Convicted:
2019, 
LDS positions: Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, 
updated Sep 28, 2025 - request update | add info
Convicted:
LDS positions: 
Alleged:
Criminal case(s): 
Aaron Lyman Neff was a mormon in Grand Junction, Colorado. Neff was convicted of two counts of sex assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, three counts of sex assault on a child and two other sex assault related counts, in regards to his two teenage victims. One of them being abused starting around age 10 or 11 through 17 years old. Neff was sentenced to 86 years in prison. A Floodlit source says that the LDS leaders knew of Neff’s abuse and told the young women “to be careful around him”.
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Sources
- Court upholds 86-year sentence for child molester ,
- Jury finds man guilty on all counts after sex abuse trial,
- Mistrial declared in case of sex abuse of girls,
- Man Accused of Long-Term Sex Abuse,
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1. Court upholds 86-year sentence for child molester
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2. Jury finds man guilty on all counts after sex abuse trial
A Mesa County jury has found Grand Junction man, Aaron Neff, guilty on seven sex counts of sex assault for sexually abusing two girls, one for multiple years.
Neff's five-day jury trial ended last week.
He was initially tried in the case last October, but that trial ended in a mistrial after jurors heard more than they should about the defendant's criminal history.
Neff was found guilty on two counts of sex assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, three counts of sex assault on a child and two other sex assault related counts.
Neff also was found guilty on tampering with a witness or a victim and violation of a protection.
Neff's sentencing is set for 8 a.m. May 24.
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3. Mistrial declared in case of sex abuse of girls
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4. Man Accused of Long-Term Sex Abuse
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