Mormon church ex-employee reportedly attending Sunday meetings despite past child sexual abuse
Leo Lopshire (1945 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, Iowa and South Carolina; arrested June 30, 2026 and charged with multiple felonies...
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Mormon Sexual Abuse/Crime News
Mormon apostle’s brother convicted of crimes related to child sexual abuse
Wade Christofferson, brother of Latter-day Saints apostle D. Todd Christofferson, has been convicted of federal crimes related to child sexual abuse. News reports are not...
Former Mormon primary presidency member convicted in 2012 of child sexual abuse
FLOODLIT has added another former Latter-day Saint ward primary worker to its database. Lisa Davis (1965 – ) was a Mormon church member in Othello,...
Former Idaho school district employee sentenced to prison for molesting young girl
Dean Erickson (full name Dallas Dean Erickson) worked at a school in West Jefferson School District in Idaho. Erickson was sentenced in June 2026 to...
Former Utah charter school director pleads guilty to federal CSAM charges, admitted to creating chat group for parents to share images abusing their 0-9 year-old girls, reportedly was stake young men’s president when arrested
UPDATE: June 9, 2026 On June 3, former Utah charter school director Jared Dallan Buckley pleaded guilty to: PRODUCING CSAM DISTRIBUTING CSAM POSSESSING CSAM “In...
Former Mormon bishop in California charged with child sexual abuse
Michael Morris (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member and former bishop in Livermore, California; accused of sexually abusing 4 young men in his...
Former Mormon stake presidency member, temple worker sentenced to prison in Utah for child sexual abuse
David John Keller (1970 – ) was a Mormon temple worker, Sunday school teacher and former stake presidency member in Paradise, Cache Valley, Utah; admitted...
Former Mormon stake president and bishop faces child sex abuse charges in Texas, Utah
Bryan Randall Brown (1972 – ) was a former Mormon stake president 2009-2015 Corpus Christi, TX and active bishop in Copperas Cove, TX area when...
Mormon sexual abuse: Utah prep school teacher, convicted 2011; in letter of support, former BYU law school dean called him “a man of principle and integrity”
Matthew Kennington (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher at Maeser Preparatory Academy in Lindon, Utah; was convicted of four...
Mormon bishop and seminary teacher allegedly failed to report child sex abuse by temple worker
Dennis Crawford (1946 – ) was a Mormon church member in Twin Falls, Idaho and in Utah; convicted in 2022 of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF...
Mormon sex abuse case: Utah man abused woman with special needs after allegedly confessing abuse of previous victim to two LDS bishops, who reportedly did not report to police because they “didn’t want to ‘ruin his life'”
Dale Heckel (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member in West Valley, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2009; is a registered sex offender...
Latter-day Saint sexual abuse: Nephi, Utah man convicted of exploitation
Jay Forscutt (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Nephi, Utah; convicted in 2022 of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to eight...
LDS child sexual abuse pending case: Utah man reportedly confessed to his bishop
Jason Kilgore (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Mountain Green, Utah; charged in 2024 with four felony counts of aggravated child sexual...
Mormon sexual abuse case: former Arizona wrestling coach sent to prison
Daniel Scott Larsen (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member in Winslow, Arizona; convicted of sexually abusing 4 minors from ages 5-15, some dating...
Mormon church appeals denial of insurance coverage for $32 million child sexual abuse settlement
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is appealing a federal court ruling that denied insurance reimbursement for a $32 million settlement paid to...
LDS sexual abuse case: non-compliant Utah registered sex offender
Andrew Bowers (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/2ND DEGREE FELONY in...
LDS sexual abuse case: Utah child rapist, registered sex offender
Scott Bowers (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; April 2006 was convicted of 2 counts of: SEXUAL ABUSE...
LDS sexual abuse case: Utah man convicted of lewdness, 2026
Daniel Mooy (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty to two counts of lewdness and intoxication in April...
Mormon sexual abuse case: ex-police officer in Utah, Arizona, convicted; LDS church excommunicated him in 2006, but church officials allegedly never told police
Gerald Salcido (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and police officer in Mesa, Arizona and in Provo, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse...
Mormon sexual abuse case: Utah man “abused so many children that he can’t keep his victims straight”
Arvid Oakley (1943 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah; accused of sexually abusing several girls who were between 4 and 6...
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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...
Mormon Sexual Abuse/Crime Cases: Selected Examples
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- Jeffrey Rock (1955 – ) was a former Mormon branch president and U.S. State Department employee; lived in California, Utah, Fiji and Thailand; pleaded guilty in 2025 to three charges of sexual battery; sentenced in February 2026 in Utah to 18 months in jail; the Mormon church knew about alleged child sex abuse but failed multiple times over years to alert civil authorities, according to Rock’s relatives .
Crime: 2000s, 
Crime state:
California, Utah, - Crime country:
Thailand,
- Convicted:
2025,
During crime: Unknown position, - Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Counseling/therapy for victim, Disfellowshipped, High-level official accused of failure to report, Officials allegedly gave the accused a church duty after admission of wrongdoing, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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"Myself, my mom and my sister reached out to the LDS Church for help. He lied to them. They protected him with misguided mercy."-
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- Richard Sampson (1945 – ) was a Mormon bishop, stake high council member and doctor in Provo, Utah; was director of medical affairs for the LDS Missionary Training Center; allegedly sexually abused at least seven children; convicted and sentenced in 2014 to one to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse; as of 2024, was out on parole living in Holladay, Utah .
- Convicted:
2014,
- During crime: Bishop, Church employee,
- Alleged:
7 victims, Multiple victims,
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- Frederick Edvalson (1920 – 2009) was a Mormon in Utah and Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland; convicted 3 times of sexual abuse in Maryland in the 1980s; third conviction: while on probation, groomed a 10-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her in a room inside a Mormon chapel on multiple occasions from 1983 to 1984; reportedly told her he was giving her "special religious training;" sentenced to 8 years in prison .
- During crime: Other leader,
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building,
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- Richard James (1966 – ) was a Mormon church member in Potomac, Maryland; accused of sexually abusing a boy from 1995 to 1999 at billionaire Bill Marriott's home, an LDS church and other locations; pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges; sentenced to 10 years in prison (nine suspended); was a registered sex offender; the victim sued the church, Marriott and six others in 2024 .
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Maine, Maryland, North Carolina,
- Convicted:
2002,
- During crime: Cub/Boy Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS activity, LDS building, Public/hotel, Scout activity, Vehicle,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Norman Barber (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide .
- Alleged:
Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
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- Edwin Dyer (1935 – 1986) was a Mormon church member and scoutmaster in central Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested as many as 15 boys over a 28-year period; convicted in 1985 of two misdemeanors related to sexual abuse; shot and killed in 1986 by one of his victims; the Mormon church settled out of court for $200,000 with one victim .
- During crime: Cub/Boy Scout leader,
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
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Church paid $200,000
- Alleged church actions: Disfellowshipped, Excommunicated,
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"Until we use names, until people understand that this happened to Johnny next door, it will keep on happening."-
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- Stephen Field was a Mormon church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison .
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s,
- Crime state:
California,
- During crime: Cub/Boy Scout leader,
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
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- Larry Deutsch (1966 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church .
- Convicted:
2021,
- During crime: Bishop,
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building, Online/computer/phone,
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- James Denos (1929 – 2017) was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in 1970 in Westminster, Orange County, California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four minor girls living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950 .
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"In public, my father was always so perfect, and he told us he was perfect. [...] He went to church every Sunday, we had family home evening and we read the Scriptures. People put him on a pedestal. But he was molesting children … right under our noses."-
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- David McConkie (1978 – ) was a Mormon bishop (approximately 2013-16), stake president (2016-21) and deputy district attorney in Colorado; paternal grandson of Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; allegedly confessed child sexual assault to a Mormon church leader in 2008; in July 2025, sentenced to five years probation .
- During crime: Unknown position,
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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Crime: 
Crime state:
Crime country:
During crime: 
Alleged:
Alleged church actions: 
Alleged crime scenes:
Church paid 
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Mormon sexual abuse statistics
So far, Floodlit has found:
- 4,236 reports of sex abuse/crime by Latter-day Saints
- 402 times church officials allegedly hid abuse
- 199 lawsuits against the LDS church
- 138 accused former Mormon bishops
- 90 reports of abuse in LDS churches/temples
- $52.2 million paid after alleged failures
- 271 ongoing criminal cases and civil suits
- 33,475 documents
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Special report: Mormon sexual abuse lawsuits
In 2025, Floodlit learned that the Mormon church spent nearly $60 million to defend and settle a 2013 West Virginia lawsuit by child sexual abuse victims.
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