4316 people accused of sex crimes they perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated while active in the LDS/Mormon church.
Browse by LDS position and more »George Martin Schliesser
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Born: 1958
LDS positions: Primary, Scout leader, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 4 victims, Multiple victims,
Convicted, Ongoing, Unknown result, - George Schliesser (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member, scout leader and Primary teacher in Utah; charged in 1990 with two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sex abuse on a child; in September 2021, was arrested after a third alleged attempt at voyeurism, the first two in 2020
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Patrick Tissier
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Unknown result, - Patrick Tissier was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Francois Le Corguille
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Convicted, Prison, - Francois Le Corguille was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to prison in 2011
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James Phillip Schmidt
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Born: 1944
LDS positions: Scout leader, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Registered sex offender,
Unknown result, - James Schmidt (1944 – ) was an LDS church member and scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over six years; convicted in Idaho; convicted in the late 1990s in Maryland; as of 2024, registered as a sex offender
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William Schubeck
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 1 victim,
Alleged failure to report
Unknown result,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, - William Schubeck was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
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Dennis Walter Schult
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Born: 1935
LDS positions: Scout leader, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender, - Dennis Schult (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
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Jean-Jacques S
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LDS positions: Scout leader, - LDS mission:
unknown
Unknown result, - Jean-Jacques S was an LDS church member in France; accused of sexual abuse
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Orin Ervin Searle
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Born: 1926
Died: 2014
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, High priest, Other leader, Temple worker, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Alleged failure to report
Not convicted, - Orin Searle (1926 – 2014) was an LDS church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 2013 but was deemed incompetent to stand trial; a victim said that Searle's predatory behavior began as early as the late 1950s, and that several family members, and multiple members of the LDS 44th Ward (Mount Ogden Stake), knew that Searle was a child molester but did nothing to stop him; died in 2014
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Michael Joe McClellan
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Born: 1957
LDS positions: Youth leader, - LDS mission:
United Kingdom - Scotland - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, - Michael McClellan (1957 – ) was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; arrested; convicted of attempted lewdness with a minor; sentenced to prison; as of 2024, lives in Cottonwood, Arizona
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Wayne Sells
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LDS positions: Scout leader, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Unknown result, - Wayne Sells was a Mormon church member in South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse
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Glen Howard Sexton
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 1 victim,
Unknown result, - Glen Sexton was a Mormon church member in Texas; accused of sexual abuse
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Joseph Shanks
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LDS positions: Missionary, Temple worker, - LDS mission:
United Kingdom - - Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
Convicted, Jail, - Joseph Shanks was an LDS senior missionary and temple worker in Chorley, Lancashire, England; convicted of ten charges related to sex crimes after he was caught in a police sting operation trying to meet three young children for sex; called from a landline registered to the Mormon Church's missionary training center
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Michael Rex Shean
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Born: 1947
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Temple worker, - LDS mission:
Uruguay - Uruguay 1966-1968 - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Prison,
Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, -
Church paid $unknown - Michael Shean (1947 – ) was a Mormon bishopric counselor and temple worker, and deputy district attorney in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California; convicted of sexually molesting boys; sentenced to prison; the Mormon church allegedly made at least one settlement payment to a victim who said a stake president covered up the abuse for years
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Richard Simcock
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
Convicted, Prison, - Richard Simcock was an LDS church member in the United Kingdom (UK); accused of sexual abuse; sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison
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Michael Simms
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS building,
Alleged failure to report
Unknown result,
Unknown result, -
Church paid $unknown - Michael Simms was a Latter-day Saints (LDS) church member, organist and music teacher in Oregon; accused in a 2009 civil lawsuit against the LDS church of sexually abusing a boy about 100 times between 1974 and 1976; case settled in 2010 in federal court
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Philander Knox Smartt
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LDS positions: Mission president, Other leader, Stake president, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted, - Philander Smartt was a Mormon mission president in Puerto Rico; accused of sexually manipulating some of his sister missionaries; in 2014, the LDS church sent him home and called his behavior "immoral and sinful," but no criminal charges or civil lawsuits resulted
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Joseph Smith
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Born: 1805
Died: 1844
LDS positions: Apostle, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted, - Joseph Smith (1805 – 1844) was the founder of the LDS church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church); was publicly accused during his life (1805-1844) of sexual misconduct, including adultery and illegal polygamy; in May 1844, a Hancock County, Illinois grand jury indicted Smith for perjury, fornication and polygamy; died in June 1844
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Charles Michael Snider
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Found guilty, - Charles Snider was an LDS church member in Georgia; accused of sexual abuse
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Sidney L Spencer
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LDS positions: Scout leader, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, - Sidney Spencer was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 1984 of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop approved his application to be a scout leader despite his prior sex crime conviction
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Robert Wayne Larsen
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Born: 1965
LDS positions: Scout leader, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Released, - Robert Larsen (1965 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD in 1993, and SEX ABUSE CHILD in 1998, as well as POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in 2009
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Derrick Starley
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LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
United States - Unknown (Idaho) - Victims: 1 victim,
Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, - Derrick Starley was an LDS church member and full-time missionary in Chubbuck, Idaho; originally from Utah; perpetrated a sex crime while on his Mormon mission in October 2012; convicted in 2013 of felony injury to a child and sentenced to 10 days in jail
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Robert Stevenson
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 1 victim,
Alleged failure to report
Unknown result, - Robert Stevenson was an LDS church member in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual abuse
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Michael Terry Stillman
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Born: 1939
Died: 2020
LDS positions: Scout leader, Tabernacle Choir, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted, - Michael Stillman (1939 – 2020) was a Mormon Tabernacle Choir member and professional scouter with the Boy Scouts of America in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah; accused in 1989 of having sexually abused a boy between the ages of 13 and 15 in the mid-1970s; decided to resign as district scout executive as long as it did not imply guilt; was never reported to police or charged with a crime
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Robert David Stillwell
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Born: 1964
LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
Taiwan - Taipei 1984-1986 - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, - Robert Stillwell (1964 – ) was a Mormon church member and boy scout leader in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse in 1987; convicted in 1993 and 1998 in separate cases of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop reportedly became aware of the abuse, but did not take any church disciplinary action or report to police
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Phillip Brandon Stokes
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Born: 1981
LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 1 victim,
Convicted, Prison, - Phillip Stokes (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; composed music for multiple videos posted to official LDS church websites and social media accounts; in 2022, sentenced in Utah to two terms of 25 years to life in prison for rape of a child and sodomy on a child, first-degree felonies
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Stephen Wayne Stokes
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Born: 1948
Died: 2016
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, BYU, Missionary, Scout leader, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
United States - New York Cumorah 1967-1969 - Victims: 1 victim,
Never charged, Not convicted,
Dismissed, Dismissed with prejudice, - Stephen Stokes (1948 – 2016) was a Mormon church member and Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) professor; accused of sexual assault by a former student; died in 2016; in 2022, civil lawsuit against BYU-I was dismissed with prejudice
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Bradley Grant Stowell
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Born: 1972
LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, - LDS mission:
United States - Alaska Anchorage 1991-1993 - Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, - Bradley Stowell (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced in 1997 to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of Stowell's victims, Adam Steed, came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA; as of 2024, lived in Herriman, Utah
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Larry W Strain
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 3 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Unknown result, - Larry Strain was a Mormon church member in Missouri; accused of sexual abuse
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James Grant Stringham
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Born: 1928
Died: 2017
LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Health appointment,
Convicted, No contest, Probation, - James Stringham (1928 – 2017) was a Mormon church member and pediatric physician in Salt Lake City, Utah; in 1980, he made a video recording of a sexual nature involving a child patient; in 1982, pleaded no contest to a second-degree felony charge of sexual exploitation of a minor; sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution; his medical license was suspended for 90 days
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Jason Strong
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Alleged failure to report
Unknown result,
Dismissed, Lawsuit v. LDS church, - Jason Strong was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; a victim sued the Mormon church after a bishop and stake president allegedly failed to report the abuse to police; the claims against the church were dismissed by a trial court, and the Utah Supreme Court upheld the dismissal in 2001, citing the First Amendment
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Todd C Summers
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LDS positions: Missionary, - LDS mission:
United States - Ohio Cleveland - Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: LDS building, Public, Victim's home,
Alleged failure to report
Never charged,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, -
Church paid $100,000 - Todd Summers was an LDS church member and videographer for local children's events in Costa Mesa, California; accused of child sexual abuse that allegedly took place in a Mormon chapel and other locations; a 2009 civil suit against him ended with a $100,000 settlement payment by the Mormon church to the plaintiff
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Sean David Sund
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Born: 1972
LDS positions: Other leader, Primary, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's home,
Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender, - Sean Sund (1972 – ) was an LDS primary teacher in Utah; arrested in 2018 and accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl from his LDS ward during sleepovers at his home on multiple occasions; pleaded guilty in 2022 to second-degree felony sex abuse of a child and was sentenced to 361 days in jail; registered sex offender for life
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Mark A Swanson
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LDS positions: Scout leader, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, - Mark Swanson was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted in the 1980s of child sexual abuse; in 1988, Darwin Matthews, a Mormon bishop in Shelley, Idaho, recommended Swanson for a scout leader position, reportedly because he felt Swanson was "completely rehabilitated"
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Daniel David Taggart
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
Convicted, Prison, - Daniel Taggart was an LDS church member in Highland, Utah; co-founder of Ancestry.com, LDSAudio.com and Infobases; in 2015, sentenced to prison in Utah for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl
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Gerald Tapp
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Born: 1952
LDS positions: Bishop, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Jail, - Gerald Tapp (1952 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Gravesend, England; in 2008, sentenced to three and a half years in jail for distributing and possessing indecent images of children
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David M Chadwick
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Born: 1966
- LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Unknown result, - David Chadwick (1966 – ) was an LDS church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah; convicted in 2019 of sex abuse of a child
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Peter Taylor
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
Alleged failure to report
Admitted guilt, Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, -
Church paid $1,200,000 - Peter Taylor was a Mormon church member in Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million; the church appealed and the amount was reduced to $1.2 million
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Daniel Luke Taylor
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Born: 1979
LDS positions: Seminary teacher, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, - Daniel Taylor (1979 – ) was an LDS church member and seminary teacher in New Zealand; found guilty in 2013 of sexual abuse of multiple underage boys; local Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report Taylor's abuse
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Luis Andres Morales Silva
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Born: 1987
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unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - Luis Morales Silva (1987 – ) was an LDS church member in Lehi, Utah; in 2022, pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child; sentenced to one to 15 years in prison
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Brent E Taylor
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Born: 1948
LDS positions: Sunday school, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 6 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Fled or failed to appear, Ongoing, Pleaded guilty, Prison, - Brent Taylor (1948 – ) was the Utah Valley Youth Symphony orchestra director and an LDS Sunday school teacher; accused in 2018 of sexually abusing multiple boys; a judge ruled in 2023 that he had exaggerated his health issues to avoid trial; pleaded guilty in June 2024; sentenced twice to prison in two separate child sex abuse cases in 2024
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Glendon Gray Templeton
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LDS positions: Bishop, Sunday school, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Bishop's office, LDS building,
Alleged failure to report
Never charged, Not convicted,
Unknown result, - Glendon Templeton was a Mormon bishop, Sunday school teacher and scout leader in Arizona; was bishop of the Maryvale Ward in West Phoenix from 2014 to 2019; excommunicated in 2019; also was a volleyball coach for high school-aged girls; accused numerous times and arrested, but never prosecuted for alleged sex crimes; sued in 1997 for alleged sexual abuse; allegedly sexually assaulted multiple teenage girls
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Arturo Tenorio
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Born: 1953
LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Perpetrator's workplace,
Unknown result, - Arturo Tenorio (1953 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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Kelly James Teters
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Born: 1963
LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Prison, - Kelly Teters (1963 – ) was an LDS church member in Montana; in 2001, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 1997; in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent and sentenced to 10 years in prison
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Mark Thomas
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no
Alleged failure to report
Unknown result,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, - Mark Thomas was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; a plaintiff sued the LDS church
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John Doe
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LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown
Alleged failure to report
Unknown result, - John Doe was an LDS church member in Germany; accused of sexual abuse
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George Kermit Tilson
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Born: 1942
Died: 2020
LDS positions: High priest, Scout leader, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result, - George Tilson (1942 – 2020) was a Mormon church member in the Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s; alleged coverup by Mormon leaders
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Edgar A Tisdale
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LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
unknown - Victims: 1 victim,
Unknown result, - Edgar Tisdale was a Mormon church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
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Jay William Toombs
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Born: 1956
LDS positions: Scout leader, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
Alleged failure to report
Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, - Jay Toombs (1956 – ) was an LDS scout leader and private investigator in Benson, Utah; allegedly told his stake president (a Cache County prosecutor) in 1994 that he had molested boys; three LDS bishops and stake president Jerry Toombs (his older brother) allegedly knew of abuse but did not tell police; convicted in 2000 and sentenced to five years to life in prison; released in 2025; lives in Logan, Utah
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Robert Michael Tubbs
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Born: 1952
LDS positions: Scout leader, - LDS mission:
Japan - Japan [unknown city] 1971-1973 - Victims: 10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Scout activity,
Alleged failure to report
Admitted guilt, Convicted, Parole, Prison, Released, Violated parole/probation, - Robert Tubbs (1952 – ) was an LDS scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; admitted he told a Mormon bishop in the early 1970s he had molested multiple boys; Tubbs said the bishop kept the abuse secret; nearly 20 years passed and Tubbs molested others; in the 1990s, Tubbs pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced to six years to life in prison; paroled in 2000; violated parole; released in 2008
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Timothy Nathan Tuttle
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Born: 1962
Died: 2016
LDS positions: Unknown position, - LDS mission:
no - Victims: Unknown number of victims,
Convicted, Unknown result, - Timothy Tuttle (1962 – 2016) was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted in 2016 of three counts of class A misdemeanor sexual battery
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