4,237 reports of sex crimes allegedly perpetrated by Latter-day Saints (statistics »). Sources include court documents, public records, news reports, academic journals, and survivors or witnesses of alleged abuse.
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- Shane Blackett was a Mormon church member in Nephi, Utah; accused of criminal sexual behavior; convicted
Positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, - View report »
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- David Blackner was an LDS church member in or near Washington Terrace, Weber County, Utah; registered sex offender who used an alias while in leadership positions
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Donald Blake (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member in Elmore, Idaho; convicted of lewd & lascivious acts with a child under 16 in 2009; lives in Trenton, Missouri is a registered sex offender as of February 2026
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Donald Blanchard was an LDS church member in Utah; convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Wyman Blankenship was a Mormon church member; scout leader, pleaded guilty to molesting boys
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Parole, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Released,
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- 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
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Case dismissed due to incompetence, Not convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Joseph Blodgett (1975 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Tennessee; accused of sexual abuse; ongoing case as of 2025
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Charles Blome (1928 – 2005) was a Mormon church member and US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; another lawsuit was filed against the church in 1998; Blome died in 2005
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $4,000,000
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
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"Why would you preach to the membership of a church not to discuss a case of child abuse when it becomes known? They do that. The whole belief is that the men, the leaders who are all men, can take care of everything. If someone in a family is abused, the family won't go to the police. They'll go to the bishop."a Mormon bishop tipped Blome off about the pending investigation, and Blome burned evidence before it could be seized, investigators said-
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- Noah Bloomfield (1999 – ) was a Mormon church member in McKinney, Texas; convicted of charges related to sexual abuse in 2017; and given a deferred judgement in 2022
- Convicted:
2017, 2022,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Withheld judgment,
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"the girl said Bloomfield touched her private parts "multiple times" while buckling the jacket. He then asked the child if he could do something else to her, and she told him no."The girl said Bloomfield told her it was their secret and had her "pinky promise that she would not tell anyone,"-
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- David Boatwright (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member in Providence, Utah; pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible sexual abuse in 2007; is not a registered sex offender; reportedly actively attends LDS church and is in good standing with church; lives in Ogden, Utah
- Convicted:
2007,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Gordon Bodily (1949 – ) was a Mormon bishop and physical education teacher in Hyrum, Cache Valley, Utah; accused in 2000 of luring a 17-year-old North Carolina girl to Utah for sex while serving as an LDS bishop; sentenced in 2001 to 21 months in federal prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2001,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Ferrin Bodily (1944 – 2023) was a Mormon church member; convicted of sexual abuse; died in 2023
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Nelson Bogero (1953 – ) was an LDS church member and Primary children's teacher in Cordoba, Argentina; accused in 2017 of sexual abuse of two girls who were in his Primary class; a local LDS leader allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police; in August 2024, Bogero was sentenced to 16 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Primary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Police investigation, Prison,
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- Michael Bolingbroke (1942 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake seventy president in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2022 lawsuit; died in 2024
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, High priest, Other leader, Scout leader, Stake seventy, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing, Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- David Borg was a Mormon church member and scout leader in New Jersey and Arizona; pleaded guilty in Arizona to molesting multiple boys; admitted to having at least 15 victims; sentenced to 34 years in prison; Borg's BSA "perversion file" suggested that the LDS church might bear "potential liability" since Borg said he had spoken with a "Brother Perry" at LDS Social Services; released in 2022, lives in Utah
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
1989,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Donnie Boring (1950 – 2017) was a former Mormon bishop and stake high council member in California / Arizona; pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony charge of sexual abuse; died in December 2017
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Temple worker, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Glen Borst (1958 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah; sentenced to prison in 2004 for child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2004,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation,
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- Timothy Bothell (1969 – ) was a LDS church employee and stake high council member in Utah; pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2013 to two years in jail for sexual abuse of two girls, ages 11 and 13
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2013,
- Positions: Church employee, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church members wrote letters of support, Counseling/therapy for victim,
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- Dennis Bough was a Mormon church member in Washington; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Alexander Boulton (1917 – 2015) was a former Mormon bishop of the 28th Ward in South Ogden, Utah; in 1995, convicted via plea deal of one second-degree felony count of child sex abuse; sentenced to probation
- Convicted:
1995,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Douglas Bowen (1950 – ) was an LDS church member and Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; in a 2017 lawsuit filed against the Mormon church, two plaintiffs alleged that Bowen abused them in Scouting in approximately 1974 or 1975
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Registered sex offender,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Gerald Bowen (1950 – ) was an LDS church member in Tennessee; convicted in 2008 of: SOLICITATION TO COMMIT SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, AGGRAVATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Brian Bowen (1975 – ) was an LDS church member and podiatrist in Portland, Oregon; accused of sexual abuse of at least nine women; as of February 2024, indicted with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of second-degree sexual abuse, nine counts of third-degree sexual abuse, and two counts of sex abuse by fraudulent representation
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Jack Bowers was a Mormon church member in St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty in 2010 to two second degree felony counts of child sex exploitation; sentenced to two consecutive terms of 1 to 15 years in prison
- Convicted:
2010,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Scott Bowers (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; April 2006 was convicted of 2 counts of: SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/2ND DEGREE FELONY and August 2006 was convicted of 2 counts of: AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/1ST DEGREE FELONY and 1 count of: RAPE OF A CHILD/1ST DEGREE FELONY; is a registered sex offender living in Richfield, Utah
- Convicted:
2006,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Andrew Bowers (1988 – ) was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; convicted of SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/2ND DEGREE FELONY in 2020; is a registered sex offender that is non compliant with his registration; has moved out of Utah and is not registered anywhere else as of April 2026
- Convicted:
2020,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Kevin Bowman (1980 – ) was an LDS first counselor in a ward bishopric and a restaurant owner in Spanish Fork, Utah; was an LDS missionary in Taiwan 1999-2001; accused of sexual abuse of a teenage girl who worked in his restaurant; arrested in July 2023; in June 2024, found guilty by a jury of forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony) and lewdness (class B misdemeanor); sentencing set for July 29, 2024
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Other leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial,
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- Curt Boyack was an LDS church member in New Mexico; accused of sexual abuse; allegedly said he would turn himself in to police; died by suicide
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Suicide,
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- Ronald Boyce (1961 – ) was a Mormon seminary teacher and home teacher in Schenectady, New York in the 1990s; accused of child sexual abuse in a 2024 civil lawsuit against the LDS church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Seminary teacher, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of allowing interaction with children after notice of wrongdoing, Church officials accused of failure to protect victims after learning of possible abuse, Excommunicated,
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- Cade Boyle (2004 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; convicted February 2026 of five counts ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR a 1st degree felony and six counts of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR a 2nd degree felony; sentenced to 1-15 years for each count; all prison terms to be served concurrent; is an inmate in the Utah Department of Corrections as of February 2026
- Convicted:
2026,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Released from church position,
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"While he was serving an religious mission in Hawaii he had stared [sic] an inappropriate conversation with a 15 year old and his religious leaders had to send him home for his actions in Hawaii."Cade dropped his head and exclaimed im a pedo. (slang for pedophile)-
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- Peter Brackner was second counselor in an LDS bishopric in Purvis, Mississippi, and a scoutmaster; accused of sexual abuse; two plaintiffs sued the LDS church in 1998
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Douglas Bray was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Allen Brinkerhoff (1929 – 2019) was a Mormon bishop and stake president and manager of an LDS stake welfare farm in Nevada; arrested in Nevada in 2007 and admitted to sexually abusing two children; was convicted and sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for battery with intent to commit sexual assault, and 12 to 32 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child; died in 2019
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2007,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Other leader, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison,
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- Eric Brinkerhoff was an LDS church member in Arizona; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- David Broadbent (1947 – ) was a Mormon and OB/GYN doctor in Provo, Utah; in 2022, dozens of women joined a class action lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault; in 2022, a Utah judge dismissed the case; by 2023, nearly 300 victims had come forward; in 2024, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, and the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the lawsuit could proceed; 2025: more charges, 2nd suit, up to nearly 450 alleged victims
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Ongoing,
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- Rachel Brock was a Mormon church member in Arizona; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the same boy that her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result,
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- Susan Brock (1962 – ) was an LDS church member in Arizona; was sentenced in April 2011 to 13 years in prison for engaging in a three-year-long sexual relationship with a boy, beginning when he was 14 years old; was released in December 2021
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2011,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Released,
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- Ronald Brockner (1959 – ) was a Mormon bishop and stake president in Louisiana; moved to Idaho; convicted in Idaho in 2020 of sexually exploiting a minor; sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Bishop, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Dane Broderick was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Carlfred Broderick (1932 – 1999) was a Mormon stake president in Cerritos, California; accused in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church of sexually abusing a child as part of a sex trafficking ring, and of covering up the abuse; the plaintiff said she was abused over 200 times at the Cerritos LDS stake center from 1979 to 1983
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- David Bromley was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Michael Bronson (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Vineyard, Utah County, Utah; sentenced to prison in 2017 for first-degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
"A lot of what I was involved with, I was very selfish"-
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- Jimmy Brooks was a Mormon church member in Texas; charged with child sexual abuse in 1994
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Police investigation, Unknown result,
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- Douglas Brooks was an LDS church member in Illinois; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- James Broom (1947 – ) was a LDS church member in Scotland; jailed in 2009 for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl
- Convicted:
2009,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- John Brost was an LDS church member in Colorado; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Keith Brown (1955 – ) was an LDS church member; father of five famous piano playing children; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his daughters when they were children; sentenced to a minimum of ten years and up-to-life in prison
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- David Brown was an LDS church member and boy scout leader in Missouri; charged with 32 counts of statutory sodomy; pleaded guilty in 2003 to five counts related to statutory sodomy; sentenced to prison for 15 years; a victim sued the Mormon church in 2003
- Convicted:
2003, 2005,
- Positions: Music leader, Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
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- Gary Brown (1967 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing one of his scouts
- Convicted:
2006,
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
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- Brandon Brown (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Pocatello, Idaho; accused in 2024 of untying two teenage girls' swimsuit tops and touching them inappropriately at a mall in Chubbuck, Idaho; also accused of inappropriately touching a third teenage girl; in 2025, entered Alford pleas to felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual battery of a child; a judge rejected the plea agreement
- Convicted:
2025,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Alford plea, Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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