4138 people accused of sex crimes they perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated while active in the LDS/Mormon church.
Browse by LDS position and more »Marvin Ross Harker
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Born: 1968
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, - During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - - Alleged:
5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, - Marvin Harker (1968 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender
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Terry George Allen
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Born: 1943
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Terry Allen (1943 – ) 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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Rowan Joseph Ellsworth
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Born: 1948
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Brazil - Brazil [unknown city] 1967-1969
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS activity,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
- Rowan Ellsworth (1948 – ) was an LDS church member and schoolteacher in Arizona; allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop Burgess, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007
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John Scott d'Aquin
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Born: 1966
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Arizona Phoenix 1986-1988
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- John d'Aquin (1966 – ) was an LDS church member; convicted in 1994 in Louisiana of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 in Louisiana of indecent behavior with juveniles
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Eric Lee Knight
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Born: 1968
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - California Ventura 1987-1989
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Eric Knight (1968 – ) 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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Michael Lynn Bronson
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Born: 1964
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Honduras - Honduras Tegucigalpa 1982-1984
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Michael Bronson (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Vineyard, Utah County, Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse
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Alan Byron Pace
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Born: 1964
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation,
- Alan Pace (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member in Orem, Utah; sentenced in 2015 to 30 days in prison and 36 months of probation for felony child sexual abuse
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Frank Laine Hall
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Frank Hall (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; former award-winning first grade schoolteacher; sentenced in 2007 to prison for sexually abusing his students
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Craig David Whiting
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Born: 1971
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Jury trial, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Craig Whiting (1971 – ) was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; charged in 2018 with child sexual abuse; as of Feb 2023, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial; jury trial was scheduled to move forward in 2023
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Christopher Mark Taylor
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Born: 1979
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Christopher Taylor (1979 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; arrested in January 2022 for possession of child pornography; case pending as federal charges are being evaluated
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Mark C Treter
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Born: 1954
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Probation,
- Mark Treter (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and environmental lawyer in Greendale, Indiana; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest to one felony count; sentenced in 2023 to probation; local LDS church leaders allegedly knew of Treter's criminal behavior but did not report to police
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Glen Douglas Borst
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Born: 1958
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- Glen Borst (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2004 for child sexual abuse
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Kay Leroi Walker
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Born: 1942
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - served in Virginia and North Carolina
- Alleged:
8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted,
- Kay Walker (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member and Nauvoo Inn owner in Nauvoo, Illinois; charged with sexually abusing his employees; entered an Alford plea in 2004, resulting in a conviction while maintaining his innocence before the court; January 2024: lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho
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Alan Lee Croshaw
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Born: 1946
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Alan Croshaw (1946 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Springville, Utah from at least 1991 to 1995; admitted to having a lifelong sexual addiction with a preference for prepubescent girls; downloaded and distributed child pornography; in 2015, sentenced to 30 days in jail for felony voyeurism and misdemeanor lewdness; violated probation by downloading porn
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Alan Roy Willey
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Born: 1954
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Alan Willey (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and schoolteacher in Utah; honored as teacher of the year twice at local schools; sentenced to prison in 2007 for sexually molesting a child who was one of his students; accused of sexually abusing many other little children in his classes
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Derrick Evan Pickering
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Born: 1984
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Derrick Pickering (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member and nurse practitioner in Utah; accused in 2024 by multiple former patients in a civil lawsuit of touching them in sexually inappropriate ways
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David Roy Phipps/Verity
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Health appointment, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- David Phipps/Verity was an LDS church member and dentist in Sacramento, California; pleaded no contest in 1987 to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery involving two of his patients; In 1994, also pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery; served time in jail and had dental license revoked
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John Doe
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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Church paid $1,100,000
- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Tacoma, Washington; allegedly sexually abused a preschooler in his ward in the 1980s; the LDS church settled with the abuse survivor for $1.1 million in 2023
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Michael W Fritchen
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Born: 1955
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Michael Fritchen (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in the 1990s and again in 2011 for child sexual abuse
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Dennis Joe Loveless
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Died: 2016
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Dennis Loveless was a Mormon church member in Farmington, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1977 and 1984; sentenced to prison both times; died in 2016
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Anastasia Elizabeth Dawson
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Born: 1993
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Anastasia Dawson (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Missouri; arrested in 2023 and charged with several counts relating to sexual abuse of a minor
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Brigham Young
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Born: 1801
Died: 1877 - LDS positions: Apostle, Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Apostle,
- LDS mission:
United Kingdom - England 1840-1841
- Alleged:
Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Brigham Young (1801 – 1877) was the second president of the Mormon church; married 56 women, including a 15-year-old and three 16-year-olds; was publicly accused during his life (1801-1877) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; never charged with a sex crime; arrested and charged with adultery in 1871; not convicted
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Mark Kevin Anderson
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Branch president, Other leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Other leader, Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Mark Anderson (1959 – ) was a Mormon church branch president and dentist in Woodland, California; accused by 27 former female patients of touching them inappropriately in office visits; found guilty in 2009 of 11 felony counts and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery for sexual abuse of several of his female patients; sentenced to six years in prison; required to register for life as a sex offender
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David Shwenke Tupou
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- David Tupou was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
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Mathew Legrand Arrington
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Born: 1963
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Mathew Arrington (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member and foster child advocate in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2021 to 15 years in prison
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Jimmy Maurice Kilpatrick
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
8 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Jimmy Kilpatrick was a Mormon church member in Alabama; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2015 to 10 years in prison
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Lonnie Kent Nyman
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Minnesota Minneapolis (Hmong speaking) 1993-1995
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Lonnie Nyman was a Mormon church member and funeral director in Utah; accused of sex crimes; pleaded guilty; sentenced in August 2019
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Martin Joseph MacNeill
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Martin MacNeill was a former Mormon bishop in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse in 2014; convicted of murdering his wife
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Leonard Loschen
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Born: 1948
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Leonard Loschen (1948 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2022 to prison in Utah for sexually abusing LDS missionaries
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Floyd C Jennings
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Born: 1947
Died: 2025 - LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Senior missionary,
- LDS mission:
Brazil - unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Floyd Jennings (1947 – 2025) was a former Mormon bishop and school bus driver in Utah; was a senior missionary in Nauvoo, Illinois and Fort Cove, Utah; arrested in 2017 for soliciting sex from two girls he thought were 13 years old; convicted in 2019; died in 2025
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Shawn Tyler Mortensen
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Born: 1965
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Shawn Mortensen (1965 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency member in Albuquerque, New Mexico; in February 2021, admitted to police that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in January 2021; convicted of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 2022 to prison in New Mexico
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Alan Roman Andrus
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Born: 1963
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Hong Kong - Hong Kong
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Victim's home,
- Criminal case(s): Jury trial, Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Alan Andrus (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; was an LDS bishop from at least 2005-2007 (El Dorado Hills Ward, El Dorado Stake); in 2020, arrested and accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a victim in 2019; as of Oct. 31, 2025, a jury was set to deliberate
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Jan Alan Manley
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Jan Manley was a Mormon church member in Virginia; arrested in 2018 on suspicion of various offenses related to child sexual abuse; allegedly abused multiple children
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Kenneth Ray Copple
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Kenneth Copple was a Mormon church member in Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced in 2019 to prison
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Cecil Bryan Jacobson
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Born: 1936
Died: 2021 - LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Cecil Jacobson (1936 – 2021) was a Mormon church member and fertility doctor in Virginia; found guilty of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate patients
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Nathan Clark Ward
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Born: 1961
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Ecuador - Ecuador
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Nathan Ward (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and OBGYN in Missisippi and Utah; sentenced to prison in 2019 for production of child pornography
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Lincoln A Gygi
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Born: 1988
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Lincoln Gygi (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pleasant Grove, Utah; convicted in 2020 of sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy
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Lamar H Woodbury
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Born: 1954
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Lamar Woodbury (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of sexual abuse on a child under the age of 14, a second degree felony
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Michael Roy Banks
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Michael Banks was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused in 2019 of child sexual abuse
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Kyle Mark Hill
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Kyle Hill was a Mormon church member; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release
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Kristopher Avard Kinkade
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Born: 1966
Died: 2020 - LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Not convicted, Suicide, Unknown result,
- Kristopher Kinkade (1966 – 2020) was a Mormon church member; accused of child sexual abuse; died in 2020
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Jeffrey Lane Hansen
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Born: 1964
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Jeffrey Hansen (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; was bishop of a young single adults (YSA) ward; charged with distribution of pornography and stalking
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John Eric Thiele
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Born: 1956
- LDS positions: Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- John Thiele (1956 – ) was a Mormon church stake high council member in Idaho; convicted in 2018 of sexual abuse, no jail time served; registered as sex offender
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Melvin Eugene Barhite
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Born: 1944
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Melvin Barhite (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Michigan; convicted of sex crimes; sentenced in 2001 to prison; while in prison, argued that prison officials violated his religious rights by confiscating photos of scantily clad females between the ages of 14-26
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Edward Perry Stone
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Edward Stone was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Edwin Jay Wilcox
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Edwin Wilcox was a Mormon church member in Idaho; ran a therapy center for "handicapped people" (as described in 1989 news article); convicted of child sexual abuse in 1988 and sentenced to up to 20 years in prison
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Juan Armando Flores Atenco
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Born: 1955
- LDS positions: Branch president,
- During alleged crime/failure: Branch president,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Bishop's office, LDS building, Vehicle,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing,
- Juan Flores Atenco (1955 – ) was a Mormon branch president in West Valley City, Utah for five years, including in the early 2000s; accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his office and another room at an LDS church building; convicted in 2012 of misdemeanor forcible sexual abuse and unlawful detention; sentenced to zero to one year in jail; in March 2025, charged with rape and object rape (alleged crimes in 2002)
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Jeffrey Parnell Ringstad
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Born: 1971
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
- Jeffrey Ringstad (1971 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; convicted in the 2010s of two counts of rape of a child, one count of object rape of a child, two counts of sodomy on a child, and three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first degree felonies
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Christopher Lee Fleming
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- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Christopher Fleming was an LDS church member in Chesapeake, Virginia; found guilty of 10 counts of various sexual abuse to a minor; currently incarcerated in Virginia
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Kent Blaine Hansen
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Born: 1938
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
- LDS mission:
United States - Honolulu/Senior Mission Canada Toronto West Mission
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Kent Hansen (1938 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Spanish Fork, Utah; a dentist by profession; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; twin brother of Brent Hansen, another accused Mormon dentist
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