LDS sexual abuse case: former UK bishop convicted of sharing CSAM
Steven Wilkinson was a Mormon church member in Bradford and bishop in the Leeds 1st Ward, in the Leeds Stake; convicted in April 2026 for...
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- 4,193 reports of sex abuse
- 397 times church officials allegedly hid abuse
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Mormon Sexual Abuse News
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...
Mormon child sex abuse case: Utah serial killer, 1980s
Arthur Bishop (1952 – 1988) was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five...
Mormon sexual abuse: serial killer’s brother convicted of CSA
Douglas Bishop (1960 – ) was raised Mormon; arrested in 1983 and convicted in 1984 of three counts of sodomy on a child and one...
Mormon sexual abuse: Utah mental health counselor convicted of raping a teenage patient
Jason Calder (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member and mental health counselor in Utah; accused of raping a teenage patient; pleaded guilty; sentenced...
Mormon child sex abuse case: Nevada CSAM, convicted 2023
Kent Schank (1986 – ) was a Mormon church member in Henderson, Nevada; pleaded guilty to POSSESSION OF VISUAL PRESENTATION DEPICTING SEXUAL CONDUCT OF A...
BYU sexual abuse news: professor arrested, charged
Stephen McKean (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Springville, Utah and a BYU professor; arrested in April 2026 and charged with distributing...
Mormon sexual abuse case: disbarred Idaho attorney accused of rape, convicted of reduced charges in 2025
Richard Morriss (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member and divorce lawyer in Meridian, Idaho; accused of rape in 2022; pleaded guilty in 2025...
Mormon registered sex offender added: Magna, Utah (2016 conviction)
Joshua Twelves was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted in 2016 of two second-degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; as of...
Mormon child sexual abuse news: former high school soccer coach in Logan, Utah charged
Jorge Cruz (1973 – ) was a former high school soccer coach in Logan, Utah; booked into the Cache County Jail in February 2026 after...
Latter-day Saints sexual abuse case: former California middle school teacher, sentenced to prison in 2012 for enticement of a minor
Eugene Wasson Ballantyne (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school teacher; pleaded guilty in July 2012 to one count of attempting...
LDS sex abuse case: Fallon, Nevada offender; church leaders allegedly failed to report to civil authorities
Daniel Bake (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fernley, Nevada; in February 2021, was convicted of two counts of LEWDNESS W/CHILD, UNDER...
Mormon sexual abuse case added: 4+ alleged Maryland victims; one said she was pressured to support rebaptism
Corey Taylor (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member in Baltimore, Maryland; pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to sexual abuse of two...
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...
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: 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 Abusers: Examples
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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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- Matthew Doyle (1973 – ) was an LDS bishop in Copperas Cove, Texas (2nd Ward) in the 2000s; was a high school basketball coach; convicted in 2011 of sexual assault .
- During crime: Bishop,
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
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- Larren Arnold (1935 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16; convicted, received a five-year suspended sentence and three years probation; Mormon leaders allegedly knew as early as 1964 about Arnold's abuse; the Mormon church made a $50,000 settlement payment to a victim in 2001, and a payment to another victim in 2012; died in 2017 .
- During crime: Scout leader,
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
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Church paid $50,000
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- David Cannata (1965 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse .
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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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- Arlo Atkin (1956 – ) was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, spent 132 days in jail .
- During crime: Bishop,
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Jay Toombs (1956 – ) was an LDS scout leader and private investigator in Benson, Utah; allegedly told his stake president (a Cache County prosecutor) in 1994 that he had molested boys; three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother) allegedly knew of abuse but did not tell police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to five years to life in prison; released in 2025; lives in Logan, Utah .
- Convicted:
2000,
- During crime: Scout leader,
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
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"I felt like I was going to the authorities [by reporting to multiple bishops]. I wanted to do what was right. I didn't want to see him go to prison. I wanted him to get help. [...] I was always told to be patient with Jay, he was a good man. That's what I was told again and again and again. I was even given priesthood blessings that I had been chosen to help him."-
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- Michael Antrobus (1947 – 2023) was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; allegedly had at least a dozen victims .
- Convicted:
2021, 2022,
- During crime: Bishop, Branch president,
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Stake official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Errol Pilling (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and licensed psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; went on an LDS mission to England in the early 1960s; pleaded guilty in 1988 and in 1994 to charges of sexual misconduct; in September 1994, his registration as a chartered psychologist with the Psychologists Association of Alberta was cancelled; in 1994, was excommunicated; as of February 2024, lives in Twin Falls, Idaho .
- During crime: Bishop,
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- 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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Mormon sexual abuse statistics
So far, Floodlit has found:
- 4,193 reports of sex abuse by Latter-day Saints
- 397 times church officials allegedly hid abuse
- 199 lawsuits against the LDS church
- 137 accused former Mormon bishops
- 90 reports of abuse in LDS churches/temples
- $52.2 million paid after alleged failures
- 262 ongoing criminal cases and civil suits
- 33,475 documents
Mormon sexual abuse map
See our map of over 1,000 places where Latter-day Saints allegedly perpetrated sex crimes and where LDS sex offenders live.
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.
In an ongoing series, we examine lawsuits alleging that Mormon officials failed to report sexual abuse or protect victims.
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