zions Bank VP Spencer Pratt sentencing Dec. 31 for charges related to 10 years of alleged child sex abuse of two children
To read more, please visit: https://floodlit.org/a/b159 Spencer Pratt will be sentenced tomorrow for forcible sex abuse and aggravated sex abuse of a child in Utah....
LDS Sex Abuse: Special Reports
BREAKING: Mormon church accused of omitting 19 pages of evidence in “deeply disingenuous” attempt to stop sexual abuse lawsuit after rejected $250M immunity bid
Floodlit, an independent newsroom reporting on sexual abuse in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has obtained documents revealing a legal battle in...
Rinse & Repeat: Mormon church trying to force BSA victim to dismiss sex abuse lawsuit
Floodlit case report: Richard Kent James Complaint: John Doe v. LDS Church, Bill Marriott, Mormon officials John Doe Objection to LDS Church Motion, BSA Bankruptcy,...
For 26 years (1963-89), LDS-BSA top execs knew of “perversion files,” but allegedly did not tell LDS church
Floodlit.org has learned that from 1963 to 1989 (26 straight years), five Mormon men who knew of the Boy Scout perversion files held the paid...
Uncovering the Mormon Church’s Knowledge of Child Sexual Abuse: The 1984 Lawsuit
Yesterday, we mentioned the disturbing case of Richard Kenneth Ray, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS church) who admitted...
Findings re: Mormon official’s declaration on church knowledge of sexual abuse
Floodlit.org has learned that in 2012, LDS church risk management director Paul Rytting declared under penalty of perjury, “the first lawsuit against the Church relating...
Where are the letters? Alleged sex abuse coverup by Mormon First Presidency
Did you know there is a current lawsuit accusing the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of aiding a sex...
FLOODLIT discovers three more Mormon sex abuse settlements, totaling over $2 million
FLOODLIT has learned of three more settlements the Mormon church paid after alleged sexual abuse of children. 1. $1.5 Million in 2019 in Riverside County,...
BREAKING: Mormon church files appeal after losing civil suit against sex abuse insurers
Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
BREAKING: Mormon Church Nears Massive Settlement of Over 100 Sexual Abuse Claims
Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. FLOODLIT.org, an independent newsroom investigating sexual abuse in...
Mormon church loses civil suit against insurers over sexual abuse settlements
Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Wave of around 100 Mormon sex abuse lawsuits continues in California
Part of a series of Floodlit special reports on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse coverups by Mormon officials. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Timeline: LDS church sued insurers to collect $90 million, after settling 5-year-long child sex abuse suit
FLOODLIT.org, an independent newsroom investigating sexual abuse in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, broke the story last week that the church spent...
$59 million, five years: what Mormon officials spent to stop a sex abuse lawsuit
FLOODLIT.org, an independent newsroom investigating sexual abuse in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has learned that the church spent nearly $60 million...
Mormon Sexual Abusers: Examples
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- Shawn Gooden (1974 – ) 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 .
Crime: 1990s, 2000s, 
Crime state:
Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- Convicted:
2023,
During crime: Unknown position, - Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Recreational trip/outing,
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- Craig Mathias (1960 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in Santa Clarita, California; was in the Northridge 1st Ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting five boy scouts at his home; the alleged abuse involved up to 11 scouts; reportedly urged one victim on a recorded phone call not to tell police about the abuse; sentenced to six years in prison; released in 1990; registered sex offender (2025) .
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime city:
CA - Los Angeles, CA - Santa Clarita,
- Crime county:
CA - Los Angeles,
- Crime state:
California,
- Convicted:
1987,
- During crime: Scout leader,
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building, Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, Ward official accused of discouraging victim or others from reporting, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability, Ward official accused of saying victim was responsible,
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- Prescott De Jean (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender .
- Convicted:
2013,
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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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 .
- Crime: 1990s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Pennsylvania,
- Crime country:
Canada,
- Convicted:
1999, 2000, 2012,
- During crime: Scout leader,
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home, Recreational trip/outing, Scout activity,
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Church paid $unknown
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- Steven Hammock (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock gave to church officials; in 1997, a federal judge awarded $150,000 in damages to the victim .
- Alleged:
1 victim,
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Church paid $150,000
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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"When is everyone going to realize that this shit's got to stop?"-
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- Robert Tubbs (1951 – ) was an LDS scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; admitted he told a Mormon bishop in the early 1970s he had molested multiple boys; Tubbs said the bishop kept the abuse secret; nearly 20 years passed and Tubbs molested others; in the 1990s, Tubbs pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced to six years to life in prison; paroled in 2000; violated parole; released in 2008 .
- During crime: Scout leader,
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Scout activity,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Wendell Thompson (1963 – ) was a former LDS bishop and stake presidency member in Clinton, Mississippi; convicted in 2011 of felony child sexual abuse (gratification of lust); some of the abuse took place while Thompson was in an LDS stake presidency role .
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Mississippi,
- Convicted:
2011,
- During crime: Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
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- Ronald Phelps was an LDS bishop and stake executive secretary, and attorney, in Oklahoma; arrested for indecent exposure before becoming an LDS bishop; accused of child sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly covered up the abuse .
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- Allen Brinkerhoff (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019 .
- Convicted:
2007,
- During crime: Unknown position,
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
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- Eddie Padilla was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice .
- During crime: Bishop,
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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- Byron Poelman (1934 – 2014) was a bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute .
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime city:
UT - Salt Lake City,
- Crime county:
UT - Salt Lake,
- Crime state:
Utah,
- During crime: Stake president,
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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"President and sister Poelman's lives need to be private now. [...] We are a family. A family keeps things private. A family draws close together. These things are to be kept private."-
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- Scott Owen (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in Nov. 2023; sentenced in 2025 to prison .
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime city:
UT - Provo,
- Crime county:
UT - Utah,
- Crime state:
Utah,
- Convicted:
2025,
- During crime: Bishop, Stake presidency counselor,
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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- James Hogan (1937 – ) was a Mormon scout leader in California and Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; in 1989, two teenagers sued the church and Hogan (settled 1990); in 2002, two men sued the church and the BSA (church settled for $800,000 and $75,000); in 2011, a man sued the BSA for $5.2 million (he previously settled with the church); in all, 12 alleged victims 1967-1989 .
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,
- Crime state:
California, Oregon,
- Convicted:
1989,
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building,
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Church paid $875,000
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader in New Jersey and Arizona; pleaded guilty in Arizona to molesting multiple boys; admitted to having at least 15 victims; sentenced to 34 years in prison; Borg's BSA "perversion file" suggested that the LDS church might bear "potential liability" since Borg said he had spoken with a "Brother Perry" at LDS Social Services; released in 2022, lives in Utah .
- Convicted:
1989,
- During crime: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Dennis Schult (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California .
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
California,
- Convicted:
1991,
- During crime: Scout leader,
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Marvin Harker (1968 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender .
- Convicted:
2019,
- During crime: Unknown position,
- Alleged:
5 victims, Multiple victims,
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- Lon Kennard (1941 – 2019) was a former Mormon bishop in Heber City, Utah; in 2011, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2011 to three consecutive terms of five years to life in the Utah State Prison .
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- Douglas Hall (1952 – ) was an LDS bishop and retired Utah Highway Patrol sergeant in Monticello, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2001 to two third degree felony counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2002 to one second degree felony count of sex abuse of a child .
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- John Fanning (1932 – 2012) was a Mormon branch president in Texas, bishop in Oklahoma and Boy Scout executive in several US states, including Utah; accused in 1986 in Utah of sexually abusing at least three boys, including during LDS-sponsored scouting activities; admitted guilt; convicted via plea agreement in 1986 or 1987; sentenced to 30 days in jail and spent approximately 18 months on probation; died in 2012 .
- Convicted:
1987,
- During crime: Scout leader,
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS activity, Scout activity, Vehicle,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"I told [John Fanning] we had two options. Immediate termination or he could resign and I would pay him through the end of next month but he had to leave as of now. He elected to resign."-
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- Clark Crookston (1949 – ) was a former Mormon bishop, dentist and college professor in Orem, Utah; accused of nearly 60 years of sex abuse of multiple children; pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to up to 35 years in prison .
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"I assumed I was alone. I felt guilty even to question his worthiness. [...] I buried the hurt and kept it secret for over 30 years. [...] The children who came forward are my heroes. These are the brave souls [who] broke the curse that has been happening for nearly 60 years."-
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