Showing 8 of 4,074 Mormon church members accused of sex crimes or Mormon leaders accused of failure to report sexual abuse
Russell Harbin
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- was a Mormon church member in Polson, Montana; convicted of sexual intercourse without consent with an 11-year-old child; the alleged abuse lasted from 2022 to 2024; he allegedly was assigned to be a Primary teacher sometime after the abuse began; sentenced in 2025 to 40 years in prison; the judge suspended 20 years of the 40-year term.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Montana,
- Positions: Primary,
Alleged coverup
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Thomas Quinton
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- was an LDS church member in Alberta, Canada; Tom drove to Great Falls, Montana to meet a 12 year old girl he met through a Craigslist ad; was arrested in a sting operation.
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- Alleged crime: 2010s, in Canada,
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Thomas Stranger
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- was an LDS church member in Helena, Montana; arrested four times for indecent exposure; accused of watching pornographic material while masturbating looking at women nearby.
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- Alleged crime: 2020s, in Montana,
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Richard Dilley
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- was an LDS church member and scout leader in Burien, near Seattle, Washington; dishonorably discharged from the Navy in 1983 after admitting to abusing boys in a Scouting program in Athens, Greece; pleaded guilty in 1990 to one count of third degree child rape and five counts of child molestation for "repeated" offenses over two years of the scouts in his LDS troop; sentenced to 9 years in prison.
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- Crime: 1980s, in Greece, Washington,
- Positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
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Luke Dalton
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- was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison.
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- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, in Montana, Ohio, Utah,
- Positions: Scout leader,
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Scott Phister
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- was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Wyoming; later moved to Utah and worked as a massage therapist; pleaded no contest in 2022 to two class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery for touching a female massage client in a sexual manner.
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- Crime: 2020s, in Utah,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
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Kelly Teters
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- was an LDS church member in Montana; in 2001, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 1997; in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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- Crime: 1990s, in Montana,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Alleged coverup
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Clayton Hildreth
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- was a Mormon stake president in Butte, Montana; from Dillon, Montana; arrested in June 2004 by Boise, Idaho police for soliciting sex from a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl online; was stake president at the time of his arrest; pleaded guilty in October to a charge of interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor; sentenced in 2005 to three years and five months in prison.
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- Crime: 2000s, in Idaho,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Alleged coverup
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