4258 people accused of sex crimes they perpetrated or allegedly perpetrated while active in the LDS/Mormon church.
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Born: 1953
LDS positions: Sunday school, - During alleged crime/failure: Sunday school,
- LDS mission:
no - Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged failure to report
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, - Civil case(s): Settlement,
- Jesus Hurtado (1953 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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Kelly Gordon Jenkins
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Born: 1982
- LDS positions: Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
no
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online/computer/phone,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Kelly Jenkins (1982 – ) was a man in Idaho Falls, Idaho; convicted in 2004 of multiple crimes related to child sexual abuse; registered sex offender
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William James Purdy
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Born: 1997
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- During alleged crime/failure: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
10 or more victims, Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- William Purdy (1997 – ) was a Mormon missionary in Tonga in 2017; originally from Utah; in July 2025, was arrested in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after a federal grand jury indictment on charges related to child sexual exploitation; allegedly sexually abused multiple children while on his mission
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Jeffrey Butler Rock
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Born: 1955
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Branch president, Elders quorum president/counselor, Nursery, Primary, Scout leader, Stake high council, temple liaison, Youth leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Jeffrey Rock (1955 – ) was a former Mormon branch president and U.S. State Department employee; lived in California, Utah, Fiji and Thailand; pleaded guilty in 2025 to three charges of sexual battery; sentenced in February 2026 in Utah to 18 months in jail; the Mormon church knew about alleged child sex abuse but failed multiple times over years to alert civil authorities, according to Rock’s relatives
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Brian Matthew Griffeth
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Born: 1978
- LDS positions: Ward clerk,
- During alleged crime/failure: Ward clerk,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Not convicted,
- Brian Griffeth (1978 – ) was a Mormon ward clerk in the Lake City, Florida area; accused of sexual abuse; criminal charges were dropped in October 2025
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Dallin Russell Griffeth
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Born: 2004
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country - Unknown (Spanish-speaking) 2022-2024
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Not convicted,
- Dallin Griffeth (2004 – ) was a former Mormon missionary (Spanish-speaking mission); arrested in July 2025, accused of child sexual abuse; criminal charges were dropped in October 2025
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Dion Labadie
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Dion Labadie was a Mormon church member in Washington; accused of sexual abuse
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Joseph Blodgett
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Born: 1975
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- During alleged crime/failure: Bishop,
- LDS mission:
no
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Joseph Blodgett (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; ongoing case as of 2025
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Douglas Richard Bray
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Douglas Bray was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Eric Larson Brinkerhoff
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Eric Brinkerhoff was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
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Douglas Robert Brooks
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Douglas Brooks was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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John Dewayne Brost
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- John Brost was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Mitchell Velasco Burnett
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Born: 1998
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Alleged:
1,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Mitchell Burnett (1998 – ) was an LDS church member in Riverton, Utah; charged in Utah in 2025 with 12 felonies related to child sexual abuse; convicted via plea deal in April 2026 of three felonies related to sexual extortion, sex exploitation and enticing a minor; sentencing set for June 12, 2026
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John Bennett
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- LDS positions: Elders quorum president/counselor,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- John Bennett was a Mormon elders quorum president in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Keith Allen Biggs
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Born: 1975
- LDS positions: Music leader,
- During alleged crime/failure: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Keith Biggs (1975 – ) was a Mormon church member in Oregon; accused of sexual abuse of a 16-year-old alleged victim; through a grand jury indictment Biggs was charged with 20 felonies related to child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2009 to two misdemeanors and registered as a sex offender; sentenced to 20 days in jail and three years probation; in 2011, found guilty of violating probation by visiting BYU
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Michael James Angus
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Born: 1944
- LDS positions: Stake high council,
- During alleged crime/failure: Stake high council,
- LDS mission:
no
- Alleged:
2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Perpetrator's home,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Prison,
- Michael Angus (1944 – ) was an LDS church member in Star, Idaho; convicted of possession of sexually explicit images of minors in 2012; was accused of sexually abusing two young girls; had created and possessed CSAM of one of the victims; is a registered sex offender lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.
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Daniel C Bachmeier
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Daniel Bachmeier (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Flint, Michigan; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Steven Bain/Baine
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Steven Bain/Baine was allegedly a Mormon church member in Southport, England; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
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Ryan Lynn Barnes
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Born: 1994
- LDS positions: Missionary, Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Unknown country -
- Alleged:
multiple, unknown,
- Alleged crime scenes:
online,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Ryan Barnes (1994 – ) was a Mormon church member in Rexburg, Idaho; reportedly former BYU-Idaho student; pleaded guilty in April 2025; in prison, eligible for parole in November 2027
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Joel Patrick Kenney
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Born: 1958
- LDS positions: Youth leader,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
4,
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, guilty,
- Joel Kenney (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Arizona; convicted of four counts each of child molestation and sexual conduct with a minor, plus two counts of involving minors in the use of illegal drugs in 1990; is a prisoner in Florence, Arizona; release date set for April 1, 2142.
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Wade Gordon Oborn
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Born: 1959
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
1,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Victim's school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Wade Oborn (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member and school teacher in Mesa, Arizona; 2002 admitted to sexually abusing a student in his classroom at a charter school; convicted in 2004, sentenced in 2004; is a registered sex offender living in Gilbert, AZ
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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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Stephen Jay Cooper
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Born: 1970
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
Brazil -
- Alleged:
1 victim,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online/computer/phone,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, 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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Ross Jay Curtis
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- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
no
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Ross Curtis was a Mormon church member in California; in 2009, was convicted of crimes related to child sexual abuse and sentenced to prison; as of 2025, was a registered sex offender living in Los Angeles, California
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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: Cub/Boy 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/computer/phone,
- 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/computer/phone,
- 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/computer/phone,
- 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/computer/phone,
- 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, Sunday school teacher, 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): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- 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; convicted; registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona as of January 2026
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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/computer/phone,
- 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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