4,302 instances of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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    • Dustin Cassady was a Mormon church member in the Sacramento, California area (Carmichael); accused of child sexual exploitation; pleaded guilty; as of March 2024, lives in Roseville, California as a registered sex offender
    • Danny Cassidy was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
    • Robert Cervo was an LDS youth leader and schoolteacher in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; accused of sexual abuse; agreed in 2015 to sign a peace bond (not a conviction, but an agreement to comply with certain conditions for a specified period) and the four criminal charges against him were stayed
    • Mark Chapman was an LDS church member, church janitor and scout leader in Michigan; served 9 years in prison in New York for charges of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 17; sentenced to prison in 2022 in Michigan for sexually assaulting two children; some of the abuse took place at an LDS chapel
    • Bryce Chatland was an LDS church member in San Antonio, Texas; charged in 2023 with felony child sexual abuse
    • Max Cheatham was an LDS church member in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in Colorado of child sexual abuse
    • Church discipline: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
    • Kami Chesnut was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
    • David Chesser was an LDS church member and track and field athlete in Texas and at BYU-Provo; joined the airforce and moved to Japan; In 2016, was convicted of 2 counts of child sexual abuse and was sentenced to 13 years of confinement accused of sexual abuse
    • Bret Chesworth was a Mormon church member in Australia; pleaded guilty to 7 charges of child abuse and bestiality including downloading images; he was caught in an international sting operation involving Australian and US agencies
    • Al Childress was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted and sentenced to jail
    • Kevin Christensen was a Mormon church member and judge in Brigham City, Utah; accused of receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to individuals he believed to be minor children; pleaded not guilty in July 2025
    • Christopher Church was a Mormon high priest and anesthesiologist in Arizona; had his license revoked in 2011 for a pattern of touching women's breasts while they were unconscious; 2012 civil suit was dismissed
    • Gregory Claire was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
    • Tanner Clark was an LDS church member in Utah; sentenced in 2019 to 90 days in jail for two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year old, two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to minors; may have had over 100 victims; arrested in 2021 (while on probation) for enticing a minor; convicted and sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison
    • Sean Clark was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Larry Clarke was a Mormon branch president in Papua New Guinea; accused of sexual abuse
    • Michael Clay was an LDS church member and BYU professor in Provo, Utah; charged with sexually abusing three students; entered a plea bargain in May 2023 in which he agreed to plead no contest to three class A misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, complete 24 months of probation, do 50 hours of community service, and take a sexual boundaries course; sentenced in June 2023 according to the plea deal
    • Mark Clay was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Richard Cole was an LDS church member in Santa Rosa, California; accused of sexually and physically abusing his wife; in 1975 was murdered by his wife when she said needed the abuse to stop
    • Stephen Coleman was an LDS church member and analyst in the Utah state Office of Planning and Budget; accused of sexual abuse in 2011; convicted and sentenced to prison; as of 2016, was serving two sentences of 15 years to life in prison in Utah
    • Gerald Collingwood was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Alabama; moved to Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 1996 in Utah
    • Dennis Collins was an LDS church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
    • Frank Collins was an LDS church member and traveling professional clown (as "Windy the Clown") in Whittier, California; accused of sexual abuse in 1986; charges dropped
    • John Conway was a Mormon church member in Cambridge, UK; accused of child sexual abuse after his twin brother Martyn Conway was convicted of child sexual abuse; in both cases, the victim was the same underage boy
    • Martyn Conway was a Mormon church member in England; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse; twin brother of John Patrick Conway, who also perpetrated child sexual abuse against the same victim
    • Church discipline: Excommunicated,
    • Keldon Cook was a Mormon church member in Utah; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
    • Allan Cook was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2020 to three second degree felony charges of aggravated child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison in 2020
    • Richard Cook was a Mormon church member and former LDS nursery leader in Boise, Idaho; arrested in 2020 on suspicion of sexually abusing young boys
    • Stanley Cool was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Brandon Cordero was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
    • Donald Cornell was an LDS church member in Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
    • Benjamin Covey was a Mormon church member in the 1840s and 1850s; in 1848, was excommunicated for having sexual intercourse with two girls "less than Twelve years of age" who were his foster daughters; was rebaptized and soon thereafter was made bishop of the Salt Lake City Twelfth Ward from 22 February 1849 until 1856
    • Church discipline: Church position after confession/conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
    • John Cox was a Mormon church member in Clackamas County, Oregon; convicted of child sexual abuse
    • David Cox was an LDS church member in Seminole County, Florida; found guilty of Lewd or lascivious molestation victim under 12 years offender 18 or older and LEWD,LASCIVIOUS CHILD U/16; F.S. 800.04 (PRINCIPAL IN ATTEMPT); also found guilty of LEWD,LASCIVIOUS CHILD U/16; F.S. 800.04 (PRINCIPAL IN ATTEMPT) Adjudication Date : 03/23/2000
    • Michael Coy was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Mark Cram was a former Mormon bishop and stake presidency counselor, and city manager in Riverton, Utah; charged in 2006 with voyeurism; admitted climbing a 9-foot wall at a tanning salon to watch a 16-year-old girl undress; pleaded guilty; plea was held in abeyance; he completed the terms set by the court, charge was dismissed and case was expunged in 2008; as of February 2024, lives in Riverton, Utah
    • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
    • Justin Crawley was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2019 of enticing a minor / 3rd degree felony and sexual exploitation of a minor / 3rd degree felony attempted
    • Curtis Crittenden was a Mormon church member and LDS full-time missionary in Guatemala in 1993-1995; admitted to sexually abusing boys while on his mission and later when he was the head of 4-H in Tooele County; sentenced to prison in 2007 in Utah for child sexual abuse of several boys in his care as their 4-H leader
    • Kip Crofts 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
    • Daniel Croney was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Alan Croshaw was a Mormon bishop in Springville, Utah from at least 1991 to 1995; admitted to having a lifelong sexual addiction with a preference for prepubescent girls; downloaded and distributed child pornography; in 2015, sentenced to 30 days in jail for felony voyeurism and misdemeanor lewdness; violated probation by downloading porn
    • Russell Crosland 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
    • Abraham Cruz was a Mormon missionary in Saratoga Springs, Utah; arrested in May 2024 on suspicion of sexual assault; charged with three first-degree felony counts (two of forcible sodomy, one of rape); charges were dismissed without prejudice in June 2024
    • John Cummings was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse
    • Daniel Cupyrna was a Mormon assistant stake clerk and stake technology specialist in Middlesbrough Ward, Billingham Stake, UK; accused of possession of child sexual abuse material; admitted to wrongdoing; convicted
    • Kevin Curlew was an LDS church member in Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police
    • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
    • David Curtis was a Mormon church member and middle school counselor in St. George, Utah; in 2025, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison
    • Ross Curtis was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Kenneth Curtis was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
    • Robert Dahle was an LDS church member, Utah Highway Patrol trooper; alleged rapist of a 13-year-old girl
    • Candon Dahle was a Mormon church member in Blackfoot, Idaho and Provo, Utah; in February 2025, arrested in Utah, extradited to Idaho; at the time of arrest, was a starting pitcher for the BYU baseball team; charged in Fremont County with felony lewd conduct with a child under 16 (pleaded guilty in May 2025); charged in Bingham County for a juvenile child sex abuse case (dismissed via Fremont plea agreement)
    • Luke Dalton was a Mormon church member; admitted to sexually abusing dozens of boys over decades in Ohio, Montana and Utah; arrested in 1997 in Utah for sexually abusing his only son; convicted and sentenced to prison; served 3.5 years in prison
    • Troy Dameron was a Mormon church member, electrician and sheriff's deputy in Teton County, Idaho; lived in Rexburg, Idaho; a 911 dispatcher said he asked her sexually charged questions, shared sexual fantasies and masturbated in a bathroom near her work desk; pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure; sentenced in May 2024 to 15 days in jail (with work release) and two years of probation
    • Buckland Darrell was a former LDS Primary teacher in Redmond, Washington; accused of molesting young boys in sacrament meeting and at their homes; charged with first-degree felony child molestation in 2022-23 (5 victims); admitted to sexually abusing around 6 to 8 boys; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2024 to at least 8 years in prison; faced two additional counts in March 2025 after two more victims came forward
    • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
    • Scott Darrington was a former LDS bishop and assistant school principal in Fallon, Nevada; convicted of possession of child pornography, spent a year in prison
    • Michael Davies was a Mormon church member in Wales; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
    • Robert Davis was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Joseph Davis was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Stephen Davis was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Kevin Davis was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Thomas Dawkins was an LDS church member in Columbia, South Carolina; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 1986; the conviction was later overturned
    • David Dawson was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted
    • Brett Dayley was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Prescott De Jean was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Texas; accused of sexual abuse; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
    • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
    • Church discipline: Excommunicated,
    • Randall Deaton was an LDS church member in the Holmes Lake Ward, Lincoln Nebraska Stake; convicted in 2002 of attempted 1st degree sexual assault of a minor; the abuse took place before Deaton joined the LDS church; subsequently called as counselor in a YSA ward bishopric
    • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
    • Reed Decker was a Mormon church member in Davis County, Utah; charged in March 2023 with two felony counts of child sexual abuse; as of March 2024, a jury trial is scheduled for September 2024
    • Broch DeGraff was an LDS church member and private school teacher at Liahona Preparatory Academy in Pleasant Grove, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2013 to up to 20 years in prison
    • Jacob Delashmutt was a Mormon church member in San Obispo, California; found guilty of murder. Authorities unable to prove rape because eight months after murder her body was found partially mummified and too decomposed.
    • Kay Denning was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • James Denos was a former LDS bishop and junior high school teacher in Utah; previously lived and served as a Mormon bishop in 1970 in Westminster, Orange County, California; sentenced in 2002 to a minimum of 20 years in a Utah state prison for sexually abusing four minor girls living in Utah; allegedly began molesting kids as early as 1950
    • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
    • David Denton was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Larry Deutsch was a Mormon bishop in Missouri; arrested in 2020 and charged with possession of child pornography (child sexual abuse material, or CSAM) and accused of luring an underage teenager from Arizona to Missouri; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in federal prison plus a lifetime of supervised release; in 2024, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against the LDS church
    • Church officials allegedly failed to report abuse
    • Gregory Dew was a former Mormon bishop, chiropractor and gymnastics teacher in Ohio; sexually abused multiple children; convicted and sentenced to prison in 2008; as of November 2022, serving prison time in Ohio for sexually abusing teenage girls
    • Eddy Diaz was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Eddy Diaz was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Andres Diaz was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
    • Ryan Didier was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
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