4316 people accused of sex crimes they perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated while active in the LDS/Mormon church.
Browse by LDS position and more »Lonnie Kent Nyman
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LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
United States - Minnesota Minneapolis (Hmong speaking) 1993-1995 - Victims: 1 victim,
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 - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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 - Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
Alleged failure to report
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, ever-senior-missionary, Missionary, - LDS mission:
Brazil - unknown - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
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, - LDS mission:
Hong Kong - Hong Kong - Victims: 1 victim,
Jury trial, Ongoing, - Alan Andrus (1963 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Placerville, El Dorado County, California; accused of sexual abuse in 2020; as of September 2025, a jury trial may be imminent
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Jan Alan Manley
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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 - Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
Alleged failure to report
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 - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
Convicted,
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 - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
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 - Victims: 1 victim,
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 - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
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 - Victims: 1 victim,
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
Not convicted, Suicide, - 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, - LDS mission:
unknown
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 - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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 - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
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 - 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 - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building, Vehicle,
Alleged failure to report
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 - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
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 - - Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Alleged failure to report
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 - Victims: 1 victim,
- Kent Hansen (1938 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics
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Michael Blair Ehlert
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Born: 1961
LDS positions: BYU, - LDS mission:
Unknown country - - Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
Convicted, - Michael Ehlert (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member and former BYU professor in Utah; convicted in 2017 in Guam of sexual abuse
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Sheril Dale Burton
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Born: 1935
LDS positions: BYU, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Convicted, - Sheril Burton (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls; sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah
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Mark Chadwick Porter
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Born: 1942
LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Stake presidency counselor, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
Convicted, Pleaded guilty, - Mark Porter (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member and former stake presidency member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2022 after allegedly groping women in a Logan grocery store; pleaded guilty in December 2022
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Thomas Jared Weaver
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Born: 1973
LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
Unknown country - - Victims: 1 victim,
Ongoing, Unknown result, - Thomas Weaver (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; arrested in 2023 and charged with felony child sexual abuse
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Wesley Gabriel Perez
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
Convicted, Unknown result, - Wesley Perez was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Washington; pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child sexual abuse
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Sydney Arthur Wengreen
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Born: 1959
LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
Convicted, Prison, - Sydney Wengreen (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to felony sexual abuse of a child; sentenced in 2003 to five years to life in prison
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Christopher James Church
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Born: 1966
- LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Never charged, Not convicted,
Settlement, - Christopher Church (1966 – ) was a Mormon high priest and anesthesiologist in Arizona; had his license revoked in 2011 for a pattern of touching women's breasts while they were unconscious; 2012 civil suit was dismissed
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Shawn Noble Frost
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Born: 1970
LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Missionary, Other leader, Stake clerk, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
Haiti - Haiti Port-au-Prince - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Recreational trip/outing,
Ongoing,
Settlement, - Shawn Frost (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Virginia; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse; in 2023, sued in $10.3 million lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse of three more victims; he was the victim's home teacher / ministering brother
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Gerald Arthur Collingwood
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Born: 1943
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - Gerald Collingwood (1943 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah
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Nathan A Madsen
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
Convicted, Prison, Probation, - Nathan Madsen was a Mormon church member and University of Tampa, Florida music professor; pleaded guilty in 2017 to charges of enticing a child to produce child pornography and possessing child pornography; sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release
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Jordan Thomas Udall
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Born: 1978
LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
United States - - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Unknown result, - Jordan Udall (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and police officer in St. Johns Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2022 to knowing access to child pornography
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Paul William Newman
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Born: 1957
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, - Paul Newman (1957 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Utah; charged in 2020 with child sexual abuse; convicted of a sex crime
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Curtis William Payne
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Born: 1959
LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
Japan - Japan [unknown] - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Prison, - Curtis Payne (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member and elementary school teacher in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2019 of child sexual abuse and sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison
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Brent Dixson Hansen
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Born: 1938
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted,
Settlement, Unknown result, - Brent Hansen (1938 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015
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Reed Nathaniel Decker
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Born: 1944
LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
United Kingdom - Edinburgh, Scotland 1963-1965 - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
Jury trial, Ongoing, - Reed Decker (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Davis County, Utah; charged in March 2023 with two felony counts of child sexual abuse; as of March 2024, a jury trial is scheduled for September 2024
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Jack Lund Schofield
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Born: 1923
Died: 2015
LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted, - Jack Schofield (1923 – 2015) was an LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim told FLOODLIT he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas
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Richard Elliott Doan
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Born: 1963
LDS positions: Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown
Convicted, Unknown result, - Richard Doan (1963 – ) was a Mormon church member in Douglasville, Georgia; convicted of sexual abuse
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Frank Paul Ferrara
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- LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Unknown result, - Frank Ferrara was a Mormon church member and doctor in Northern Virginia; convicted in 1997 of four counts of forcible sodomy
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Seth Thomas Lyon
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Born: 1982
LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
United States - Kentucky, Louisville 2001-2003 - Victims: 1 victim,
Police investigation, Unknown result, - Seth Lyon (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; arrested in 2006 in a police sting operation and charged with enticement of a child over the internet
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Charles Lynn Camper
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Born: 1961
LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
United States - Pennsylvania [unknown city; served in Carlisle in 1981] 1980-1982 - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, - Charles Camper (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2004; charged in 2023 with aggravated child sexual abuse, voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor; convicted in June 2024
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Donnie Rue Boring
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Born: 1950
Died: 2017
LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
United States - Northern California 1969-1971 - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, - Donnie Boring (1950 – 2017) was a former Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017
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Roland Edwin Westrup
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Born: 1999
LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
United States - Missouri St. Louis (also served in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois) 2018-2020 - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Ongoing, Unknown result, - Roland Westrup (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary (St. Louis, Missouri) in approximately 2018-2020; arrested in Salt Lake County, Utah in March 2023; charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted to possessing and sharing child pornography, and to having sexual fantasies for many years about having sex with male children as young as infants to teens
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Patrick Brady Fox
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Born: 1972
LDS positions: Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result, - Patrick Fox (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Saratoga Springs, Utah; found guilty of a sex crime; registered sex offender in Utah
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Michael William Hiatt
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Born: 1990
LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
Unknown country - - Victims: 5 victims, Multiple victims,
Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - Michael Hiatt (1990 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clinton, Utah; charged in Utah in March 2023 with two second degree felony counts of enticing a minor, and one third degree felony count of dealing in materials harmful to a minor; pleaded guilty in June 2023 to one second degree felony count of enticing a minor; sentenced in August 2023 to 45 days in jail, with credit for 15 days served, and 4 years probation
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Joseph Hastings
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Born: 1987
LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
Germany - - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, - Joseph Hastings (1987 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clevedon, UK; sentenced to prison for sending child pornography to an undercover police officer online in 2015; sentenced to 13 years and eight months in prison, including a custodial term of eight years and eight months
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Jack Earl Bowers
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LDS positions: Scout leader, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - Jack Bowers was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to two second degree felony counts of child sex exploitation; sentenced to two consecutive terms of 1 to 15 years in prison
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