4176 people accused of sex crimes they perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated while active in the LDS/Mormon church.
Browse by LDS position and more »Kenneth Higa
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Alleged:
1 victim,
Criminal case(s): Unknown result, - Kenneth Higa was an LDS church member and karate teacher in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl, one of his karate students; was unable to pass a court ordered competency test, so the case was unable to proceed
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Frank John Selas
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Born: 1939
Died: 2021 - LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: crime-not-lds,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Recreational trip/outing,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Frank Selas (1939 – 2021) was an former childrens TV host/entertainer in California who joined the LDS church in the 1990s; pleaded guilty to one count of indecent behavior with a child; the crime took place in the 1970s
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Spencer Kay Kartchner
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Born: 1965
- LDS positions: Ward mission leader,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Alleged:
Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Spencer Kartchner (1965 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and 2021
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Gerald Wayne Bowen
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Born: 1950
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Gerald Bowen (1950 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee; convicted in 2008 of: SOLICITATION TO COMMIT SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, AGGRAVATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS
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James LaMar Westergard
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Born: 1955
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- James Westergard (1955 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Darren John Haymond
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Born: 1987
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Victim's school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Expunged, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
- Darren Haymond (1987 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah and a custodian at Provo High School; pleaded guilty to voyeurism, a class B misdemeanor; sentenced in 2011; Haymond's conviction was expunged in 2017
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Brenda Nelson Miles
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- LDS positions: Bishop's wife, Mission president's wife, Relief Society,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed with prejudice,
- Brenda Miles was an LDS church member in Bountiful, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse
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Kimball Reid Ungerman
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Born: 1957
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishopric counselor,
- LDS mission:
Thailand - Thailand Bangkok 1977-1979
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
- Kimball Ungerman (1957 – ) was an LDS bishopric counselor in California; moved to Utah; pleaded guilty in 2020 to one felony count related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison, but term was suspended; sentenced to probation; as of 2023, registered sex offender, lives in Orem, Utah; a 2021 California lawsuit against the church said bishop Phil Stewart failed to protect a victim, and a mission president didn't report
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Michael Dennis Antrobus
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Born: 1947
Died: 2023 - LDS positions: Bishop, Branch president, Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop, Branch president,
- LDS mission:
United States - West Central States Mission (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho) 1966-1968
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Michael Antrobus (1947 – 2023) was a former Mormon branch president (similar to a bishop) and bishop in Connersville, Indiana for 10 years (approximately 1974-84); convicted of child sexual abuse charges (9 counts, 6 victims) in Sacramento County, California in 2021-2022; sentenced to 8 years in San Quentin State Prison; died by suicide in prison in September 2023; allegedly had at least a dozen victims
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Eddie Padilla
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Eddie Padilla was a Mormon bishop in Taos, New Mexico; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted twice
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David R Dawson
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- LDS positions: Elders quorum, Primary, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- David Dawson was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
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Samuel David Neipp
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Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Samuel Neipp (1982 – ) was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in California; once named "teacher of the year" by the Union School District in the San Jose, California area; son of convicted child sexual abuser Joseph Neipp; pleaded no contest in 2019 to 12 charges related to sexual abuse; sentenced to 56 years in prison
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Marcus Cleveland Udall
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Born: 1996
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Marcus Udall (1996 – ) was an LDS church member in Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2014 to a reduced felony charge;
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Cody Jonathan Lara
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Born: 1990
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Cody Lara (1990 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona City, Pinal County, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse in 2018; convicted in 2019 of three reduced counts of abuse of a child or vulnerable adult
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Thomas Ray Gibbons
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Born: 1952
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Primary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Ministering/home teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Thomas Gibbons (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison
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Jeffrey Alan Gatlin
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Born: 1967
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Jeffrey Gatlin (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child/1st degree felony; as of October 2023, serving in Central Utah Correctional Facility Housing in Boulder, Utah, CUCF Boulder
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Matthew Thomas Doyle
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Born: 1973
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Matthew Doyle (1973 – ) was an LDS bishop in Copperas Cove, Texas (2nd Ward) in the 2000s; was a high school basketball coach; convicted in 2011 of sexual assault
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Travis Julian Scott
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Born: 1981
- LDS positions: Seminary teacher,
- During alleged crime/failure: Seminary teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Travis Scott (1981 – ) was an LDS church member in Centennial, Colorado; found guilty of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/CHILD-INDUCE/ENTICE
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Curt Boyack
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Curt Boyack was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly said he would turn himself in to police; died by suicide
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James Addison Tolman
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Born: 1972
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- James Tolman (1972 – ) was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming; convicted of UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in 1994 in Utah and SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE in Wyoming
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Jonathon Kent Moser
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Born: 1981
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Other leader, Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - unknown 2001-2003
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Jonathon Moser (1981 – ) was an LDS church member and middle school teacher in Rawlins, Wyoming; found guilty of sexually abusing two minor girls; sentenced to a minimum of 36 years in prison; a source told FLOODLIT that North Dakota LDS church leaders knew about the abuse but "did nothing"
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Adrian Villar
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Born: 1958
- LDS positions: Primary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Victim's school,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Adrian Villar (1958 – ) was an LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of sexually abusing an 8 year old and 11 year old separately
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John Earl Goodrich
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Convicted, Ongoing, Withheld judgment,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Settlement,
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Church paid $300,000
- John Goodrich (1959 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgment; in 2023, the AP reported that the church paid $300,000 to a victim and her mother under conditions of secrecy; in 2024, a criminal case opened in Virginia; in December 2025, another alleged victim sued the church
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Caleb Horner
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- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Ongoing,
- Caleb Horner was an LDS church member in Melbourne, Australia; arrested in November 2021 and accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met in 2020; found guilty in 2024 of two counts of sexual assault by touch of a child under 16; sentenced in October 2024 to three years "community corrections," avoiding additional jail time
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Micahel Dominic Florio
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Born: 1958
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Micahel Florio (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Ronald Cecil Johnson
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Unknown result,
- Ronald Johnson was a Mormon church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
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Jake S Hally
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Born: 1995
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Jake Hally (1995 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
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Keith Kenneth Bergstresser
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Born: 1975
- LDS positions: Elders quorum,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Keith Bergstresser (1975 – ) was an LDS church member in Oregon and Idaho; convicted in 2002 in Oregon of contributing to sexual delinquency of a minor; made a registered sex offender; in 2019, was assigned a position in an elders quorum presidency in Idaho
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James Marlo Duffin
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Born: 1952
- LDS positions: Music leader, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- James Duffin (1952 – ) was an LDS church member in California; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; incarcerated 2006 to 2011; allegedly groomed female students ages 7-10 with attention and candy and then forcing sexual contact in his classroom after school
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Loren Hurd
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Born: 1964
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Loren Hurd (1964 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender as of 2023; lives in Ogden, Utah
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Dennis L Judd
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Born: 1954
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Hawaii [unknown]
- Alleged:
Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's workplace,
- Criminal case(s): No contest, Not convicted, Plea deal, Plea held in abeyance, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Ongoing,
- Dennis Judd (1954 – ) was an LDS church member and Uintah County, Utah attorney; charged with voyeurism and stalking in October 2023 after allegedly filming his female employees in his law firm's bathroom; in January 2024, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of stalking; plea held in abeyance; in June 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of voyeurism
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Skyler Wright
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Skyler Wright was a Mormon church member in Arizona; accused of a sex crime
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Geoffrey Richard Ashdown
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Born: 1947
- LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Geoffrey Ashdown (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishop and deputy school principal in Australia; convicted after alleged sexual abuse of two boys; the alleged abuse took place while Ashdown was a bishop; died in 2012
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Michael Craig Andrew
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Born: 1977
- LDS positions: Church employee, Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS activity, Recreational trip/outing,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Michael Andrew (1977 – ) was a Mormon church member, former LDS church employee and part-owner of a children's gymnastics academy in or near Prescott, Arizona; accused in 2024 of child sexual abuse; convicted via a plea agreement in 2025; set to be sentenced Oct. 29
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Kelly Stephen Erickson
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Kelly Erickson was an LDS church member and US Air Force military member in Washington; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2023, incarcerated in Tucson, Arizona
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Robert Lee Erickson
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Born: 1932
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Robert Erickson (1932 – ) was an LDS church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; in 2023, charged with three first degree felony counts of aggravated child sexual abuse; he was 91 years old at the time of the charges
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Stephen Miehe
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Stephen Miehe (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Borzin Mottaghian
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Borzin Mottaghian was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Etienne Iriberry
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Born: 1975
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Etienne Iriberry (1975 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Richard C Donelson
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Richard Donelson was a Mormon church member and junior high school teacher in Utah; accused of taking a 14-year-old girl to New York City and sexually assaulting her; pleaded guilty in 1962 to a charge of "having carnal knowledge of" the girl
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Doe
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Doe was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse in a 2024 California lawsuit against the Mormon church
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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; accused of sexual abuse in a 2024 California lawsuit against the Mormon church
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Michael Ralph Bolingbroke
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Born: 1942
- LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
United States - Great Lakes [Michigan, Indiana, Ohio]
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building, Scout activity,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Michael Bolingbroke (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake seventy president in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2022 lawsuit; died in 2024
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Samuel Wallace Cantrell
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Born: 1973
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Samuel Cantrell (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl
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Jeffery David Scofield
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Born: 1974
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Jeffery Scofield (1974 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah; found guilty in 2004 of two counts of sexual abuse of a child (a 6-year-old girl); spent six years in prison and underwent therapy; in 2017, was arrested and charged with rape of a 73-year-old woman; the case was dismissed because the victim could not be located to testify in court
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Nicholas Alahverdian
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Born: 1987
- LDS positions: Not active LDS,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison,
- Nicholas Alahverdian (1987 – ) was an LDS church member in Rhode Island and Orem, Utah; allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Rhode Island in 2006; she told Floodlit in 2025 that she reported to Mormon officials, and that two missionaries overheard; Alahverdian was convicted in two rape trials in 2025
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Darin Layne Ray
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Born: 1966
- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Darin Ray (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Douglas County, Colorado; convicted in 2004 of felony sex assault on a child by one in a position of trust (victim under 15)
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Matthew Scott Patton
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Born: 1982
Died: 2020 - LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Matthew Patton (1982 – 2020) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse and sentenced to prison; crossed state lines after being released from prison and was pulled over by police; tried to flee from police; charged police with knives and died
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William Van Dyke
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- William Van Dyke was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual harassment of female students at Weber State University that needed financial aid
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Arthur Gus Bennett
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Died awaiting trial, Not convicted, Suicide,
- Arthur Bennett was an LDS church member in Hurricane, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of two teenage girls; allegedly faked a suicide to collect insurance money; was arrested and charged with murder and sexual abuse; died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial
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