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 #740: Kenneth Wilstead
- AKA Dr. Kenny Smiles, Dr. Smiles, Dr. Kenneth Smiles
- Practicing Dentistry in Garland Texas
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- Guatemala - Guatemala (unknown)
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- He was an LDS church member in Garland, Texas; accused of sexual misconduct.
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Case #951: Mikel Christain Massey
- AKA Matt Massey, Mikel Christian Massey, Mikel Massey
- 2024: no charges have been filed
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- Never charged, Police investigation,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Lufkin, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; police investigated, but no charges were filed.
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Case #898: Raymond Casillas
- March 2024: lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 1,
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Born: 1970
- Bishop,
- When accused: Bishop,
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- Convicted, No contest, Plea agreement, Registered sex offender, Sentenced to prison,
- no civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender.
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Case #643: David Gerald Chesser
- AKA Dave
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- Unknown,
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- 2004
- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and track and field athlete in Texas and at BYU-Provo; joined the airforce and moved to Japan; In 2016, was convicted of 2 counts of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to 13 years of confinement accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #648: Douglas George Stoddard
- AKA Doug Stoddard, Bishop Stoddard
- 2023: registered sex offender in Texas (SID 04382768)
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Born: 1949
- Bishop,
- During alleged crime: Bishop,
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- Guilty, Registered sex offender, registered sex offender for life,
- He was an LDS bishop in Hurst, Texas; convicted in 1992 of a felony child sexual abuse charge of indecency with a child by contact; sentenced to 8 years of probation; a lifetime registered sex offender in Texas; named publicly in August 2023 by a victim who said Stoddard molested him and three other boys in his Mormon ward while serving as bishop.
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Case #620: Bryce Conrad Chatland
- June 2023: arrested, charged; awaiting pre-trial
- Victims: 2,
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Born: 1968
- Unknown,
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- Ongoing criminal case,
- He was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse.
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Case #547: Melvin Eugene Barhite
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Born: 1944
- Unknown,
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- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member in Michigan; convicted of sex crimes; sentenced to prison; while in prison, argued that prison officals violated his religious rights by confiscating photos of scantily clad females between the ages of 14-26.
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Case #531: Leonard Loschen
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Born: 1948
- Unknown,
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2022 to prison in Utah for sexually abusing LDS missionaries.
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Case #502: Terry George Allen
- AKA Terry Allen
- 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Grapevine, Texas
- Victims: 10+,
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Born: 1943
- Bishopric counselor, High priest, Stake high council, Stake public communications director, Sunday school president, Sunday school teacher, Ward music director, Youth leader,
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty, Required to register as sex offender, Sentenced to prison,
- no civil case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas.
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Case #501: Ed Thatcher
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- Bishop, Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor,
- United States - Tallahassee
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- He was a Mormon bishop and later a city manager in Texas; accused of sexual harassment; results of accusations unknown.
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Case #456: Robert Fleming Westover
- AKA Rob Westover
- 2023-03-10 - pleaded guilty; was sentenced to 4 years probation
- Victims: 1,
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Born: 1972
- Bishop, Missionary,
- When accused: Stake high council,
- Spain - Spain Bilbao
- 2002
- Guilty, Sentenced to probation,
- no civil case,
- He was a former LDS bishop and attorney in Dallas, Texas; arrested in 2021 for allegedly recording a minor; pleaded guilty in 2023 and sentenced to 4 years probation.
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Case #85: Luke Elbert Dalton
- AKA Lee Dalton; Luke Elbert Dalton Jr.
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Born: 1941
- Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
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- Guilty,
- The accused 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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Case #92: Prescott Louis De Jean
- AKA Prescott Louis De Jean III, Prescott DeJean
- 2024: lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
- Victims: 1,
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Born: 1955
- Scout leader, Youth leader,
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- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Registered sex offender, Required to register as sex offender, Sentenced to prison, Sentenced to probation, Violated parole,
- The accused was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender.
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Case #137: Gene Audra Guinn
- 2008: died of cancer in Palestine, Texas
- Victims: 2+,
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Born: 1932
Died: 2008
- High priest,
- no
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- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #214: Robert Eric Longman
- Victims: 1,
- Missionary,
- During alleged crime: Missionary,
- no
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- Convicted, No contest, Sentenced to probation,
- He was a Mormon missionary in Corpus Christi, Texas; molested a three-year old in a bedroom while two other missionaries talked with the mother; pleaded no contest to charges filed in May 1989 of indecency with a child; sentenced to eight years probation, a $1,000 fine, and required to pay $400 in court costs.
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Case #256: Ralph Edward Neeley
- AKA Ralph E. Neeley
- 2020: died of COVID-19 in Texas while serving life in prison
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Born: 1949
Died: 2020
- Unknown,
- no
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $5,000,000
- He 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.
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Case #199: Timothy David Kimball
- AKA Tim Kimball, Dr. Kimball
- 2023: died by suicide
- Victims: 1,
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Born: 1979
Died: 2023
- Missionary, Other leader,
- United States - Carlsbad California (Spanish speaking) 1998-2000
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- Died awaiting trial, Not convicted,
- no civil case,
- He was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2022 with child sexual abuse; died by suicide in June 2023 while awaiting indictment.
- possibly related to LDS church president Spencer Kimball; FLOODLIT welcomes your info tips.
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Case #136: Stanley Benjamin Green
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Case #43: Jimmy Earl Brooks
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- Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime: Sunday school teacher,
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- The accused was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994.
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Case #31: Charles John Blome
- AKA Chuck Blome
- 2005: died
- Victims: 5+,
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Born: 1928
Died: 2005
- Unknown,
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty, Sentenced to prison,
- Civil judgement in favor of plaintiff, LDS church court ordered to make payment,
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Settlement paid by LDS church: $4,000,000
- The accused was a Mormon church member and US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; Blome died in 2005.
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Case #323: Glen Howard Sexton
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- Unknown,
- no
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- The accused was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #339: Bradley Grant Stowell
- AKA Brad Stowell
- 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Herriman, Utah
- Victims: 20+,
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Born: 1972
- Missionary, Scout leader,
- During alleged crime: Scout leader,
- When accused: Scout leader,
- United States - Alaska Anchorage 1991-1993
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- Alleged failure to report
- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA.
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Case #9: Noel Young Anderson
- Victims: 2+,
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Born: 1996
- Missionary, Primary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Primary teacher,
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- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children.
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Case #307: Carlos Rodrigues
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- no
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- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted, Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Dallas, Texas in the 1980s; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #8: Jared Anderson
- AKA Eldersing
- Sentenced to prison in Texas for child sexual abuse
- Victims: 5+,
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Born: 1988
- Missionary,
- United States - Utah Ogden 2007-2009
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- Guilty,
- He was a high school teacher (and one-time "teacher of the year") and Mormon church group leader in the San Antonio, Texas area; also lived in Millington, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah; sentenced to 10 years in prison for hosting sex parties for teenage boys.
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Case #433: Jimmy D Young
- AKA James Best
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Born: 1966
- Scout leader,
- no
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- He was a Mormon church member and scout volunteer; arrested for sexually abusing a scout in his troop.
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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 »