4161 people accused of sex crimes they perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated while active in the LDS/Mormon church.
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Born: 1953
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - 
Alleged:
1 victim, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result, - Edward Hunter (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member in Peoria, Arizona; accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was his patient; pleaded guilty to three counts of child abuse; sentenced to two years in prison and lifetime probation
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Thomas Alan Gibby
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Born: 1948
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Thomas Gibby (1948 – ) was an LDS church member and dentist in Salt Lake County, Utah; sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy; pleaded guilty to two felony counts: one second-degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child, and one third-degree charge of attempted sex abuse of a child
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Paul Roberts
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Paul Roberts was a Mormon church member in England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to 12 years in jail
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Andrew William Stringer
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Born: 2005
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Served in Argentina and Pflugerville Texas 2023-
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Andrew Stringer (2005 – ) was a Mormon church member in Pflugerville, Texas; assigned by the Mormon church to a mission in Argentina, then to a service mission in Texas; arrested in 2023 and charged with possession of child pornography
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LaMell Ray Lippard
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- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- LaMell Lippard was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
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Jay Smith Grant
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Born: 1902
Died: 1988 - LDS positions: Bishop, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
United States - Southern States / Northern States [Ohio]
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Jay Grant (1902 – 1988) was a Mormon bishop of the Adams Ward in Los Angeles, California; charged in 1981, at age 79, with five counts of forcible sexual abuse; sexually assaulted three young girls; convicted of all five counts; died in 1988 in Orem, Utah; ran "Grandpa Grant's Memory Club," a neighborhood study group for up to 175 LDS children; Grant sometimes had "students" spend the night at his apartment
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John Doe
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- John Doe was a Mormon church member in Denmark; accused of sexual abuse
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Daniel Roy Robison
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: elders quorum counselor, Other leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
China - Hong Kong
- Alleged:
5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Daniel Robison (1960 – ) was a Mormon church member and bankruptcy attorney in St. George, Utah; charged in 2024 with 11 felonies related to sexual abuse of four children
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Andrew Loveless
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Andrew Loveless was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2023 of third-degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse; as of 2025, registered sex offender living in Santaquin, Utah
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Chet Riley Ludlow
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Chet Ludlow was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on a Mormon mission to Louisiana; accused of sexual abuse
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Gordon Ariel Neeley
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Born: 1935
Died: 2018 - LDS positions: High priest, Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - 1955-1957
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building, Perpetrator's workplace,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Gordon Neeley (1935 – 2018) was an LDS church member and daycare owner in Salt Lake City, Utah; pleaded guilty to ATTEMPTED - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD; convicted; died in 2018
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Stephen J Coleman
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Born: 1971
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Stephen Coleman (1971 – ) was an LDS church member and analyst in the Utah state Office of Planning and Budget; accused of sexual abuse in 2011; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2016, was serving two sentences of 15 years to life in prison in Utah
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Marion Dean Klingler
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Born: 1944
- LDS positions: Primary, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Marion Klingler (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; now lives in Springville Utah as registered sex offender
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Thomas John Thompson
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Born: 1944
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Thomas Thompson (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in Oregon, California and Arkansas; convicted of sex crimes in Oregon in about 2002; as of 2024, was a registered sex offender living in Yellville, Arkansas
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McKenna Aileen Kindred
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Born: 1998
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- McKenna Kindred (1998 – ) was an LDS church member and high school teacher in Spokane Valley, Washington; accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old student at the high school where she taught
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Michael Colby Hare
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Born: 1978
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Michael Hare (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Tooele, Utah; pleaded guilty of sexual abuse
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Devin Richard Hartman
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Born: 1975
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Portugal - Porto Portugal
- Alleged:
6 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Devin Hartman (1975 – ) was an LDS church member in Mableton, near Atlanta, Georgia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; given two consecutive sentences of life in prison
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Sean Stirling Dotson
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Born: 1966
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Sean Dotson (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Oregon; convicted of a sex crime
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Richard Curtis Baker
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Born: 1978
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishopric counselor,
- LDS mission:
United States - Washington D.C. South Mission
- Alleged:
7 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Richard Baker (1978 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in Clearfield, Utah; accused of voyeurism and child sexual exploitation
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Bill McKay
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Never charged, Not convicted,
- Bill McKay was an LDS church member and mayor of Kennewick, Washington; admitted in 2023 to police he paid for sexual services at multiple massage parlors in Kennewick; was not criminally charged
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Paul Kimball Nelson
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Born: 1976
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Prison,
- Paul Nelson (1976 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in November 2023; failed to appear at his sentencing and went missing; reportedly planned to turn himself in in March 2024 on the condition that his $100k bail be returned to his family; arrested in April 2024 in Tucson, Arizona and extradited to Gilbert, Arizona
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Spencer C Turner
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Born: 1977
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
4 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Spencer Turner (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member in Murray, Utah; In June of 2007 arrested via an undercover sting operation for attempting to meet with a person he thought was a girl so he could kiss and fondle her; also alleged sexually abused three other minor girls
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Danny Michael Cassidy
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Born: 1942
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Danny Cassidy (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
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Richard Oren Fowler
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Born: 1944
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Richard Fowler (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Sandpoint, Idaho; pleaded guilty to two felony counts of Children-Lewd Conduct with Child Under 16 in 20
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Jonathan A Gonzalez
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Born: 1990
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Florida (unknown)
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Jonathan Gonzalez (1990 – ) was an LDS church member in Layton, Utah; found guilty of BURGLARY - 2nd Degree Felony, LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD - Class A Misdemeanor, LEWDNESS - FIRST OR SECOND OFFENSE - Class B Misdemeanor
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Steven N McDill
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Steven McDill (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in Tippecanoe County, Indiana; found guilty of child molestation; sentenced to 9 year/5 suspended in July 1996
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Bryce Johnson
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Born: 1984
- LDS positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Recreational trip/outing,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Bryce Johnson (1984 – ) was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted of three counts of aggravated child sex abuse/1st degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor/2nd degree felony; sentenced to prison
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Lynn Earl Baldwin
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Lynn Baldwin (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of lewdness in 1996 and sexual exploitation of a minor in 2002 (attempted); released in 2006; is a registered sex offender
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Max Todd Cheatham
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Born: 1960
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Argentina - Argentina 1979-1981
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, 100 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Max Cheatham (1960 – ) was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
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Brett Lee Long
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Brett Long (1959 – ) was an LDS church member in Nez Perce County, Idaho; convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 16
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Daniel Adam Galloway
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Born: 1973
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
- Daniel Galloway (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona City, Pinal County, Arizona; found guilty of sexually abusing an 8 year old foster child
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David William Olson
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Born: 1980
- LDS positions: Missionary, Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Brazil -
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Vehicle,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
- David Olson (1980 – ) was an LDS church member in Bozeman, Montana; convicted of of sexually abusing a teenage boy; sentenced to eight years in prison and 12 years probation
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Denny Antreo
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Born: 2000
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Denny Antreo (2000 – ) was an LDS church member in Rexburg, Idaho; accused of breaking and entering women's apartments at BYU-Idaho and watching them sleep
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Brandon Kyle Bednarz
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Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Brandon Bednarz (1982 – ) was an LDS church member in Kansas; convicted of sexual abuse of a minor
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Bryant Floyd Litchfield
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Born: 1953
Died: 2023 - LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty,
- Bryant Litchfield (1953 – 2023) was an LDS church member and physician in Alberta, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; acquitted; in 2008, was found guilty by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta of inappropriately touching women patients during breast and vaginal exams in 2001; stripped of his medical license
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Justin Thayne Crawley
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Born: 1993
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Justin Crawley (1993 – ) was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2019 of enticing a minor / 3rd degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor / 3rd degree felony attempted
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Bagley Tara
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- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Bagley Tara was an LDS church member in Idaho; pleaded guilty to two counts of Sexual Battery of a Child 16 or 17 years of age and was sentenced to 13 years in prison
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Stewart Leroy Singley
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Born: 1937
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Stewart Singley (1937 – ) was an LDS church member in Ohio; convicted in 1975 of child molestation that occurred in 1974; in 1997, convicted and sentenced to one year in jail or prison; as of 2024, is a registered sex offender; lives in East Waterford, Pennsylvania
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Bret Anthony Chesworth
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- LDS positions: Sunday school,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Bret Chesworth was a Mormon church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to 7 charges of child abuse and bestiality including downloading images; he was caught in an international sting operation involving Australian and US agencies
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Alexander Clifton Winward
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alexander Winward was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty to 4 felony counts of child sex abuse, with all victims under the age of 7
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Marc Turner
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Marc Turner was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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David Otis Cox
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Born: 1961
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- David Cox (1961 – ) was an LDS church member in Seminole County, Florida; found guilty of Lewd or lascivious molestation victim under 12 years offender 18 or older and LEWD,LASCIVIOUS CHILD U/16; F.S. 800.04 (PRINCIPAL IN ATTEMPT); also found guilty of LEWD,LASCIVIOUS CHILD U/16; F.S. 800.04 (PRINCIPAL IN ATTEMPT) Adjudication Date : 03/23/2000
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Benjamin Robert Hicks
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Born: 2001
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Benjamin Hicks (2001 – ) was an LDS church member; convicted of one count of felony child sexually exploitative material-knowingly distributes by an means in 2023; released on probation June 2025
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Grant Peck Packer
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Born: 1925
Died: 2008 - LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
Canada - Canada 1946-1948
- Alleged:
Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Grant Packer (1925 – 2008) was an LDS church member in Idaho; served a full-time mission to Canada in 1946-48 and two senior missions to Atlanta, Georgia and San Bernardino, California; charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty; sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation; died in 2008
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Kurt Broderick Leppert
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Born: 1958
- LDS positions: Primary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison,
- Kurt Leppert (1958 – ) was a former LDS church primary teacher in Spokane Valley, Washington; found guilty in 2018 by a jury of seven counts of sexually abusing 3 children between the ages of 8 and 12; sentenced in 2018 to 21 years and 4 months in prison
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Robert Virgil Dindinger
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: BYU, Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
United Kingdom - Scotland Edinburgh 1995-1997
- Alleged:
5 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's workplace,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Robert Dindinger (1970 – ) was an LDS church member, psychologist and pornography addiction book author in Orem, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Scotland 1995-97; worked at Brigham Young University; charged in 2025 with convincing child patients to undress so he could secretly record them; in 2018, his license was placed on probation after he "inappropriately touched" a 17-year-old during "masturbation satiation therapy"
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Michael David Otten
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Ward mission leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
- Michael Otten (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Murrieta, California; took his computer to a tech repair shop and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was found; police searched his home and found more CSAM
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Roger Franklin Hester
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Born: 1956
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Roger Hester (1956 – ) was an LDS church member in Rockwall, Texas; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual with intent to cause bodily harm
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Keith Eric Salmon
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Born: 1966
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Keith Salmon (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee; found guilty of distributing CSAM
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Anthony Mark Teeples
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Born: 1968
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Anthony Teeples (1968 – ) was an LDS church member in Cache County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1989 and in 2019
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