Mormon Sexual Abuse Database

• Roland Westrup

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  • was a Mormon church member and returned missionary (St. Louis, Missouri) in approximately 2018-2020; arrested in Salt Lake County, Utah in March 2023; charged with 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted to possessing and sharing child pornography, and to having sexual fantasies for many years about having sex with male children as young as infants to teens.
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  • Criminal: Ongoing, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 2020s, in Utah,

• Ryan Whitaker

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  • was an LDS church member and divorce lawyer in Vancouver, Washington; charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his Sunday School class during church meetings; convicted in 2013 and sentenced to prison; registered sex offender.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Missionary, Primary, Sunday school,
  • Crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, in Washington,
  • Crime scenes: LDS building,

• Robert White

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  • was a Mormon missionary in South Dakota in the late 1960s; in 2008, a civil lawsuit filed against the Mormon church said he sexually abused a boy while on his mission.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Civil: Lawsuit v. LDS church, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Missionary,
  • Alleged crime: 1960s, in South Dakota,

• Emmett White

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  • was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Florida; was caught in 1966 by local police soliciting an adult sex worker (prostitute); denied any inappropriate behavior around scouts.
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  • Criminal: Never charged, Not convicted,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Alleged crime: 1960s, in Florida,

• Michael Whitehead

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  • was an LDS church member in Orem, Utah; convicted in 2004 of ENTICING A MINOR OVER THE INTERNET - Class A Misdemeanor.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Jail, Plea agreement, Probation,
  • Positions: Primary,
  • Crime: 2000s, in Utah, Utah County (Utah),

• Dylan Whiting

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  • was an LDS bishop in Nampa, Idaho; was removed from his position in 2021 after child sexual abuse allegations surfaced; was charged with four sex crimes; pleaded guilty to one felony count; sentenced in 2022 to prison.
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  • Alleged coverup
  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Bishop,
  • Crime: 2010s, 2020s, in Idaho,

• Shawn Whiting

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  • was a Mormon church member, scout leader; sentenced to prison for collecting and creating child pornography.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison,
  • Positions: Scout leader,
  • Crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• Craig Whiting

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  • was an LDS church member in Bluffdale, Utah; charged in 2018 with child sexual abuse; as of Feb 2023, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial; jury trial was scheduled to move forward in 2023.
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  • Criminal: Jury trial, Unknown result,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Alleged crime: 2010s, in Utah,

• William Whitmore

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  • was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; found guilty of sexual abuse .
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  • Criminal: Convicted,
  • Positions: Unknown position,

• Edwin Wilcox

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  • was a Mormon church member in Idaho; ran a therapy center for "handicapped people" (as described in 1989 news article); convicted of child sexual abuse in 1988 and sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.
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  • Criminal: Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender,
  • Positions: Unknown position,
  • Crime: 1980s, in Idaho,

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