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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- Duane Brown (1955 – ) was a Mormon church member in Wellsville, Utah; arrested and charged with AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD - 1st Degree Felony in February 2026; this case is ongoing as of February 2026
Criminal case(s): Ongoing, 
Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Unknown church action, - View report »
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- Bryan Brown (1972 – ) was a former Mormon stake president 2009-2015 Corpus Christi, TX and active bishop in Copperas Cove, TX area when arrested in Jan. 2026 for alleged child sexual abuse; arrested in April 2026 in Utah for another case of alleged child sexual abuse (allegedly took place between 2020-2023); is being held without bail in the Salt Lake County jail as of May 18, 2026
Positions: Bishop, Stake president, - Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Released from church position,
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"Bryan has utilized his position of trust [...] through his religious standing as a Bishop [...] Bryan has a pattern of repeat offenses and targets victims closest to him"while pending child sexual abuse charges in Texas, Brown flew to Utah to attend a baby blessing while out on bail.-
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- William Bruhn (1924 – 1985) was an LDS church member and civic leader in Utah; accused of masturbating in a public restroom; convicted
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Jason Brumble (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member and stake Sunday school presidency member in Oregon; convicted in 2015 of child sexual abuse of multiple children; is in prison in Oregon as of March 2023
- Convicted:
2015,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Paul Bryant (1968 – 2024) was an HOA president and former Mormon primary teacher in Lehi, Utah; was a branch president during an LDS mission to Argentina in the 1980s; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; died by suicide in December 2024
- Convicted:
2016,
- Positions: Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Jared Buckley (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member and charter school director (Leadership Learning Academy) in Clearfield, Utah; was a Mormon missionary in the Philippines from 2004-2006 (Quezon City Mission); arrested in April 2025 on suspicion of child sexual exploitation; was reportedly a stake young men's president when arrested; pleaded guilty to producing, distributing & possessing CSAM; sentencing June 17, 2026
- Convicted:
2026,
- Positions: Missionary, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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"For the group, I created flyers which stated: 'This group is for parents who have little girls ages 0-9 only.' I required three steps of verification to join the group."Buckley was reportedly an LDS stake young men's president when arrested-
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- Eddie Bunch (1943 – ) was an LDS church member in St. George, Utah; convicted in 2016 of misdemeanor lewdness involving a child and misdemeanor sexual battery; one victim was 16 years old and the second victim was 12 years old; served 135 days in jail and had 36 months of probation; as of March 2024, is a registered sex offender living in St. George, Utah
- Positions: Temple worker,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
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- Ted Bundy (1946 – 1989) was baptized into the LDS church in 1975, but was not an active participant in church services and ignored most church restrictions; accused of rape and murder of dozens of women and girls; convicted of murder; executed by electric chair in Florida in 1989
- Positions: Not active LDS,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Unknown result,
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- Robert Bunker (1990 – ) was an LDS church member in McCammon, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse; convicted in 2006; sentenced to 33 days in jail; as of 2023, is a registered sex offender living in Idaho
- Alleged failure to report
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
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- Jacob Bunker (2000 – ) was a Mormon church member in Provo, Utah; charged with one count of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor 1st degree and three enticing a minor in the 2nd degree; due in court December 17, 2025
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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"“I would molest every kid”"Some of the conversations found by investigators included Bunker stating that he wants to sexually abuse a preschool classroom and also wants a calling in his church overseeing young children. “I would molest every kid,” he stated, according to the charges. -KSL TV article 2025-11-29-
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- Paul Burdick (1972 – ) was an LDS bishop and drivers education teacher in Oregon; arrested in 2019 and charged with child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse involving underage female students in his job as a drivers ed teacher
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Bishop, Elders quorum president/counselor,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation,
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- Gerald Burgie (1939 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Utah; charged in 1981 with third-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child
- Positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Probation,
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- 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
- Positions: LDS status unknown,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
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- Tony Burleson was an LDS church member; accused of a sex crime
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Ralph Burlingame (1947 – ) was an LDS church member in Minnesota; sentenced in 1989 to work release for six months, convicted of 2nd degree criminal sexual abuse of a child in 1989
- Convicted:
1989,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Work release,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized,
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- Revere Burnett (1972 – ) was an LDS church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; accused of sexual abuse and found guilty of multiple felonies; appealed and received a lesser conviction sentence for misdemeanors; was not required to register as a sex offender
- Convicted:
2019,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jury trial, Unknown result,
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- 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
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- John Burrell was a Mormon church member; pleaded guilty of child sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Sheril Burton (1935 – ) was a Mormon church member and BYU professor in Utah; found guilty of sexual abuse of two underage girls; sentenced to up to 15 years in prison; as of January 2024, lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah; is not a registered sex offender
- Positions: BYU,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Paydan Bussey (1998 – ) was a Mormon church member in Washington and Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse charges while a minor in Washington; removed from sex offender registries in Washington and Utah; allegedly molested a child in 2019 while on a trip to Spain paid for by the Mormon church; charged in Washington and Utah in 2024 with child sexual abuse felonies; named in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
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- William Butcher was a Mormon church member in Provo, Utah; turned himself in to police in 2013, three days before he was planning to begin a Mormon mission, and admitted to sexually abusing 12 boys and girls; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges; sentenced in 2014 to 18 years to life in prison; as of 2025, lives in Provo, Utah
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Samuel Butler (1995 – ) was a Mormon church member; sentenced in 2020 to 15 years to life in prison for child sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2020,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Timothy Butler (1959 – ) was an LDS church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Roland Byrd (1971 – ) was an LDS church member in Caldwell, Idaho; convicted of sexual abuse of a child under 16 years; as of 2024, lives in Toquerville, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Raphael Caccioppoli (1971 – ) was a Mormon Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Dwight Cahoon (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Logan, Utah; charged with 10 counts aggravated sex abuse of a child and 10 counts forcible sex abuse; statue of limitations ran out on some charges, so the state amended charges to 10 counts of sex abuse of a child; sentenced in 2010 to one to 15 years in prison; as of May 2026, is a registered sex offender living in Logan, Utah
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Jason Calder (1976 – ) was a Mormon church member and mental health counselor in Utah; accused of raping a teenage patient; pleaded guilty; sentenced in 2018 to seven years to life in prison
- Convicted:
2018,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Guy Caldwell (1968 – ) was a Mormon church member in Washington and Arizona; convicted in 1990 in Washington of child sexual abuse; as of May 2026, is a registered sex offender living in Mesa, Arizona
- Convicted:
1990,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- 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
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
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- Robert Campbell was an LDS church member in Nebraska; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Unknown result,
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- Cory Campbell (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Ogden, Utah; accused of sexually abusing five underage girls; sentenced in 2010 to prison
- Convicted:
2010,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Cory Campbell (1984 – ) was a Mormon church member in Boise, Idaho; pleaded guilty and sentenced to 40 years/20 years minimum in prison for battery with the intent to commit rape; 10 different victims ranging in age from 14-17
- Convicted:
2019,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- Charles Camper (1961 – ) was a Mormon church member in Layton, Utah; convicted of child sexual abuse in 2004; charged in 2023 with aggravated child sexual abuse, voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor; convicted in June 2024
- Convicted:
2004, 2024,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- Brett Candelaria (1972 – ) was a Mormon church member in Colorado; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse on multiple occasions; sentenced in 2008 to two consecutive terms of 10 years to life in prison; later sentenced to 36 more years to life
- Convicted:
2008,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison,
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- David Cannata (1965 – ) was a Mormon bishop in Tucson, Arizona in 2005 when he sexually abused a child who was 5 or 6 years old; was a stake high council member sometime in the 2010s; was confronted by the victim and turned himself into the police; convicted in 2019 and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison; was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2019,
- Positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
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- Samuel Cantrell (1973 – ) was an LDS church member in Farmington, Utah; convicted of sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
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- Craig Capron (1965 – ) was a podiatrist; Mormon branch president in Macy, Nebraska (1999-2002), then a stake/ward executive secretary in Wyoming; allegedly sexually abused at least five children over a span of 20-plus years, despite LDS officials allegedly knowing of the first victim and prohibiting Capron from teaching kids; convicted in 2024 in Wyoming; sentenced to six to 12 years in prison; convicted again in 2025
- Convicted:
2024,
- Positions: Branch president, Other leader, Ward executive secretary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Released from church position, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward officials restricted accused from working with children,
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"I just want what's best for you."Mormon officials allegedly assigned Capron to leadership positions despite forbidding him from teaching children - more than 20 years prior to his conviction-
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- Albert Carlson (1944 – ) was a Mormon church member in Utah, New Mexico and Texas; arrested in the 1980s in Utah on a molestation charge after allegedly molesting an underage boy who he met through the church; the case was dropped to a lewdness charge which did not require him to register as a sex offender; in 2025, sentenced in Texas to life in prison for child sexual abuse
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, No contest, Prison,
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- Michael Carnegie (1970 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Kitsap, Washington; convicted in 2017 of one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation; sentenced to 30 days in jail
- Convicted:
2017,
- Positions: Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
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- 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
- Alleged failure to report
- Convicted:
2009,
- Positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail,
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- John Carpenter (1964 – ) was an LDS church member; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; the day after sentencing, injured himself to avoid serving longer in prison
- Positions: Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison,
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- Niles Carr was a Mormon missionary in Ireland in the late 1980s, originally from California; convicted of child sexual abuse charges; Mormon leaders allegedly assigned Carr to work with Boy Scouts after knowing he was sent home from his mission due to child sex abuse allegations
- Alleged failure to report
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- Alleged church actions: Released from church position, Ward official accused of failure to report,
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- Thomas Carter (1941 – 2025) was a Mormon church member in Weber County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse; in 1995, Carter pleaded guilty to one third-degree felony count of attempted forcible sexual abuse; died in 2025
- Convicted:
1995,
- Positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
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- Kelly Carter (1974 – ) was a former Salt Lake City Fire Department division chief; worked for the SLC fire department from 2000-2025; arrested February 6, 2026 on suspicion of possession of CSAM; a cryptocurrency company tipped off the police
- Positions: LDS status unknown,
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
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- Jonathan Carver (1979 – ) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; accused of sexual abuse of a 17-year-old girl at a counseling center where he worked; pleaded guilty and sentenced in 2009 to prison; as of 2023, lives in Clearfield, Utah
- Convicted:
2009,
- Positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Released,
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- 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
- Positions: Bishopric counselor, High priest, Missionary, Other leader, Seminary teacher, Senior missionary, Stake high council, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation,
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- Raymond Casillas (1970 – ) was a Mormon bishop and middle school teacher in San Antonio, Texas; arrested in 2014 and charged with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child; via a plea agreement, pleaded no contest to indecent contact with a child and agreed to a fine of $1,500; was sentenced in 2016 to 8 years in prison; as of March 2024, lives in San Antonio, Texas as a registered sex offender
- Positions: Bishop, Stake high council,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, Plea deal, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released,
- Alleged church actions: Church position after conviction,
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- Dustin Cassady (1981 – ) 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
- Convicted:
2011,
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender,
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- Danny Cassidy (1942 – ) was a Mormon church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
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- Robert Cervo (1976 – ) 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
- Positions: Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Charges dropped, Not convicted, Unknown result,
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