4138 people accused of sex crimes they perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated while active in the LDS/Mormon church.
Browse by LDS position and more »Richard Saunders
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Born: 1950
- LDS mission:
unknown 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - Richard Saunders (1950 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Kim Nelson
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Born: 1947
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Kim Nelson (1947 – ) was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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Donovan Doras
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Born: 2004
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
- Donovan Doras (2004 – ) was a Mormon church member in Mesa, Arizona; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to one year in jail; registered sex offender
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Richard Mellor
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Born: 1981
LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader, - LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Richard Mellor (1981 – ) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
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Stephen Jay Cooper
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Brazil -
- Alleged:
1,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- Stephen Cooper (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member; convicted of ATTEMPTED - SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR and DEALING IN MATERIALS HARMFUL TO MINOR-DEFENDANT18 AND OLDER, both 3rd degree felonies
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James David Carnegie
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- LDS positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- James Carnegie was a Mormon bishop in Silverdale, Washington in the mid-1980s (Silverdale 3rd Ward, Silverdale Washington Stake); convicted in 2009 and sentenced to jail for child molestation
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Porter Kiles Nelson
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Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- Porter Nelson (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Alaska; charged in 2009 with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced in 2010 to jail or prison; as of 2025, lives in Marsing, Idaho as a registered sex offender
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Edwin Ellis Dyer
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Born: 1935
Died: 1986 - LDS positions: Scout leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Scout leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement,
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Church paid $200,000
- Edwin Dyer (1935 – 1986) was a Mormon church member and scoutmaster in central Oregon; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly molested as many as 15 boys over a 28-year period; convicted in 1985 of two misdemeanors related to sexual abuse; shot and killed in 1986 by one of his victims; the Mormon church settled out of court for $200,000 with one victim
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Collin James Hawkins
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Born: 1997
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation,
- Collin Hawkins (1997 – ) was a Mormon church member and adjunct Russian professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho; was a Mormon missionary in St. Petersburg, Russia from 2015 to 2017; arrested in 2025 on suspicion of 20 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; the charges were related to CSAM (child sexual abuse material)
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Jacob Aral McConkie
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Born: 1980
- LDS positions: LDS status unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Jacob McConkie (1980 – ) was raised as a Mormon church member in Utah; charged in 2025 with nine sexual exploitation of a minor charges for possessing CSAM
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Samuel Teancum Mitchell
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Born: 1983
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
2 victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Samuel Mitchell (1983 – ) was raised in the Mormon church; in 2025, was charged with multiple felony counts related to child sexual exploitation
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Kevin Michael White
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Born: 1968
- LDS positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Kevin White (1968 – ) was a therapist in Nephi, Utah who was raised in the Mormon church; accused of sexual abuse in 2025; Floodlit is trying to determine whether White was an active LDS church member at the time of the alleged crime
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Jeffery Lee Niemi
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Born: 1985
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - Unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Jeffery Niemi (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Duluth, Minnesota; convicted in 2016 and again in 2025 of felonies related to child sexual exploitation; sentenced in 2025 to 30 years in prison
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Krew Mario Zaugg
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Born: 2003
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
United States - Louisiana Baton Rouge 2022-2024
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Krew Zaugg (2003 – ) was a Mormon church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; went on an LDS mission to Louisiana and Mississippi from August 2022 to 2024; charged in June 2025 with multiple felonies after police said he sexually assaulted a minor; charged with rape of a victim under the age of 16 and lewd conduct with a child under 16
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Laron Thomas Zaugg
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Born: 1967
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Austria - Austria Vienna 1986-1988
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Laron Zaugg (1967 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; went on an LDS mission to Vienna, Austria in 1986; in 2017, sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and sentenced in Utah to three years to life in prison for first-degree felony attempted sodomy on a child; as of 2025, in federal prison in Colorado (release date 2028)
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Scott Leroy Zaugg
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Unknown crime scene,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Scott Zaugg (1970 – ) was allegedly a Mormon church member in Utah; was raised in the Mormon church; convicted in 2000 of second-degree felony sex abuse of a child; was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison; as of 2025, was a registered sex offender living in Roy, Utah
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Jeffrey Brent Zaugg
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- LDS positions: LDS status unknown, Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Jeffrey Zaugg was allegedly a Mormon church member in Utah; was raised in the Mormon church; convicted in 1995 of first-degree felony sodomy on a child; was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison; as of 2025, was out on parole (Utah offender #73345)
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Emily Marie Anderson
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- LDS positions: Primary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Primary,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Emily Anderson was a Mormon Primary president in the New Braunfels, Texas area; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
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Peter Als Anderson
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Peter Anderson was a Mormon church member in Denmark; accused of sexual abuse
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Kip Erik Crofts
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Born: 1966
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Kip Crofts (1966 – ) was a high school football coach in Caldwell, Idaho; was a Mormon bishopric counselor twice from 2014 to 2019; arrested and charged in 2025 with sexual abuse of a teenager
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Lance Eugene Jacks
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Born: 1994
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Lance Jacks (1994 – ) was a Mormon church member in Roy, Utah; convicted of sexually abusing a 4 year old girl; had just gone through the temple right before sexually abusing the child
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Jonathan Lane Sanders
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Born: 1993
- LDS positions: Primary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Jonathan Sanders (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member and dentist in Mesa, Arizona; accused in 2025 of crimes related to child sexual abuse
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Justin Dean Zierke
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Born: 1980
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation,
- Justin Zierke (1980 – ) was a Mormon church member and middle school teacher in Idaho Falls, Idaho; Zierke accepted a plea deal and pled guilty of injury to a child; received 30 days in jail and 2 years probation; lost teaching license
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Ronald Mellado Miller
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico [unknown] 1992-1994
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Ronald Miller (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and psychology professor in Hawaii (at Brigham Young University-Hawaii) and Orem, Utah (Utah Valley University); charged in 2024 in Utah with multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse
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Marc Edgar Alexander Cameron
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Born: 1978
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Marc Cameron (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member and former BYU hip-hop dance instructor in Utah; arrested and charged in June 2025 after allegedly sexually assaulting underage students at a dance studio he owned in Cottonwood Heights; some of the alleged abuse took place as early as 2019
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Orlin Noe Burgos Rosales
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Born: 1993
- LDS positions: LDS status unknown,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Orlin Burgos Rosales (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member in Washington County, Utah; arrested and charged in June 2025 with three counts of AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD, two counts of RAPE OF A CHILD, one count of OBJECT RAPE OF A CHILD, one count of LEWDNESS INVOLVING A CHILD
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Keaton Jerome Steck
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Born: 2001
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
United States - Washington [unknown city] 2019-2021
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Keaton Steck (2001 – ) was a former Mormon missionary who lived in Maricopa County, Arizona; went on a Mormon mission to Washington in approximately 2019-21; worked as a plumber after his LDS mission; charged in 2025 with second-degree felony child sex trafficking of a minor between the ages of 15 and 17
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Cody Brett Weaver
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Born: 1993
- LDS positions: Ward executive secretary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Ward executive secretary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Cody Weaver (1993 – ) was a Mormon church member and ward executive secretary in Queen Creek, Arizona; charged in 2024 with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor for CSAM material investigators said they found on his home electronics
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Jack Lewis Cash
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Born: 1934
Died: 2023 - LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, High priest, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Senior missionary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- LDS mission:
United States - Gulf States Mission 1954-1956
- Alleged:
10 or more victims,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation,
- Jack Cash (1934 – 2023) was a Mormon bishopric counselor and stake high council member in San Luis Obispo, California; was a practicing chiropractor for over 30 years; between 1979 and 1995, allegedly fondled at least 11 women's breasts during chiropractic visits; license suspended in 1985; in 1995, convicted by jury of seven misdemeanor counts of sexual battery; sentenced to 2 months in jail, 3 years probation; died in 2023
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Bradley Despain Spencer
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Born: 1958
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Bradley Spencer (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member and Middleton city councilman in Idaho; convicted in 2015 of sexual battery of a minor; sentenced to eight years in prison; registered sex offender
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Jacob William Delashmutt
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Born: 1979
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Jacob Delashmutt (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member in San Obispo, California; found guilty of murder; authorities were unable to prove rape because eight months after murder, the victim's body was found partially mummified and too decomposed
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Michael Mark Anderson
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Born: 1965
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Michael Anderson (1965 – ) was a Mormon church member and youth soccer coach in American Fork, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted, sentenced to 25 years to life in prison
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Sean Ryan Clark
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Born: 1985
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Sean Clark (1985 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ashland, Kentucky; accused in 2023 of sexual abuse
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Mark Kevin Haws
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Mark Haws was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Jared King Zierenberg
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Born: 1954
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Jared Zierenberg (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member in Camarillo, California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted; registered sex offender
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Justin Kent Knight
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Born: 1983
- LDS positions: Primary, Scout leader, Ward executive secretary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Justin Knight (1983 – ) was a Mormon church member in Tucson, Arizona; in 2023, pled guilty to one third-degree count of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR and one fourth-degree felony charge of Aggravated Taking Id Of Another Person Or Entity; sentenced to prison; registered sex offender as of Oct. 2025
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