Ralph Neeley
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- was an LDS church member in the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020; the Mormon church reportedly paid several million US dollars in a settlement to the victim.
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Alleged coverup
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LDS church payment: $5,000,000
- Criminal: Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Arkansas, Texas,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
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