4030 people accused of sex crimes they perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated while active in the LDS/Mormon church.
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- LDS mission:
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- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal: Convicted, Never charged, Not convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result,
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George William Aaron
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Born: 1941
LDS positions: Bishop, - LDS mission:
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- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
Alleged coverup- Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, Liable,
- was a former Mormon bishop in a college ward in Provo, Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters in the 1980s and early 1990s; found civilly liable in 2001 to have "inflicted emotional distress," "breached fiduciary duty," and behaved with "reckless disregard" toward his younger daughter; paid $25,000 in punitive damages.
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James F. Adams
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Born: 1954
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- was an elder in the LDS church in Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing multiple children.
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Paul Douglas Adams
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Born: 1982
Died: 2017
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed,
- was an LDS church member in Arizona; sexually abused two children for several years after confessing to his bishop; arrested and charged; died by suicide in 2017 while in custody awaiting trial.
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Michael Adamson
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- LDS positions: Building supervisor, Music leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a church caretaker and organist in York, England; abused at least four children as young as seven years old; convicted; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse.
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Brady Glen Allen
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Born: 1990
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was a Mormon church youth leader and Utah teacher in Davis County, Utah; admitted to trying to meet 13-year-old for sex; convicted; sentenced to 1-15 years in Utah State Prison.
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Benjamin Aaron Alyk
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Born: 1997
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Dominican Republic -
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child porn; LDS church leaders allegedly didn't report his crime.
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Elwood Anderson
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was a LDS church member in Washington state; allegedly downloaded and shared more than 9,000 images of young children engaged in sexually explicit activity; convicted.
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Jared Anderson
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Born: 1988
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Utah Ogden 2007-2009
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Sleepover,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- 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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Noel Young Anderson
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Born: 1996
- LDS positions: Missionary, Primary teacher,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- 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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Jeffrey Vern Fox
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Born: 1947
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Online,
- Criminal: Convicted, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a former state legislator (1977-1982) in Utah; convicted federally for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2013 and placed on probation for 15 years; in 2019, probation was terminated for completing terms; in 2022, arrested and charged in Utah with 8 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; case dismissed without prejudice due to a federal charge.
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Manuel Joseph Archibeque
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Born: 1971
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- was a Mormon church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; allegedly admitted to his bishop that he had sexually touched a child; charged in two cases in 2006 with sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of molestation of a child, all class two felonies; one case was dismissed in 2006 without prejudice; in the other, pleaded guilty to two reduced charges of child abuse.
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Larren Bybee Arnold
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Born: 1935
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
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LDS church payment: Yes (undisclosed amount)
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; in 1984, arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen (molested a nine year-old boy) in Idaho; convicted in October 1984; received a five year suspended sentence and three years probation.
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Arlo Kay Atkin
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Born: 1956
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed with prejudice, lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- was a former LDS bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, served time in prison.
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Joseph Carlton Atwater
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to trafficking and kidnapping.
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Eric Patrick Avant
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
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- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
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LDS church payment: $2,000,000
- was a Mormon church member and cub scout leader in Norfolk, Virginia; convicted on 14 counts of aggravated sexual battery; sentenced in 1988 to 26 years in prison for molesting eight boys; had as many as 41 alleged victims.
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Norman Carl Barber
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Born: 1947
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide.
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Bryan A Barner
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in New York in the 1980s; scout leader, molested a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys; sentenced to no more than one year in prison.
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Wanda Barzee
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
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- Victims: 1 victim,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member in Utah; with Brian David Mitchell, held Elizabeth Smart captive.
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John Baysden
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Ogden 2005-2005
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was an LDS missionary from North Carolina who, while serving his mission in Roy, Utah (Ogden Utah mission), videotaped himself molesting two victims, ages 15 and 18; pleaded guilty to 2 counts of forcible sex abuse with minors.
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Christian Robert Bearnson
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Born: 1963
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS youth activity,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Probation,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church, Settlement,
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LDS church payment: $2,000,000
- was a Mormon church member in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US).
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Brandon Clay Beckham
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Born: 1975
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- was a Republican candidate for Utah Senate; charged in 2022 with one second degree felony count of forcible sexual abuse; pleaded not guilty; as of January 16, 2024, the case was headed toward a final pretrial hearing on January 17.
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Gary Lee Bell
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Born: 1956
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member and former prosecutor in Utah; pleaded guilty in December 2022 to four second degree felony charges related to child sexual abuse; sentenced in January 2023 to one to 15 years in prison; in June 2023, was convicted of 15 counts of 2nd degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of class B misdemeanor voyeurism; no additional prison time was added.
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Robert Ersol Berchtold
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Born: 1936
Died: 2005
- LDS positions: Missionary, Temple worker,
- LDS mission:
Switzerland - Swiss Austrian
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Victim's home,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in Idaho; sexually abused a child; in 1986, was found guilty of rape of a child and spent one year in jail.
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Donald Nelson Bills
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a school teacher (one-time "teacher of the year") and former Mormon bishopric member in Provo, Utah; pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including rape of a 17-year-old girl; sentenced in 2015 to a minimum of eight years in prison; as of January 2025, lives in Orem, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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Arthur Gary Bishop
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Born: 1952
Died: 1988
- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
Philippines - Philippine Islands / Philippines 1971-1973
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon boy scout leader in Utah; was excommunicated in the 1970s; later molested multiple children and killed five young boys; was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1988.
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Andrew Mack Bishop
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Born: 1981
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah (Manila Creek Stake); arrested in 2015 and admitted to sexually abusing 5 individuals in 10 years; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in the first and second degree in February 2016; sentenced in 2016 to prison in Utah.
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Joseph Layton Bishop
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- LDS positions: Mission president, Missionary, Other leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Criminal: Police investigation,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed, Civil case dismissed with prejudice, lawsuit against LDS church,
- 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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David Michael Blackner
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- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member in or near Washington Terrace, Weber County, Utah; registered sex offender who used an alias while in leadership positions.
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Donald Mark Blanchard
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.
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Wyman C Blankenship
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
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- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted, Parole, Released,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys.
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Charles John Blome
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Born: 1928
Died: 2005
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: Civil judgment in favor of plaintiff, lawsuit against LDS church, LDS church found negligent, LDS church ordered to make payment, Liable,
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LDS church payment: $4,000,000
- 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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Gordon Brent Bodily
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Born: 1949
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Eastern States (headquarters in New York City) 1968-1970
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon bishop and physical education teacher in Hyrum, Cache Valley, Utah; accused in 2000 of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison.
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David James Borg
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- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
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- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader; pleaded guilty to molesting multiple boys; sentenced to 34 years in prison.
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Timothy William Bothell
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Born: 1969
- LDS positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a LDS church employee and LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 for sexual abuse of 2 girls ages 11 and 13.
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Dennis Bough
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges.
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Douglas Ray Bowen
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Born: 1950
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
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Allen J Brinkerhoff
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Born: 1929
Died: 2019
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; in 2007, found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced.
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David Harrison Broadbent
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Born: 1947
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Healthcare appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Criminal: Ongoing,
- Civil: Civil case dismissed, Ongoing civil case,
- was a Mormon and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more criminal charges.
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Rachel Katherine Brock
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting.
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Susan Marie Brock
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Born: 1962
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
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- Victims: 1 victim,
- Alleged coverup
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member; was sentenced in April 2011 to 13 years in prison for engaging in a three-year-long sexual relationship with a boy, beginning when he was 14 years old; was released in December 2021.
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Ronald Terry Brockner
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; found guilty in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison.
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David Bromley
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- LDS mission:
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- Crime scenes: LDS church building,
- Alleged coverup
- Civil: lawsuit against LDS church, Unknown result,
- was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse.
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Jimmy Earl Brooks
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- LDS positions: Sunday school teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
- Criminal: Unknown result,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994.
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Keith Brown
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS church member; father of five famous piano playing children; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his daughters when they were children; sentenced to a minimum of ten years and up-to-life in prison.
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David Neil Brown
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- LDS positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
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- Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years.
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Gary Wade Brown
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Born: 1967
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
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- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts.
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Jarom Christopher Brown
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Born: 1983
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was a Mormon church member and Utah Valley University professor; accused in 2021 of voyeurism and electronic communication harassment; convicted and sentenced in 2022.
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Paul J Bryant
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Born: 1968
Died: 2024
- LDS positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary teacher, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Argentina - Argentina Cordoba 1987-1989
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil: No civil case,
- was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024.
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Paul Douglas Burdick
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Born: 1972
- LDS positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal: Convicted,
- was an LDS bishop and drivers education teacher in Oregon; arrested in 2019 and charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving underage female students in his job as a drivers ed teacher.
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