Showing 18 of 4,060 Mormon church members accused of sex crimes or Mormon leaders accused of failure to report sexual abuse
Richard Gunter
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- was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Jason Gagnon
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- was a Mormon church member who allegedly perpetrated sex crimes in Colorado, Oregon and Virginia.
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- Positions: Youth leader,
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Aaron Neff
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- was a Mormon church member in Grand Junction, Colorado; Convicted of abusing two teenage girls, one for many years; sentenced to 89 years prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Youth leader,
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Benjamin Manning
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- was a Mormon church member in Massachusetts and Utah; in 2014, molested a child while living with her family in Salt Lake City, Utah; charged with child sexual abuse in 2019; was a Sunday school teacher at some point between 2014 and 2024; found guilty by a jury in February 2024; sentenced in April 2024 to 120 years in prison.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Crime: 2010s, in Massachusetts, Salt Lake County (Utah), Utah,
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Cletus Hanifin
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- was an LDS church member in Boulder, Colorado; accused of sexually abusing a young teenage girl in his home, while his wife was away.
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- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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Darin Ray
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- was an LDS church member in Douglas County Colorado; found guilty of sex assault/child/postrust-vict under 15.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher,
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Max Cheatham
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- was an LDS church member in Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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David McConkie
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- was a former Mormon stake president, Mormon bishop and deputy district attorney in Colorado, and paternal grandson of former Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie; arrested in August 2023; charged in September 2023 with felony sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; in November 2023, granted permission by the judge to move to Utah; pleaded not guilty in February 2024.
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- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake president, Youth leader,
- Alleged crime: 2000s, 2010s, in Colorado,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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Allen Stailey
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- was an LDS church member in Colorado and Utah; convicted in 1999 in Colorado of sexual assault on a child.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1990s, in Colorado,
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David Homack
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- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; convicted of sexual abuse in 2009 in Colorado.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Unknown result,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 2000s, in Colorado,
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Dan Overholt
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- was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, in Colorado,
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Richard Nelson
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- was an LDS church member; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Crime: 1980s, in Colorado,
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Mark Gum
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- was an Mormon scout leader in Oxnard, California; a 2011 lawsuit against the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America accused him of sexually assaulting a boy scout; while the boy was living with Gum (with the consent of the boy's parents), church members visited and accepted the living arrangement, the suit said; in 2012, the Mormon church made a settlement payment for an undisclosed amount.
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Alleged coverup-
LDS church payment: Undisclosed amount
- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 1980s, in California,
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Joseph Bishop
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- was a Mormon church member and president of the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center (MTC) in the 1980s; allegedly sexually abused multiple sister missionaries; not criminally charged because the statute of limitations had expired (in 1984, the legal deadline in Utah for filing a rape charge was four years); civil lawsuit was dismissed after an agreement by the plaintiff and the LDS church.
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- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Police investigation,
- Civil: Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- Alleged crime: 1970s, 1980s, in Utah,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
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David Frank
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- was an LDS Sunday school teacher in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: Unknown result,
- Positions: Sunday school,
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Brett Candelaria
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- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life.
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- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, in Colorado,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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Brian Robbins
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- was a Mormon church member in Colorado; accused of child sexual exploitation.
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- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Colorado,
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Martin Gillen
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- was a Mormon church member in Nevada and Colorado; in 2002, Gillen was convicted of sexual assault of a 6-year-old and sentenced to eight years in prison in Colorado; in 2016, arrested and charged again with child sex abuse, but case was dismissed.
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- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- Positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
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