4138 people accused of sex crimes they perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated while active in the LDS/Mormon church.
Browse by LDS position and more »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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Raymond Casillas
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Raymond Casillas (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender
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Rowland Wayne James
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Born: 1968
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Rowland James (1968 – ) was an LDS church member in Lansing, Michigan; found guilty of sexually abusing young girls and a young boy he met at church; serving time in prison as of January 2024
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Lyle Gordon Richardson
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Lyle Richardson was an LDS church member in Wyoming; accused of sexual abuse
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Robert Henry Paisola
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Born: 1967
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, No contest, Plea deal,
- Robert Paisola (1967 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2008 and sentenced to 90 days in jail
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Ted Bundy
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Born: 1946
Died: 1989 - LDS positions: Not active LDS,
- During alleged crime/failure: Not active LDS,
- LDS mission:
no
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
- Ted Bundy (1946 – 1989) was baptized into the LDS church in 1975, but was not an active participant in church services and ignored most church restrictions; accused of rape and murder of dozens of women and girls; convicted of murder; executed by electric chair in Florida in 1989
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Bradley Ott
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Bradley Ott was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Christopher Jeremy Prue
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Born: 1991
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Christopher Prue (1991 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of sexual abuse
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Charles Wesley Tyhurst
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Born: 1947
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Charles Tyhurst (1947 – ) was a former LDS bishop and optometrist in southwest Virginia; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; 2020: sentenced in Virginia to prison for five years for aggravated sexual battery of a minor; 2024: registered sex offender; lives in Richmond, Virginia
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Mikel Wayne Marshall
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Mikel Marshall was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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David Chandler Owens
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- LDS positions: Elders quorum,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- David Owens was an LDS elders quorum president in Tempe, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2018 to 20 or more years in prison for sexually assaulting three young men in his Mormon ward
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Sean David Woolf
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Born: 1974
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States -
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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- Sean Woolf (1974 – ) was an LDS church member and full-time missionary; accused of sexual abuse of a child; the alleged abuse occurred during his mission; the victim later sued or planned to sue the Mormon church in 2020; the church settled with the victim, according to a person familiar with the case
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Major Lynn Madon
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- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Nursery, Stake high council, Sunday school, Ward clerk,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Major Madon was an LDS church member in Mapleton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse; as of 2024, serving time in prison in Central Utah Correctional Facility
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William Arthur Whitmore
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Born: 1962
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- William Whitmore (1962 – ) was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; convicted of sexual abuse
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Jonathan Lyle Owens
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Jonathan Owens was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Revere Wedekind Burnett
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Born: 1972
- LDS mission:
Sweden -
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Revere Burnett (1972 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and found guilty of multiple felonies; appealed and received a lesser conviction sentence for misdemeanors; was not required to register as a sex offender
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Christopher Roy Evans
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Christopher Evans was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Dale Harland Heath
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Born: 1959
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- Dale Heath (1959 – ) was an LDS church member and chiropractor in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Earl E Bleak
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Born: 1936
Died: 2000 - LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Germany - Germany (unknown) 1956-1959
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Victim's home,
- Criminal case(s): criminal-result-dismissed-incompetence, Not convicted,
- Earl Bleak (1936 – 2000) was an LDS bishopric counselor and physician in Tempe, Arizona; accused in 1998 of sexual abuse of a 36-year-old patient and friend; charges were dismissed in 1999 due to mental incompetence; Bleak died in 2000 of complications from a form of dementia
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Todd Mortenson
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Todd Mortenson was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Carlton Snyder
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Carlton Snyder was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Albert Dee Halladay
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Born: 1930
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Albert Halladay (1930 – ) was a former LDS bishop in Sandy, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1988; pleaded guilty in 1989 to one second degree felony charge of sex abuse of a child; convicted
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Scott Fredrich Farr
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Born: 1953
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS building,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Scott Farr (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; found guilty in 1981 of forcible sexual abuse and 1991 of sex solicitation; molested a girl inside a Mormon church building
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Rodney L Bailey
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Rodney Bailey was an LDS church member in Medora, Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Donald Marden Cornell
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Donald Cornell was an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Ryan Michael Didier
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Ryan Didier was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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Dwayne Hector Rogers
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- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Dwayne Rogers was an LDS church member in Utah and Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted of aggravated sex abuse of a child
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Brett Dayley
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- LDS positions: Elders quorum, Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Brett Dayley was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Dane C Broderick
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Dane Broderick was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Chad Daniel Christensen
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Chad Christensen was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Evan Douglas Hopper
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- Evan Hopper was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Neil Rennis Shumate
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Born: 1945
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
9 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's workplace, Victim's school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
- Neil Shumate (1945 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader in Pleasanton, California; was also a kindergarten teacher; arrested in 1994 and charged with molesting several of his students; convicted on all 16 counts; sentenced to 12 years in prison
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Kevin Weisenberger
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Born: 1970
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Kevin Weisenberger (1970 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1993
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David Eldredge
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result,
- David Eldredge was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Stephen Sullivan Lowe
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Stephen Lowe was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Kenneth Enos Jenks
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Born: 1941
- LDS positions: Other leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Uruguay - Unknown
- Alleged:
3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
LDS activity, LDS building, Recreational trip/outing,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Kenneth Jenks (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in California (Milpitas Ward); was a ward executive secretary and ward librarian; charged with sexual abuse; convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about Jenks's abuse but allowed him to work with children
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Thomas C Forrest
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Born: 1941
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Released,
- Thomas Forrest (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Mississippi; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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William John Harding
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Born: 1940
- LDS positions: Branch president, Ward clerk,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- William Harding (1940 – ) was a Mormon branch president, elders quorum president and ward clerk in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia; allegedly had as many as 40 victims; in 2024, pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to 9 months in jail in Brisbane; in 2025, faced new charges in Tasmania
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Mark L Webb
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Born: 1966
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - Unknown 1985-
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
- Mark Webb (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Murray, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2014 to two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor
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Tracy Rogers
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- LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Tracy Rogers was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Russell George Crosland
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Born: 1962
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Russell Crosland (1962 – ) was a Mormon church member in Fillmore, Utah; tried meeting with a person he thought was a 13-year-old child that he chatted with online for sex; it was an undercover agent; he was arrested
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Mark Daniel Sherry
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Born: 1964
- LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Portugal - Lisbon
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Probation,
- Mark Sherry (1964 – ) was an LDS ward mission leader and church building supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri; found guilty in 2000 of Sexual Misconduct - 2nd Degree; sentenced to two years of supervised probation
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Jason Michael Pedersen
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Born: 1979
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Ward clerk,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
United States - Mesa
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Jason Pedersen (1979 – ) was an LDS church member in Heber City, Utah; convicted guilty of first-degree felony attempted aggravated sex abuse of a child; as of April 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah as a registered sex offender and is an LDS elders quorum president
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Thomas Hannett
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Born: 1959
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Thomas Hannett (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member in California; accused in 2024 of sexual abuse
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Brent Richard Johnson
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Born: 1973
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
United Kingdom - England 1993-1995
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home, Victim's home,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
- Brent Johnson (1973 – ) was a Mormon church member in Cedar Hills, Utah; charged in 2024 with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse; police said they found three videos of Johnson in 2013 where he was recording himself sexually abusing an 11-year-old child while she was sleeping
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James Ricky Neumeyer
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Born: 1955
Died: 2024 - LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Police investigation, Suicide, Unknown result,
- James Neumeyer (1955 – 2024) was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; died in 2024
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Spencer Scott McDougal
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Born: 1957
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Spencer McDougal (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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