Mormon sexual abuse database: browse our case reports
FLOODLIT.org has a free public database of hundreds of reports about people who committed or allegedly committed sex crimes, including sexual abuse, while they were active Mormon church members. You can browse the entire database in all sorts of ways, including by LDS church position, number of victims, places where crimes took place, or criminal/civil case result.
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Case #741: Benjamin Michael Manning
- AKA Ben Manning
- April 2024: sentenced to 120 years in prison
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Born: 1991
- Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime: Sunday school teacher,
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- The accused 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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Case #893: Nicholas Alahverdian
- AKA Nicholas Rossi, Nicholas Brown Knight, Nicholas Alahverdian, Rossi, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Brown, Adam Smith, Professor Alistair Jones, Nicholas Alahverdian Rossi, Nicholas Edward Rossi, Nicholas Alahverdian-Rossi, Nick Alan, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Knight
- recently extradited back to Utah from Scotland, in a Uah prision to face charges of rape.
- Victims: 5+,
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Born: 1987
- Unknown,
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- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of rape; recently extradited from Scotland; has a lengthy history of criminal behavior.
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Case #505: Eric Lee Knight
- AKA Dr. Knight
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Born: 1968
- Missionary,
- United States - California Ventura 1987-1989
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- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; former physician; pleaded guilty in 2021 in New Hampshire to two felony counts of second-degree assault in a plea deal that would allow him to get his medical license back and avoid the sex offender registry.
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Case #83: Kevin F Curlew
- Victims: 2+,
- Other leader,
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty,
- Civil case result unknown, Civil judgement in favor of plaintiff, Claims against LDS church dismissed,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police.
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Case #240: Joseph Montanino
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- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
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- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and scout leader in Massachusetts; had a career as a police officer; accused in 1982 of sexual abuse.
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FLOODLIT.org has a free public database of hundreds of reports about people who committed or allegedly committed sex crimes, including sexual abuse, while they were active Mormon church members. You can browse the entire database in all sorts of ways, including by LDS church position, number of victims, places where crimes took place, or criminal/civil case result.
Browse by LDS position and more »