4,193 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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- Jake Hally (1995 – ) was an LDS church member in Idaho Falls, Idaho; accused of sexual abuse
Crime: 2020s, 
Crime state:
Colorado, Idaho, Utah,
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- Convicted:
2023,
LDS positions: Unknown position, 
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, - View report »
Crime state:
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- David Hamblin (1954 – ) was a Mormon church member and former elders quorum president in Utah; arrested in 2022 and charged with child sexual abuse in three separate cases; investigated along with ex-wife Roselle Stevenson (arrested in 2023) for alleged ritualistic sexual abuse; in 2025, a court dismissed one case with prejudice after "discovery issues;" one case remained as of March 2025
- Alleged crime: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Elders quorum, 
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Not convicted, Ongoing, Police investigation, 
Alleged failure to report-
- Leroy Hamblin (1947 – ) was a Webelos scout leader in Kaysville, Utah; pleaded guilty in 1987 to lewdness with a child; served prison time
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Missionary, Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Steven Hammock (1941 – ) was an LDS church member in Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that Hammock gave to church officials; in 1997, a federal judge awarded $150,000 in damages to the victim
- LDS positions: Scout leader, Sunday school,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case(s): Judgment for plaintiff,
- Alleged failure to report
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Church paid $150,000
- Alleged church actions: Excommunicated,
- View report »
landmark abuse case in Utah
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- Connor Hammond was a Mormon church member and BYU student in Utah; in 2019, pleaded guilty to rape of a child and was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, -
- Kenneth Hanigan was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Unknown result, -
- Thomas Hannett (1959 – ) was a Mormon church member in California; accused in 2024 of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Eugene Hansen (1940 – ) was a Mormon church member and scout leader in California; accused of child sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Scout leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Jeffrey Hansen (1964 – ) was a former Mormon bishop in Provo, Utah; was bishop of a young single adults (YSA) ward; charged with distribution of pornography and stalking
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Melvin Hansen (1952 – ) was a Mormon church member, school music teacher and former Tabernacle Choir member in Utah; convicted in 2021 in Utah of first degree felony attempted aggravated child sexual abuse; also accused of sexual abuse in Arizona
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Other leader, Tabernacle Choir, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Police investigation, 
Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Brent Hansen (1938 – ) was an LDS bishop and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; was also mayor of Spanish Fork and president of its chamber of commerce; accused in a civil lawsuit of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; his dentistry license was suspended for 30 days; died in 2015; twin brother of Kent Hansen, another accused Mormon dentist
- Alleged crime: 1980s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Scout leader, Stake high council, Sunday school, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted, Civil case(s): Settlement, Unknown result, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Kent Hansen (1938 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and stake president in Spanish Fork, Utah; a dentist by profession; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics; twin brother of Brent Hansen, another accused Mormon dentist
- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Stake president,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- View report »
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- Ned Hansen (1970 – ) was a fire chief/EMS in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; retired, then became Tremonton, Utah fire chief; arrested in Jan. 2025, charged with child sexual exploitation; accused of discussing ways to sexually abuse children with Box Elder County judge Kevin Christensen (a Mormon)
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah, Wyoming,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Civil case(s): Ongoing, -
- Steven Hansen (1953 – ) was a former LDS bishop; accused of sexual abuse
- Convicted:
2018,
- LDS positions: Bishop,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
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- Willard Hansen (1938 – 2013) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Elders quorum, Missionary, Scout leader, Seminary teacher, Stake high council, Ward clerk, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- William Hanson (1962 – ) was a Mormon youth leader who allegedly sexually abused children in several US states, including Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Utah, Texas, Wisconsin and New Jersey; sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse; in the 2000s, the Mormon church settled a civil lawsuit in which the victim accused it of failing to protect him
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin,
LDS positions: High priest, Scout leader, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Probation, Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Settlement, Alleged failure to reportChurch paid $unknown-
- Russell Harbin (1974 – ) was a Mormon church member in Polson, Montana; convicted of sexual intercourse without consent with an 11-year-old child; the alleged abuse lasted from 2022 to 2024; he allegedly was assigned to be a Primary teacher sometime after the abuse began; sentenced in 2025 to 40 years in prison; the judge suspended 20 years of the 40-year term
- Crime: 2020s,
- Crime state:
Montana,
Convicted:
2025, LDS positions: Primary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Ward official accused of failure to report, -
- Jeffrey Hardin was a Mormon church member and scout leader in Idaho; convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in October 1991
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Idaho,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- William Harding (1940 – ) was a Mormon branch president, elders quorum president and ward clerk in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia; allegedly had as many as 40 victims; in 2024, pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to 9 months in jail in Brisbane; in 2025, faced new charges in Tasmania
- Crime: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime country:
Australia,
Crime country:
LDS positions: Branch president, Ward clerk, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Ongoing, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Church officials accused of failure to warn ward members, Church position after conviction, Excommunicated, Rebaptized, Released from church position, Ward official accused of failure to report, -
- Michael Hare (1978 – ) was an LDS church member in Tooele, Utah; pleaded guilty of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender, Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Maurice Harker (1969 – ) was an LDS church member and therapist in Utah; accused of psychologically and physically harming sexual abuse victims who came to him as patients; charged in September 2023 with felony aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping
- Alleged crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Alleged failure to report-
- Marvin Harker (1968 – ) was an LDS bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 2016; reportedly confessed to his mission president in 1987 to sexually abusing multiple children; also reportedly confessed to his bishop; both leaders told him not to report to police, according to records in a 2016 criminal case; convicted in 2019 (alleged abuse 1986-93); sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison; registered sex offender
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime country:
Canada,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Registered sex offender, Alleged failure to report-
- Larry Harmon (1932 – 2012) was a Mormon in Utah; sentenced to jail and probation in 2005 for aggravated sex abuse of a child; charged in 2012 with first-degree felony aggravated sex abuse of a child; according to police, Harmon was allowed to be around children at an LDS ward Christmas party (where the alleged abuse took place in 2011) despite being a registered sex offender; died in 2012, so the charge was dismissed
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Missionary, Senior missionary, Temple worker, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Died awaiting trial, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender, 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, According to police, Harmon was allowed to be around children at an LDS ward Christmas party despite being a registered sex offender
"[T]he defendant was at his LDS Church building in Orem assisting members of the ward in setting up for a Christmas party. He located the 12-year-old female victim alone in the kitchen of the church."
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- Larry Harmston was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse which allegedly took place at a Mormon chapel in Orem, Utah; convicted; charged again (result unknown)
- Crime: 2000s, 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2005, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Unknown result, -
- Harvey Harper (1935 – 2014) was an LDS church member and deputy county district attorney in Los Angeles, California; arrested in 1984 and charged with child sexual abuse; jumped bail; found guilty; sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison; lived secretly in Colorado for 20 months until federal investigators found him; local LDS church coverup alleged
- Crime: 1980s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Kenneth Harper was an LDS church member in California; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- Crime: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, -
- Joseph Harris was a Mormon church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted,
- View report »
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- Lynn Harrison (1935 – 2016) was an LDS church member in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; pleaded no contest
- Crime: 1980s, 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Scout leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, No contest, -
- Richard Harrison (1989 – ) was a Mormon church member and high school teacher in Grantsville, Utah; pleaded guilty in November 2024 to sexually abusing one his students; the abuse happened in the 2017-2018 school year; as of 2025, is in Tooele County Jail
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2024, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Cameron Harrison (1978 – ) was a Mormon church member in San Diego, California; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Elders quorum, Scout leader, Sunday school, Youth leader,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Kim Hartley (1963 – 2025) was a Mormon bishopric counselor in Clinton, Davis County, Utah; accused of sexual abuse of multiple children; the alleged abuse took place in 1999; pleaded guilty in March 2002 to two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse; sentenced to two concurrent terms of one to 15 years in prison
- Crime: 1990s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2002, LDS positions: Bishopric counselor, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Alleged failure to reportAlleged church actions: Unknown church action, 
Convicted:
2016, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Prison, Alleged failure to report-
- Ashlyn Harvey (1989 – ) was an LDS church member in Gunnison, Utah; accused in 2024 of sexual contact with a 17-year-old student for whom she was a substitute teacher
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- View report »
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- Craig Harward (1948 – ) was a Mormon ward executive secretary and former elementary "teacher of the year" in Santa Clara County, California; accused of sexual abuse of at least 10 children; pleaded guilty to charges related to sexual abuse of four children over a six-year period; sentenced to 14 years in prison; in 2024, a lawsuit said the LDS church failed to report abuse; as of 2024, lives in St. George, Utah
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
California,
Convicted:
2004, LDS positions: Missionary, Other leader, Ward executive secretary, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church, Alleged failure to report-
- James Haskell (1982 – ) was a former Mormon bishop and practicing attorney in Vacaville, California; charged with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly sexually abusing four children; was an LDS stake high council member when charged; in June 2024, found not guilty of 16 of 17 counts; jurors deadlocked on one count of felony injury upon a child; as of October 2025, civil lawsuit is ongoing
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
California,
LDS positions: Bishop, Scout leader, Stake high council, Criminal case(s): Acquitted, Found not guilty, Hung jury, Ongoing, Civil case(s): Ongoing, -
- Joseph Hastings (1987 – ) was a Mormon church member in Clevedon, UK; sentenced to prison for sending child pornography to an undercover police officer online in 2015; sentenced to 13 years and eight months in prison, including a custodial term of eight years and eight months
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
Convicted:
2015, LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Prison, -
- Arlin Hatch was a Mormon church member in Riverside, California; accused of sexual abuse in a 2025 lawsuit against the Mormon church; dismissed without prejudice
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Never charged, Not convicted,
- Civil case(s): Dismissed, Dismissed without prejudice, Lawsuit v. LDS church,
- Alleged failure to report
- Alleged church actions: No church discipline, Ward official accused of failure to report, Ward official accused of pressuring victim not to seek accountability,
- View report »
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- Aurell Hatch (1932 – 2015) was a Mormon church member in Highland, Utah; convicted in 2001 via plea agreement of one second-degree felony count of attempted sex abuse of a child (later amended to a third-degree felony); sentenced to 90 days in jail and granted work diversion; also placed on 24 months of probation; died in 2015
- Convicted:
2001,
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- Spencer Hatch (1996 – ) was a Mormon church member in Davis County, Utah; charged in January 2026 with 10 first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor
- Criminal case(s): Ongoing,
- Alleged church actions: Unknown church action,
- View report »
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- UNKNOWN Hawkins was an LDS bishop in Vallejo, Solano County, California; in 2024, accused in a civil lawsuit of child sexual abuse; the suit was one of 91 or more coordinated civil suits filed in California in 2024 against the Mormon church
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- Civil case(s): Lawsuit v. LDS church, Ongoing,
- Alleged failure to report
- View report »
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- 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)
- Alleged crime: 2020s,
- Alleged crime state:
Utah,
LDS positions: Missionary, Criminal case(s): Ongoing, Police investigation, -
- Elwood Haws (1951 – ) was vice president of an LDS church-owned trust company in Utah; charged in 2020 with 13 second degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor; admitted that he viewed child sexual abuse material 3-4 times a week over a 3-4 year span; in 2021, pleaded guilty to three counts and was sentenced to 180 days in jail; in 2023, violated probation; as of 2026, lives in Taylorsville, Utah
- Crime: 2010s, 2020s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2021, LDS positions: Church employee, Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, Jail, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Released, Violated parole/probation, Alleged church actions: Unknown church action, -
- Mark Haws (1957 – ) was a Mormon church member in Lehi, Utah; accused of sexually abusing a girl for 14 years; convicted in 2010 of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse; excommunicated; rebaptized in or before June 2025; as of March 2026, lives in Lehi, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Crime: 1990s, 2000s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2010, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, Prison, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged church actions: Excommunicated, Rebaptized, -
- James Hayes (1956 – ) was an LDS bishop in the Timmins - North Bay area, Ontario, Canada; convicted of sexual exploitation in November 2001; molested an underage girl in his ward while serving as her bishop
- Crime: 2000s,
- Crime country:
Canada,
Convicted:
2001, LDS positions: Bishop, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Alleged failure to report-
- Darren Haymond (1987 – ) was an LDS church member in Provo, Utah and a custodian at Provo High School; pleaded guilty to voyeurism, a class B misdemeanor; sentenced in 2011; Haymond's conviction was expunged in 2017
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2011, LDS positions: Unknown position, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Expunged, Pleaded guilty, Unknown result, -
- Laurel Hayward (1938 – 2020) was a Mormon church member; accused of sexual abuse
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Registered sex offender,
- View report »
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- Jeffrey Head (1964 – ) was an LDS bishop in Draper, Utah; committed sex crimes while serving as a Mormon bishop; in 2019, a jury found him guilty of attempted forcible sexual abuse, two counts of lewdness and sexual battery; sentenced to four months in jail and four years of probation
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Utah,
Convicted:
2019, LDS positions: Bishop, Bishopric counselor, Missionary, Young Mens Leader, Youth leader, Criminal case(s): Convicted, Found guilty, Jail, Jury trial, Probation, Registered sex offender, Released, Alleged failure to report-
- Dale Heath (1959 – ) was an LDS church member and chiropractor in Utah; accused of sexual abuse; convicted
- LDS positions: Unknown position,
- Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jury trial, Unknown result,
- View report »
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- Jeremy Heath (1986 – ) was a Mormon church member in Anchorage, Alaska; pleaded guilty in 2019 of Sexual Abuse of Minor 2 Vict Undr 13 (Class B Felony; sentenced to prison
- Crime: 2010s,
- Crime state:
Alaska,
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Plea deal, Pleaded guilty, -
- Shane Heath (1976 – 2022) was an LDS church member in Grantsville, Utah; accused of sexual abuse
- LDS positions: Missionary,
- Criminal case(s): Unknown result,
- View report »
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